Czech legislative election, 1998

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Parliamentary elections were held in the Czech Republic on 19 and 20 June 1998.^[1] The result was a victory for the Czech Social Democratic Party, which won 74 of the 200 seats. Voter turnout was 73.9%.^[2]

Results

Party	Votes	%	Seats	+/–
Czech Social Democratic Party	1,928,660	32.3	74	+13
Civic Democratic Party	1,656,011	27.7	63	–5
Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia	658,550	11.0	24	+2
KDU-ČSL	537,013	9.0	20	+2
Freedom Union	513,596	8.6	19	New
SPR-RSČ	232,965	3.9	0	–18
Pensioners for Life Security	182,900	3.1	0	0
Democratic Union	86,431	1.4	0	0
Green Party	67,143	1.1	0	New
Independents	51,981	0.9	0	0
Moravian Democratic Party	22,282	0.4	0	New
Czech National Social Party	17,185	0.3	0	New
Civic Coalition - Political Club	14,788	0.3	0	New
Invalid/blank votes	25,339	–	–	–
Total	5,994,844	100	200	0
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

References

1. ^ Nohlen, D & Stöver, P (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p471 ISBN 9873832956097
2. ^ Nohlen & Stöver, p472