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1990 Czechoslovak parliamentary election
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| Field | Value | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| country | Czechoslovakia | ||||
| flag_year | 1990 | ||||
| previous_election | [1986](1986-czechoslovak-parliamentary-election) | ||||
| next_election | [1992](1992-czechoslovak-parliamentary-election) | ||||
| election_date | 8–9 June 1990 | ||||
| module | {{Infobox legislative election | ||||
| embed | yes | ||||
| election_name | House of the People | ||||
| seats_for_election | All 150 seats in the House of the People | ||||
| majority_seats | 76 | ||||
| turnout | 96.24% | ||||
| first_election | yes | ||||
| party1 | Civic Forum | leader1 = Jan Urban | percentage1 = 36.20 | seats1 = 68 | |
| party2 | Communist Party of Czechoslovakia | leader2 = Ladislav Adamec | percentage2 = 13.59 | seats2 = 23 | |
| party3 | Public Against Violence | leader3 = Ján Budaj | percentage3 = 10.38 | seats3 = 19 | |
| party4 | Christian Democratic Movement | leader4 = Ján Čarnogurský | percentage4 = 6.05 | seats4 = 11 | |
| party5 | Christian and Democratic Union | leader5 = Josef Bartončík | percentage5 = 5.92 | seats5 = 9 | |
| party6 | Movement for Autonomous Democracy–Party for Moravia and Silesia | leader6 = Boleslav Bárta | percentage6 = 5.38 | seats6 = 9 | |
| party7 | Slovak National Party | leader7 = Víťazoslav Móric | percentage7 = 3.50 | seats7 = 6 | |
| party8 | Coexistence–MKDM | leader8 = Miklós Duray | percentage8 = 2.79 | seats8 = 5 | |
| module | {{Infobox legislative election | ||||
| embed | yes | ||||
| election_name | House of Nations | ||||
| seats_for_election | All 150 seats in the House of Nations | ||||
| majority_seats | 76 | ||||
| turnout | 96.24% | ||||
| first_election | yes | ||||
| party1 | Civic Forum | leader1 = Jan Urban | percentage1 = 34.03 | seats1 = 50 | last_election1 = |
| party2 | Communist Party of Czechoslovakia | leader2 = Ladislav Adamec | percentage2 = 13.68 | seats2 = 24 | last_election2 = |
| party3 | Public Against Violence | leader3 = Ján Budaj | percentage3 = 11.89 | seats3 = 33 | last_election3 = |
| party4 | Movement for Autonomous Democracy–Party for Moravia and Silesia | leader4 = Boleslav Bárta | percentage4 = 6.20 | seats4 = 7 | last_election4 = |
| party5 | Christian and Democratic Union | leader5 = Ján Čarnogurský | percentage5 = 5.96 | seats5 = 6 | last_election5 = |
| party6 | Christian Democratic Movement | leader6 = Josef Bartončík | percentage6 = 5.31 | seats6 = 14 | last_election6 = |
| party7 | Slovak National Party | leader7 = Víťazoslav Móric | percentage7 = 3.65 | seats7 = 9 | last_election7 = |
| party8 | Coexistence–MKDM | leader8 = Miklós Duray | percentage8 = 2.71 | seats8 = 7 | last_election8 = |
| title | Prime Minister | ||||
| before_election | Marián Čalfa | ||||
| before_party | Public Against Violence | ||||
| after_election | Marián Čalfa | ||||
| after_party | Public Against Violence |
Federal elections were held in Czechoslovakia on 8 and 9 June 1990, alongside elections for the Czech and Slovak Assemblies. They were the first elections held in the country since the Velvet Revolution seven months earlier. Voter turnout was 96.2%.
The movement led by President Václav Havel emerged as the largest bloc, with majorities in both houses of parliament, with 87 seats in the House of the People and 83 seats in the House of Nations, something no party or alliance had achieved in a free election. The Czech wing, Civic Forum (OF), won 68 of the 150 seats in the House of the People and 50 of the 150 seats in the House of Nations, whilst its Slovak counterpart, Public Against Violence (VPN), won 19 seats in the House of the People and 33 in the House of Nations. The Communist Party of Czechoslovakia, running in its first election since giving up power, made a stronger showing than expected, receiving 13 percent of the vote in both chambers, finishing second behind Civic Forum.
Although OF and VPN had more than enough seats between them to govern without the support of other parties, they sought a broader base. They let it be known that they were willing to go into coalition with any party except the Communists and the Slovak National Party.
Results
House of the People
House of Nations
References
References
- [[Dieter Nohlen]] & Philip Stöver (2010) ''Elections in Europe: A data handbook'', p471 {{ISBN. 978-3-8329-5609-7
- Nohlen & Stöver, p472
- Kamm, Henry. [https://www.nytimes.com/1990/06/11/world/now-czech-reality-political-amateurs-after-free-elections-turn-problems-left.html Now, the Czech Reality; Political 'Amateurs,' After Free Elections, Turn to Problems Left by the Communists]. [[The New York Times]], 1990-06-11.
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