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Senate elections for a third of chamber were held in the Czech Republic on 13 and 14 November 1998 with a second round on 20 and 21 November.[1]
The result was a victory for the Four-Coalition, which won 13 of the 27 seats up for election. The Coalition was an alliance of the Christian and Democratic Union – Czechoslovak People's Party, the Democratic Union, the Freedom Union and the Civic Democratic Alliance.[2] However, Civic Democratic Party remained the largest Senate fraction. Voter turnout was 41% in the first round and 20.3% in the second.[3]
The elections were held using the two-round system, with an absolute majority required to be elected.
Results
[edit]Party | First round | Second round | Seats | |||||||||
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Votes | % | Seats | Votes | % | Seats | Won | Not up | Total | +/– | |||
Civic Democratic Party | 266,377 | 27.69 | 0 | 210,156 | 39.13 | 9 | 9 | 19 | 28 | –4 | ||
Four-Coalition | 255,785 | 26.59 | 0 | 166,483 | 31.00 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 26 | +5 | ||
Czech Social Democratic Party | 208,845 | 21.71 | 0 | 121,700 | 22.66 | 3 | 3 | 20 | 23 | –2 | ||
Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia | 159,123 | 16.54 | 0 | 31,097 | 5.79 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | +2 | ||
Green Party | 7,803 | 0.81 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
Independents | 7,415 | 0.77 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
Czech Right | 3,436 | 0.36 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
Moravians | 3,167 | 0.33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | New | |||||
Party of Conservative Accord | 3,113 | 0.32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | New | |||||
Democratic Regional Party | 2,585 | 0.27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | New | |||||
Czech National Social Party | 2,302 | 0.24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
Coexistence | 1,419 | 0.15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
Democratic League | 992 | 0.10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | New | |||||
Communist Party of Czechoslovakia | 716 | 0.07 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | New | |||||
Right Alternative | 452 | 0.05 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
Republican Union | 200 | 0.02 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | New | |||||
Independents | 38,381 | 3.99 | 0 | 7,655 | 1.43 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | –1 | ||
Total | 962,111 | 100.00 | 0 | 537,091 | 100.00 | 27 | 27 | 54 | 81 | 0 | ||
Valid votes | 962,111 | 87.97 | 537,091 | 99.12 | ||||||||
Invalid/blank votes | 131,564 | 12.03 | 4,778 | 0.88 | ||||||||
Total votes | 1,093,675 | 100.00 | 541,869 | 100.00 | ||||||||
Registered voters/turnout | 2,666,398 | 41.02 | 2,665,043 | 20.33 | ||||||||
Source: Nohlen & Stöver, Volby |
References
[edit]- ^ Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p471 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
- ^ Nohlen & Stöver, p477
- ^ Nohlen & Stöver, p472