Czech legislative election, 1998

19–20 June 1998

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

	First party	Second party	Third party

Leader	Miloš Zeman	Václav Klaus	Miroslav Grebeníček
Party	ČSSD	ODS	KSČM
Seats won	74	63	24
Seat change	13	5	2
Popular vote	1,928,660	1,656,011	658,550
Percentage	32.31%	27.74	11.03%
Swing	2.69pp	1.88pp	1.30pp

	Fourth party	Fifth party

Leader	Josef Lux	Jan Ruml
Party	KDU–ČSL	US
Seats won	20	19
Seat change	2	New
Popular vote	537,013	513,596
Percentage	8.99%	8.60%
Swing	0.91pp	–

PM before election

Josef Tošovský
Independent

Elected PM

Miloš Zeman
ČSSD

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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	32.31	74	+13
Civic Democratic Party	1,656,011	27.74	63	–5
Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia	658,550	11.03	24	+2
KDU-ČSL	537,013	8.99	20	+2
Freedom Union	513,596	8.60	19	New
SPR-RSČ	232,965	3.90	0	–18
Pensioners for Life Security	182,900	3.06	0	0
Democratic Union	86,431	1.44	0	0
Green Party	67,143	1.12	0	New
Independents	51,981	0.87	0	0
Moravian Democratic Party	22,282	0.37	0	New
Czech National Social Party	17,185	0.29	0	New
Civic Coalition – Political Club	14,788	0.25	0	New
Invalid/blank votes	25,339	–	–	–
Total	5,994,844	100	200	0
Registered voters/turnout	8,116,836	73.9	–	–
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

Popular vote

ČSSD			32.31%
ODS			27.74%
KSČM			11.03%
KDU-ČSL			8.99%
US			8.60%
SPR-RSČ			3.90%
DŽJ			3.06%
DEU			1.44%
SZ			1.12%
Others			1.81%

Parliamentary seats

ČSSD			37.00%
ODS			31.50%
KSČM			12.00%
KDU-ČSL			10.00%
US			9.50%

Opinion Polls

Date	Polling Firm	ODS	ČSSD	KSČM	KDU-ČSL	US	SPR-RSČ	Others
Date	Polling Firm							Others
STEM^[3]	January 1998	15.0	32.0	10.0	11.0	n/a	5.0	27.0
STEM	February 1998	12.0	29.0	11.0	9.0	11.0	8.0	20.0
STEM	March 1998	11.0	30.0	9.0	9.0	18.0	8.0	15.0
STEM	April 1998	16.0	24.0	11.0	9.0	13.0	6.0	21.0
STEM	May 1998	16.0	25.0	11.0	9.0	14.0	5.0	20.0
STEM	June 1998	19.0	22.0	9.0	7.0	8.0	5.0	30.0
Election	19-20 June 1998	27.7	32.3	11.0	9.0	8.6	3.9	6.6

Campaign Finances

Party	ODS	ČSSD	KDU-ČSL	KSČM	US
Money Spent^[4]	30,000,000 Kč	30,000,000 Kč	30,000,000 Kč	8,000,000 Kč	2,000,000 Kč

References

↑ Nohlen, D & Stöver, P (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p471 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
↑ Nohlen & Stöver, p472
↑ Koutník, Ondřej (31 March 2009). Vznik a vývoj politické strany Unie svobody v letech 1998–2004 (PDF). Olomouc: Palacký University. p. 32. Retrieved 1 August 2016.
↑ "Volby provětrají stranické pokladny, úspěšným se to vyplatí | ČeskéNoviny.cz". www.ceskenoviny.cz. Retrieved 15 August 2016.

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