1992 Czechoslovak parliamentary election

1992 Czechoslovak parliamentary election
Czechoslovakia
← 1990 5–6 June 1992
House of the People

All 150 seats in the House of the People
76 seats needed for a majority
Turnout84.68%
Party Leader Vote % Seats +/–
ODSKDS Václav Klaus 22.97 48 New
HZDS Vladimír Mečiar 10.82 24 New
KSČM Jiří Svoboda 9.66 19 New
ČSSDSDSS Valtr Komárek
Alexander Dubček
6.76 10 New
SDĽ Peter Weiss 4.66 10 New
SPR–RSČ Miroslav Sládek 4.51 8 New
Lidovci Josef Lux 4.05 7 New
LSU František Trnka 3.95 7 New
SNS Jozef Prokeš 3.03 6 0
KDH Ján Čarnogurský 2.89 6 −5
MKDMCoexistence Béla Bugár 2.43 5 0
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
Turnout84.67%
Party Leader Vote % Seats +/–
ODSKDS Václav Klaus 22.65 37 New
HZDS Vladimír Mečiar 10.92 33 New
KSČM Jiří Svoboda 9.81 15 New
ČSSDSDSS Valtr Komárek
Alexander Dubček
6.57 11 New
SDĽ Peter Weiss 4.53 13 New
SPR–RSČ Miroslav Sládek 4.43 6 New
Lidovci Josef Lux 4.12 6 New
LSU František Trnka 4.11 5 New
SNS Jozef Prokeš 3.02 9 0
KDH Ján Čarnogurský 2.84 8 −6
MKDMCoexistence Béla Bugár 2.43 7 +7
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
Prime Minister before Prime Minister after
Marián Čalfa
ODÚ
Jan Stráský
ODS

Federal elections were held in Czechoslovakia on 5 and 6 June 1992,[1] alongside elections for the Czech and Slovak Assemblies. The result was a victory for the Civic Democratic PartyChristian Democratic Party (ODS-KDS) alliance, which won 48 of the 150 seats in the House of the People and 37 of the 150 seats in the House of Nations. Voter turnout was 84.7%.[2]

This would be the last election held in Czechoslovakia. ODS leader Vaclav Klaus insisted that the leader of the largest Slovak party, Vladimir Meciar, agree to a tightly knit federation with a strong central government. Meciar, however, was only willing to agree to a loose confederation in which the Czech lands and Slovakia would both be sovereign. It soon became apparent that a coalition between the two blocs was not feasible, leading Klaus and Meciar to agree to a "velvet divorce."[3] The Federal Assembly formally voted Czechoslovakia out of existence on November 25. Effective on January 1, 1993, Czechoslovakia split into two countries, the Czech Republic and Slovakia.[4]

  1. ^ Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p471 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
  2. ^ Nohlen & Stöver, p472
  3. ^ "Czechoslovakia to Split Up in 'Velvet Divorce'". Los Angeles Times. June 6, 1992.
  4. ^ Stephen Engelberg (January 1, 1993). "Czechoslovakia Breaks in Two, To Wide Regret". The New York Times.