1990 Czechoslovak parliamentary election

1990 Czechoslovak parliamentary election

8–9 June 1990
House of the People
All 150 seats in the House of the People 76 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	96.24%
Party Leader Vote % Seats OF Jan Urban 36.20 68 KSČ Ladislav Adamec 13.59 23 VPN Ján Budaj 10.38 19 KDH Ján Čarnogurský 6.05 11 KDU Josef Bartončík 5.92 9 HSD–SMS Boleslav Bárta 5.38 9 SNS Víťazoslav Móric 3.50 6 Coexistence–MKDM Miklós Duray 2.79 5 This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
House of Nations
All 150 seats in the House of Nations 76 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	96.24%
Party Leader Vote % Seats OF Jan Urban 34.03 50 KSČ Ladislav Adamec 13.68 24 VPN Ján Budaj 11.89 33 HSD–SMS Boleslav Bárta 6.20 7 KDU Ján Čarnogurský 5.96 6 KDH Josef Bartončík 5.31 14 SNS Víťazoslav Móric 3.65 9 Coexistence–MKDM Miklós Duray 2.71 7 This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below. Prime Minister before Prime Minister after Marián Čalfa VPN Marián Čalfa VPN

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 in both houses of parliament. The Czech wing, Civic Forum (OF), became the largest single party, with 68 of the 150 seats in the House of the People and 50 of the 150 seats in the House of Nations. 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.

Between them, the two wings of the Havel movement commanded strong majorities in both chambers, with 87 seats in the House of the People and 83 seats in the House of Nations–something no Czechoslovak party or alliance had previously achieved in a free election. Previously, the highest vote share garnered in a contested election had been the Communists' 38 percent in the last elections held before the Communist takeover, in 1946. Before then, no party or alliance had ever won more than 25 percent.

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

Party		Votes	%	Seats
	Civic Forum	3,851,172	36.20	68
	Communist Party of Czechoslovakia	1,445,407	13.59	23
	Public Against Violence	1,104,125	10.38	19
	Christian Democratic Movement	644,008	6.05	11
	Christian and Democratic Union	629,359	5.92	9
	Movement for Autonomous Democracy–Party for Moravia and Silesia	572,015	5.38	9
	Slovak National Party	372,025	3.50	6
	Alliance of Farmers and the Countryside	360,779	3.39	0
	Czechoslovak Social Democracy	342,455	3.22	0
	Green Party	332,974	3.13	0
	Coexistence–Hungarian Christian Democratic Movement	296,575	2.79	5
	Czechoslovak Socialist Party	201,532	1.89	0
	Democratic Party	149,310	1.40	0
	People's Democratic Party–Rally for the Republic	76,338	0.72	0
	Free Bloc	64,070	0.60	0
	Freedom Party	49,012	0.46	0
	Electoral Union of Interest Groups	47,971	0.45	0
	Czechoslovakian Democratic Forum	23,428	0.22	0
	Rómovia	22,670	0.21	0
	Civil Liberties Movement	22,165	0.21	0
	Movement of Czechoslovakian Understanding	21,979	0.21	0
	Friends of Beer Party	8,943	0.08	0
Total		10,638,312	100.00	150
Valid votes		10,638,312	98.73
Invalid/blank votes		136,629	1.27
Total votes		10,774,941	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		11,195,596	96.24
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

House of Nations

Party		Votes	%	Seats
	Civic Forum	3,613,513	34.03	50
	Communist Party of Czechoslovakia	1,452,659	13.68	24
	Public Against Violence	1,262,278	11.89	33
	Movement for Autonomous Democracy–Party for Moravia and Silesia	658,477	6.20	7
	Christian and Democratic Union	633,053	5.96	6
	Christian Democratic Movement	564,172	5.31	14
	Slovak National Party	387,387	3.65	9
	Alliance of Farmers and the Countryside	359,474	3.39	0
	Czechoslovak Social Democracy	352,678	3.32	0
	Green Party	336,310	3.17	0
	Coexistence–Hungarian Christian Democratic Movement	287,426	2.71	7
	Czechoslovak Socialist Party	210,735	1.98	0
	Democratic Party	124,561	1.17	0
	Free Bloc	84,553	0.80	0
	People's Democratic Party–Rally for the Republic	79,324	0.75	0
	Electoral Union of Interest Groups	54,916	0.52	0
	Freedom Party	42,111	0.40	0
	Czechoslovakian Democratic Forum	32,543	0.31	0
	Movement of Czechoslovakian Understanding	25,672	0.24	0
	Civil Liberties Movement	22,124	0.21	0
	Rómovia	20,445	0.19	0
	Friends of Beer Party	13,869	0.13	0
Total		10,618,280	100.00	150
Valid votes		10,618,280	98.70
Invalid/blank votes		139,731	1.30
Total votes		10,758,011	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		11,178,780	96.24
Source: Nohlen & Stöver