Czechia 1996 parliamentary election
Final results from ParlGov, read : Civic Democratic Party won 68 of 200 seats with 29.6% of the vote; 76.3% of registered voters cast a ballot, down 8.8 points on 1992.
- Czechia
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Result
Seats and votes by party
| Party | Seats | ± seats | % | ± points | Votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Civic Democratic Party | 68 | +2 | 29.6 | −0.1 | 1,794,560 |
| Czech Social Democratic Party | 61 | +45 | 26.4 | +19.9 | 1,602,250 |
| Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia | 22 | −13 | 10.3 | −3.7 | 626,136 |
| KDU-ČSL | 18 | +3 | 8.1 | +1.8 | 489,349 |
| Rally for the Republic – Republican Party of Czechoslovakia | 18 | +4 | 8.0 | +2.0 | 485,072 |
| Civic Democratic Alliance | 13 | −1 | 6.4 | +0.4 | 385,369 |
| Party for Life Security | 0 | 0 | 3.1 | −0.7 | 187,455 |
| Democratic Union | 0 | 2.8 | 169,796 | ||
| Czech National Social Party | 0 | 2.0 | 124,165 | ||
| Left Bloc | 0 | 1.4 | 85,122 |
± is the change against the Czechia 1992 parliamentary election, party by party.
Votes by party
- Civic Democratic Party 1,794,560
- Czech Social Democratic Party 1,602,250
- Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia 626,136
- KDU-ČSL 489,349
- Rally for the Republic – Republican Party of Czechoslovakia 485,072
- Civic Democratic Alliance 385,369
- Party for Life Security 187,455
- Democratic Union 169,796
- Czech National Social Party 124,165
- Left Bloc 85,122
ParlGov lists parties with at least 1 percent of the vote or 2 seats, so the rows do not add up to the valid votes. How we read it.
Share of the vote
Turnout
76.3% of the 7,990,770 registered voters cast a ballot (6,096,404 ballots), down 8.8 points on 1992. 6,059,215 of them were valid votes. How turnout is counted.
Votes and seats
- Civic Democratic Party29.6% of votes34.0% of seats
- Czech Social Democratic Party26.4% of votes30.5% of seats
- Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia10.3% of votes11.0% of seats
- KDU-ČSL8.1% of votes9.0% of seats
- Rally for the Republic – Republican Party of Czechoslovakia8.0% of votes9.0% of seats
- Civic Democratic Alliance6.4% of votes6.5% of seats
- Party for Life Security3.1% of votes0.0% of seats
- Democratic Union2.8% of votes0.0% of seats
- Czech National Social Party2.0% of votes0.0% of seats
The Gallagher index of disproportionality is 5.5 (0 when seats follow votes exactly); the effective number of parties is 5.3 by votes and 4.1 by seats; Civic Democratic Party led Czech Social Democratic Party by 3.2 points of the vote. How these are computed.
Sources and licence
Sources and licence
- ParlGov 2024 Release (Döring and Manow), Harvard Dataverse (source). Licence: CC0 1.0 Universal
- Wikidata, party colours (P465) (source). Licence: CC0 1.0 Universal
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