1992 Czech legislative election

1992 Czech legislative election

5–6 June 1992
All 200 seats in the Czech National Council 101 seats needed for a majority
Leader Václav Klaus Jiří Svoboda Jiří Horák Party ODS KSČM ČSSD Alliance ODS–KDS LB Seats won 76 35 16 Seat change New 2 16 Popular vote 1,924,483 909,490 422,736 Percentage 29.73% 14.05% 6.53% Swing – 0.81pp 2.42pp Leader František Trnka Josef Lux Miroslav Sládek Party ZS KDU–ČSL SPR–RSČ Alliance LSU Seats won 16 15 14 Seat change 16 5 New Popular vote 421,988 406,341 387,026 Percentage 6.52% 6.28% 5.98% Swing 0.26pp 2.14pp New HSD-SMS Leader Jan Kalvoda Jan Kryčer Party ODA HSD–SMS Seats won 14 14 Seat change New 9 Popular vote 383,705 380,088 Percentage 5.93% 5.87% Swing – 4.16pp
PM before election Petr Pithart OH Elected PM Václav Klaus ODS

National Council elections were held in the Czech part of Czechoslovakia on 5 and 6 June 1992,^[1] alongside federal elections. The result was a victory for the Civic Democratic Party-Christian Democratic Party alliance, which won 76 of the 200 seats. Voter turnout was 85.0%.^[2] When the Czech Republic became independent in 1993, the National Council became its Parliament.^[3]

Campaign

Campaign of the Civic Democratic Party revolved around its leader Václav Klaus. The party used slogan "Future is in your hands. The whole campaign cost over 100 million CZK. It is described as very massive.^[4]

Finances

Opinion polls

Results

Party		Votes	%	Seats
	Civic Democratic Party–Christian Democratic Party	1,924,483	29.73	76
	Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia	909,490	14.05	35
	Czechoslovak Social Democracy	422,736	6.53	16
	Liberal-Social Union	421,988	6.52	16
	Christian and Democratic Union – Czechoslovak People's Party	406,341	6.28	15
	Rally for the Republic – Republican Party of Czechoslovakia	387,026	5.98	14
	Civic Democratic Alliance	383,705	5.93	14
	Movement for Autonomous Democracy–Party for Moravia and Silesia	380,088	5.87	14
	Civic Movement	297,406	4.59	0
	Pensioners for Life Security	244,319	3.77	0
	Czechoslovak Businessmen's, Traders' and Farmers' Party	203,654	3.15	0
	Club of Committed Non-Party Members	174,006	2.69	0
	Independent Initiative	88,823	1.37	0
	Friends of Beer Party	83,959	1.30	0
	Movement for Social Justice	69,621	1.08	0
	Democrats 92	37,839	0.58	0
	Roma Civic Initiative	16,854	0.26	0
	Republican Party and National Democratic Unity	11,115	0.17	0
	National Socialist Party - National Social Party of Czechoslovakia	9,797	0.15	0
Invalid/blank votes		102,776	–	–
Total		6,756,026	100	200
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

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