House elections in the Czech Republic in 2002
The House of Representatives elections in the Czech Republic in 2002 took place on June 14th and 15th, 2002. In the election, the members of the House of Representatives were redefined.
Electoral system
The House of Representatives was elected using proportional representation. There was a 5% threshold . The legislative period was 4 years.
Participating parties
A total of 29 different parties ran for election.
Election result
The winner of the election was the Czech Social Democratic Party (ČSSD) with a slight loss of votes. The Democratic Citizens' Party (ODS) was able to maintain its position as the second strongest force, but also suffered slight losses. The Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia (KSČM) recorded the largest increase in votes with 7.48% and was still the third strongest party in the House of Representatives with a total of 18.51% . The Christian Democratic People's Party (KDU-ČSL) ran for elections in a coalition with the Free Democratic Union (US-DEU) and won 14.27% of the votes cast. The coalition thus lagged behind the result that both parties had achieved as individual applicants in 1998.
| Political party | be right | Seats | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| number | % | +/- | number | +/- | ||
| Czech Social Democratic Party (ČSSD) | 1,440,279 | 30.20 | −2.11 | 70 | −4 | |
| Democratic Citizens Party (ODS) | 1,166,975 | 24.47 | −3.27 | 58 | −5 | |
| Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia (KSČM) | 882.653 | 18.51 | +7.48 | 41 | +17 | |
| Christian and Democratic Union - Czechoslovak People's Party (KDU-ČSL) (1) | 680.671 | 14.27 | +5.28 | 31 | +11 | |
| Association of Independent Candidates (SNK) | 132,699 | 2.78 | New | - | New | |
| Party of the Greens (SZ) | 112,929 | 2.36 | +1.24 | - | - | |
| Coalition for the Republic - Republican Party of Czechoslovakia (SPR-RSČ) | 46,325 | 0.97 | −2.93 | - | - | |
| Rural Party - United Citizens' Power (SV SOS) | 41,773 | 0.87 | New | - | New | |
| Safe Life Party (SŽJ) | 41,404 | 0.86 | New | - | New | |
| Czech National Social Party (ČSNS) | 38,655 | 0.81 | +0.52 | - | - | |
| Hope (N) | 29,955 | 0.62 | New | - | New | |
| Right block (PB) | 28.163 | 0.59 | New | - | New | |
| Democratic Citizens Alliance (ODA) | 24,278 | 0.50 | New | - | New | |
| Choice for the future (VPB) | 16,730 | 0.35 | New | - | New | |
| Path of Change (CZ) | 13,169 | 0.27 | New | - | New | |
| Moravian Democratic Party (MoDS) | 12,957 | 0.27 | −0.10 | - | - | |
| Party of Reason (SDR) | 10,849 | 0.22 | New | - | New | |
| Vytváření Akce za zrušení Senátu a proti vytunelování důchodových fondů (AZSD) | 9,637 | 0.20 | New | - | New | |
| Balbín's Poetic Party (BPS) | 9,287 | 0.19 | New | - | New | |
| Humanist Alliance (HA) | 8,461 | 0.17 | New | - | New | |
| Republicans (REP) | 6,786 | 0.14 | New | - | New | |
| National Democratic Party (NDS) | 5,532 | 0.11 | New | - | New | |
| Democratic League (DL) | 4,059 | 0.08 | New | - | New | |
| Czech rights (ČP) | 2,041 | 0.04 | New | - | New | |
| Czech Social Democratic Movement (ČSDH) | 602 | 0.01 | New | - | New | |
| Roma Citizens' Initiative of the Czech Republic (ROIČR) | 523 | 0.01 | New | - | New | |
| Democratic Socialism Party (SDS) | 475 | 0.00 | New | - | New | |
| New Movement (NH) | 139 | 0.00 | New | - | New | |
| total | 4,768,006 | 100.00 | 200 | |||
| Valid votes | 4,768,006 | 99.56 | −0.02 | |||
| Invalid votes | 21,139 | 0.44 | +0.02 | |||
| voter turnout | 4,789,145 | 58.00 | −16.03 | |||
| Non-voters | 3,475,339 | 42.00 | +16.03 | |||
| Eligible voters | 8,264,484 | |||||
| (1) The KDU-ČSL stood for election in a coalition with the US-DEU . | ||||||
| Source: Czech Statistical Office | ||||||
Web links
- House of Representatives (Czech / English)
- Election results - Czech Statistical Office (Czech / English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Official result of the 2002 House of Representatives election - Czech Statistical Office (English)
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