1990 Czech National Council election

1990 Czech National Council election

8–9 June 1990
All 200 seats in the Czech National Council 101 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party   Leader Petr Pithart Jiří Machalík Party OF KSČ Last election Did not exist 137 Seats won 124 33 Seat change New 104 Popular vote 3,569,201 954,690 Percentage 49.50% 13.24%   Third party Fourth party   Leader Boleslav Bárta Josef Bartončík Party HSD–SMS Lidovci Alliance — KDU Last election Did not exist 14 Seats won 23 20 Seat change New 6 Popular vote 723,609 607,134 Percentage 10.03% 8.42%
Most voted-for party by district       OF        HSD–SMS
Prime Minister before election Petr Pithart OF Prime Minister after election Petr Pithart OF

Parliamentary elections were held in the Czech Republic on 8 and 9 June 1990 alongside federal elections. They were the first elections after the Velvet Revolution and voter turnout was 97%.

Following the elections, a coalition government was formed by Civic Forum, the Movement for Autonomous Democracy–Party for Moravia and Silesia and Christian and Democratic Union with Petr Pithart as Prime Minister.

Opinion polls

Graphical summary

Graph of opinion polls conducted

Date	Polling Firm	OF	KSČ	SZ	KDU	ČSSD	ČSS	HSD-SMS	ZEM	SPR	Others	Undecided
2/1990	IVVM	23.3	13.2	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	42.4	—
3/1990	IVVM	19.2	12.7	11.6	18.4	—	—	—	—	—	21.1	16.9
4/1990	IVVM	32.8	18.8	16.2	13.6	7.0	7.0	0.2	4.6	—	0.2	—
5/1990	IVVM	46.7	14.3	5.7	9.7	5.3	3.4	5.5	1.1	1.9	—	—
Source: Nesstar

Results

Party		Votes	%	Seats
	Civic Forum	3,569,201	49.50	124
	Communist Party of Czechoslovakia	954,690	13.24	33
	Movement for Autonomous Democracy–Party for Moravia and Silesia	723,609	10.03	23
	Christian and Democratic Union	607,134	8.42	20
	Alliance of Farmers and the Countryside	296,547	4.11	0
	Czechoslovak Social Democracy	296,165	4.11	0
	Green Party	295,844	4.10	0
	Czechoslovak Socialist Party	192,922	2.68	0
	Free Bloc	75,242	1.04	0
	People's Democratic Party–Rally for the Republic	72,048	1.00	0
	Electoral Union of Interest Groups	60,354	0.84	0
	Friends of Beer Party	43,632	0.61	0
	Czechoslovak Democratic Forum	23,659	0.33	0
Total		7,211,047	100.00	200
Valid votes		7,211,047	98.73
Invalid/blank votes		92,573	1.27
Total votes		7,303,620	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		7,553,477	96.69
Source: Volby (votes)