Parliamentary election in Slovakia in 1990
The parliamentary elections in the Slovak part of Czechoslovakia in 1990 for the Slovak National Council within the Federal Assembly elections took place on Friday, June 8th and Saturday, June 9th, 1990. 150 parliamentary seats were available.
It was the first free elections after the Velvet Revolution and in the further period after 1946.
Electoral system
Voting was based on proportional representation and there was a 3% threshold . The legislative period lasted four years, but there were new elections as early as 1992 .
Participating parties
16 political parties and movements ran for election.
choice
The turnout was immensely high at 95.39%. Almost every eligible voter cast their vote.
A total of around 3.6 million eligible voters were asked to cast their votes on June 8th and 9th, 1990.
Election result
Slovak National Council
| Political party | be right | Seats | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| number | % | |||
| Public Against Violence (VPN) | 991.285 | 29.35 | 48 | |
| Christian Democratic Movement (KDH) | 648,782 | 19.21 | 31 | |
| Slovak National Party (SNS) | 470,984 | 13.94 | 22nd | |
| Communist Party of Czechoslovakia (KSČ) | 450,855 | 13.35 | 22nd | |
| Together - Hungarian Christian Democratic Movement (ESWMK) | 292,636 | 8.66 | 14th | |
| Democratic Party (DS) | 148,567 | 4.40 | 7th | |
| Party of the Greens (SZ) | 117,871 | 3.49 | 6th | |
| Alliance of Peasants and the Country (SPV) | 85.060 | 2.52 | - | |
| Social Democracy (SD) | 61,401 | 1.82 | - | |
| Party of Freedom (SSL) | 60,041 | 1.78 | - | |
| Democratic Union of Roma in Slovakia (DÚRS) | 24,797 | 0.73 | - | |
| Czechoslovak Understanding Movement (HČSP) | 13,417 | 0.40 | - | |
| Democratic People's Party and Association for the Republic (VDSPR) | 7,023 | 0.21 | - | |
| Free block (SB) | 3,326 | 0.10 | - | |
| Czechoslovak Socialist Party (ČSS) | 1.166 | 0.03 | - | |
| Czechoslovak Democratic Forum (ČSDF) | 515 | 0.02 | - | |
| total | 3,377,726 | 100.00 | 150 | |
| Valid votes | 3,377,726 | 97.75 | ||
| Invalid votes | 77.905 | 2.25 | ||
| voter turnout | 3,455,631 | 95.39 | ||
| Non-voters | 167.019 | 4.61 | ||
| Eligible voters | 3,622,650 | - | ||
| Source: Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic | ||||
Federal Assembly (Slovak part)
| Political party | percent | Seats |
|---|---|---|
| VPN | 32.54 | 19th |
| KDH | 18.98 | 11 |
| KSČS | 13.81 | 8th |
| SNS | 10.96 | 6th |
| ESWMK | 8.58 | 5 |
| Political party | percent | Seats |
|---|---|---|
| VPN | 37.28 | 33 |
| KDH | 16.66 | 14th |
| KSČS | 13.43 | 12 |
| SNS | 11.44 | 9 |
| ESWMK | 8.49 | 7th |
consequences
The elections ended with a clear victory for the anti-communist VPN (Slovak counterpart of the Czech Citizens' Forum (OF)). The KSČS, which had actually ruled a year earlier, only received around 13% of the votes.
After the elections, the first government of Vladimír Mečiar took office on June 27, 1990, with the coalition of VPN, KDH and DS (86 seats) and replaced the temporary government of Milan Číč . The SNS, the KSČS and living together went into opposition.
Web links
- Slovak Statistical Office Official Website (Slovak, English)
- National Council official website (Slovak, English)
See also
Individual evidence
- ↑ Official result of the National Council election 1990 Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic (Slovak)
- ↑ a b Kronika Slovenska 2, Dušan Kováč et al., 1999, Fortuna Print, p. 513 and 514 (Slovak)
