Czechia 1998 parliamentary election
Final results from ParlGov, read : Czech Social Democratic Party won 74 of 200 seats with 32.3% of the vote; 73.9% of registered voters cast a ballot, down 2.4 points on 1996.
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Result
Seats and votes by party
| Party | Seats | ± seats | % | ± points | Votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Czech Social Democratic Party | 74 | +13 | 32.3 | +5.9 | 1,928,660 |
| Civic Democratic Party | 63 | −5 | 27.7 | −1.9 | 1,656,011 |
| Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia | 24 | +2 | 11.0 | +0.7 | 658,550 |
| KDU-ČSL | 20 | +2 | 9.0 | +0.9 | 537,013 |
| Freedom Union – Democratic Union | 19 | 8.6 | 513,596 | ||
| Rally for the Republic – Republican Party of Czechoslovakia | 0 | −18 | 3.9 | −4.1 | 232,965 |
| Party for Life Security | 0 | 0 | 3.1 | 0.0 | 182,900 |
| Democratic Union | 0 | 0 | 1.4 | −1.4 | 86,431 |
| Green Party | 0 | 1.1 | 67,143 |
± is the change against the Czechia 1996 parliamentary election, party by party.
Votes by party
- Czech Social Democratic Party 1,928,660
- Civic Democratic Party 1,656,011
- Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia 658,550
- KDU-ČSL 537,013
- Freedom Union – Democratic Union 513,596
- Rally for the Republic – Republican Party of Czechoslovakia 232,965
- Party for Life Security 182,900
- Democratic Union 86,431
- Green Party 67,143
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
73.9% of the 8,116,836 registered voters cast a ballot (5,994,844 ballots), down 2.4 points on 1996. 5,969,505 of them were valid votes. The lowest turnout of this kind in our data, which begins in 1990. How turnout is counted.
Votes and seats
- Czech Social Democratic Party32.3% of votes37.0% of seats
- Civic Democratic Party27.7% of votes31.5% of seats
- Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia11.0% of votes12.0% of seats
- KDU-ČSL9.0% of votes10.0% of seats
- Freedom Union – Democratic Union8.6% of votes9.5% of seats
- Rally for the Republic – Republican Party of Czechoslovakia3.9% of votes0.0% of seats
- Party for Life Security3.1% of votes0.0% of seats
The Gallagher index of disproportionality is 5.8 (0 when seats follow votes exactly); the effective number of parties is 4.7 by votes and 3.7 by seats; Czech Social Democratic Party led Civic Democratic Party by 4.6 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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