Czech legislative election, 1996

31 May – 1 June 1996

All 200 seats in the Chamber of Deputies 101 seats needed for a majority

	First party	Second party	Third party

Leader	Václav Klaus	Miloš Zeman	Miroslav Grebeníček
Party	ODS	ČSSD	KSČM
Seats won	68	61	22
Seat change	8	45	13
Popular vote	1,794,560	1,602,250	626,136
Percentage	29.62%	26.44%	10.33%
Swing	0.11pp	19.91pp	3.72pp

	Fourth party	Fifth party	Sixth party

Leader	Josef Lux	Miroslav Sládek	Jan Kalvoda
Party	KDU–ČSL	SPR-RSČ	ODA
Seats won	18	18	13
Seat change	3	4	1
Popular vote	489,349	485,072	385,369
Percentage	8.08%	8.01	6.36
Swing	1.80pp	2.03pp	0.43pp

PM before election

Václav Klaus
ODS

Elected PM

Václav Klaus
ODS

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Parliamentary elections were held in the Czech Republic on 31 May and 1 June 1996,^[1] 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%.^[2]

Results

Party	Votes	%	Seats	+/–
Civic Democratic Party	1,794,560	29.62	68	–
Czech Social Democratic Party	1,602,250	26.44	61	+45
Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia	626,136	10.33	22	–13
KDU-ČSL	489,349	8.08	18	+3
SPR-RSČ	485,072	8.01	18	+4
Civic Democratic Alliance	385,369	6.36	13	–1
Pensioners for Life Security	187,455	3.09	0	0
Democratic Union	169,796	2.80	0	New
Free Democrats - Liberal National Social Party	124,165	2.05	0	New
Left Bloc	85,122	1.40	0	New
Independents	30,125	0.50	0	New
Moravian Centre Union	27,490	0.45	0	New
HSMSMNSJ	25,198	0.42	0	New
Moravian National Party	16,580	0.27	0	New
Democratic Left Party	7,740	0.13	0	New
Czech Right	2,808	0.05	0	New
Invalid/blank votes	37,189	–	–	–
Total	6,096,404	100	200	0
Registered voters/turnout	7,990,770	76.3	–	–
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

Popular vote

ODS			29.62%
ČSSD			26.44%
KSČM			10.33%
KDU-ČSL			8.08%
SPR-RSČ			8.01%
ODA			6.36%
DŽJ			3.09%
DEU			2.80%
CSNS			2.05%
LB			1.40%
Others			1.82%

Parliamentary seats

ODS			34.00%
ČSSD			30.50%
KSČM			11.00%
KDU-ČSL			9.00%
SPR-RSČ			9.00%
ODA			6.50%

Campaign Finances

Party	ODS	ČSSD	KDU-ČSL	ODA	KSČM
Money Spent^[3]	127,000,000 Kč	80,000,000 Kč	55,000,000 Kč	40,000,000 Kč	8,000,000 Kč

Opinion Polls

Date	Polling Firm	ODS	ČSSD	KSČM	KDU-ČSL	SPR-RSČ	ODA	DŽJ	DEU	SD-LSNS	LB	Others
Date	Polling Firm											Others
31 May-1 June	Election	29.6	26.4	10.3	8.1	8.0	6.4	3.1	2.8	2.1	1.4	1.8
4-7 May 1996	IVVM^[4]	21.8	17.7	7.3	7.1	5.8	5.8	2.8	2.3	1.9	3.3
April	IVVM	25.5	15.5	6.2	8.9	5.0	6.8	1.9	1.4	1.9	4.5
March	IVVM	25.5	15.3	6.0	6.7	4.7	8.1	1.2	1.7	1.9	4.2
February	IVVM	24.7	15.9	6.5	9.1	4.4	8.1	0.9	1.2	3.2	3.8
January	IVVM	27.2	17.3	7.1	6.7	4.7	6.6	0.7	0.8	2.0	4.7

References

↑ Nohlen, D & Stöver, P (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p471 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
↑ Nohlen & Stöver, p472
↑ "Volby provětrají stranické pokladny, úspěšným se to vyplatí | ČeskéNoviny.cz". www.ceskenoviny.cz. Retrieved 15 August 2016.
↑ "Volebni preference". zpravodajstvi.ecn.cz. Retrieved 1 August 2016.

Elections and referendums in the Czech Republic

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See also: Elections in Austria-Hungary Czechoslovakia

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