Czech legislative election, 1996
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Parliamentary elections were held in the Czech Republic
on 31 May and 1 June 1996, the first after independence. The result was a victory for the Civic Democratic Party, which won 68 of the 200 seats. Voter turnout was 76.3%.
Czech Republic
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on 31 May and 1 June 1996, the first after independence. The result was a victory for the Civic Democratic Party, which won 68 of the 200 seats. Voter turnout was 76.3%.
Results
| Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Civic Democratic Party | 1,794,560 | 29.6 | 68 | – |
| Czech Social Democratic Party Czech Social Democratic Party The Czech Social Democratic Party is a social-democratic political party in the Czech Republic.-History:The Social Democratic Czechoslavonic party in Austria was founded on 7 April 1878 in Austria-Hungary representing the Kingdom of Bohemia in the Austrian parliament... |
1,602,250 | 26.4 | 61 | |
| Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia The Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia , abbreviated to KSČM, is a political party in the Czech Republic. It has a membership of 82,994 and is a member party of the European United Left - Nordic Green Left bloc in the European Parliament... |
626,136 | 10.3 | 22 | –13 |
| KDU-ČSL | 489,349 | 8.1 | 18 | |
| SPR-RSČ | 485,072 | 8.0 | 18 | |
| Civic Democratic Alliance Civic Democratic Alliance The Civic Democratic Alliance was a small liberal centre-right political party in the Czech Republic, functional between years 1989 and 2007.-History:... |
385,369 | 6.4 | 13 | –1 |
| Pensioners for Life Security | 187,455 | 3.1 | 0 | 0 |
| Democratic Union | 169,796 | 2.8 | 0 | New |
| Free Democrats - Liberal National Social Party Czech National Social Party Czech National Social Party was a civic nationalist political party established in 1898 within the Young Czech Party as a nominally socialist group with a stress on achieving Czech independence from Austria–Hungary Czech National Social Party (Czech: Česká strana národně sociální) was a civic... |
124,165 | 2.1 | 0 | New |
| Left Bloc | 85,122 | 1.4 | 0 | New |
| Independents | 30,125 | 0.5 | 0 | New |
| Czech-Moravian Centre Union | 27,490 | 0.5 | 0 | New |
| HSMSMNSJ | 25,198 | 0.4 | 0 | New |
| Moravian National Party | 16,580 | 0.3 | 0 | New |
| Democratic Left Party | 7,740 | 0.1 | 0 | New |
| Czech Right | 2,808 | 0.1 | 0 | New |
| Invalid/blank votes | 37,189 | – | – | – |
| Total | 6,096,404 | 100 | 200 | 0 |
| Source: Nohlen & Stöver | ||||