1992 Czech National Council election
1992 Czech National Council election
Districts won by ODS-KDU coalition (blue) and HSD–SMS (yellow)
National Council elections were held in the Czech part of Czechoslovakia on 5 and 6 June 1992,[ 1] alongside federal elections . The result was a victory for the Civic Democratic Party -Christian Democratic Party alliance, which won 76 of the 200 seats. Voter turnout was 85.0%.[ 2] When the Czech Republic became independent in 1993, the National Council became its Parliament.[ 3]
Campaign
Campaign of the Civic Democratic Party revolved around its leader Václav Klaus . The party used slogan "Future is in your hands. The whole campaign cost over 100 million CSK . It is described as very massive.[ 4]
Finances
Opinion polls
Graph of opinion polls conducted
Date
Polling Firm
ODS
ČSSD
KSČM
KDU-ČSL
LSU
OH
HSD-SMS
ODA
SPR-RSČ
KDS
ČSS
Others
Undecided
1/1992
IVVM
20.8
10.3
6.8
5.1
4.5
4.3
3.1
3.0
3.0
1.7
0.9
6.3
30.3
2/1992
IVVM
29.4
12.0
12.7
9.0
8.0
5.2
5.6
5.6
3.5
2.8
1.0
5.4
0
3/1992
IVVM
27.5
10.7
11.8
7.4
5.5
5.5
4.8
7.0
4.8
2.2
1.7
0.7
0
5/1992
IVVM
21.2
13.0
11.8
6.9
1.2
7.9
6.7
14.1
5.3
w.ODS
1.8
10.2
0
6/1992
Election
29.7
6.5
14.0
6.3
6.5
4.6
5.9
5.9
6.0
w.ODS
w.SZ
14.6
0
Source: Nesstar
Results
Party Votes % Seats Civic Democratic Party –Christian Democratic Party 1,924,483 29.73 76 Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia 909,490 14.05 35 Czechoslovak Social Democracy 422,736 6.53 16 Liberal-Social Union 421,988 6.52 16 KDU-ČSL 406,341 6.28 15 Rally for the Republic – Republican Party of Czechoslovakia 387,026 5.98 14 Civic Democratic Alliance 383,705 5.93 14 Movement for Autonomous Democracy–Party for Moravia and Silesia 380,088 5.87 14 Civic Movement 297,406 4.59 0 Pensioners for Life Security 244,319 3.77 0 Czechoslovak Businessmen's, Traders' and Farmers' Party 203,654 3.15 0 Club of Committed Non-Party Members 174,006 2.69 0 Independent Initiative 88,823 1.37 0 Friends of Beer Party 83,959 1.30 0 Movement for Social Justice 69,621 1.08 0 Democrats 92 for a Common State 37,839 0.58 0 Roma Civic Initiative 16,854 0.26 0 Republican Party and National Democratic Unity 11,115 0.17 0 National Social Party – Czechoslovak National Socialist Party 9,797 0.15 0 Total 6,473,250 100.00 200 Valid votes 6,473,250 98.44 Invalid/blank votes 102,776 1.56 Total votes 6,576,026 100.00 Registered voters/turnout 7,738,981 84.97 Source: Nohlen & Stöver
References