2002 Czech parliamentary election

Parliamentary elections were held in the Czech Republic on 14 and 15 June 2002. The result was a victory for the Czech Social Democratic Party, which won 70 of the 200 seats, and formed a coalition government with the KDU-ČSL and Freedom Union – Democratic Union. Voter turnout was 58%.

2002 Czech parliamentary election
14–15 June 2002
All 200 seats in the Chamber of Deputies
101 seats needed for a majority
Turnout57.95% (16.13pp)
  First party Second party
 
Leader Vladimír Špidla Václav Klaus
Party ČSSD ODS
Last election 32.31%, 74 seats 27.74%, 63 seats
Seats won 70 58
Seat change 4 5
Popular vote 1,440,279 1,166,975
Percentage 30.21% 24.48%
Swing 2.10pp 3.26pp
  Third party Fourth party
 
Leader Miroslav Grebeníček Cyril Svoboda
Party KSČM KDU-ČSL
Alliance Four-Coalition
Last election 11.03%, 24 seats 17.59%, 39 seats
Seats won 41 31
Seat change 17 8
Popular vote 882,653 680,670
Percentage 18.51% 14.28%
Swing 7.48pp 3.31pp
Prime Minister before election

Miloš Zeman
ČSSD

 Prime Minister after election

Vladimír Špidla
ČSSD

Politics of the Czech Republic
Constitution
Executive
  • President (list)
    Petr Pavel
  • Government
    Prime Minister (list)
    Petr Fiala
Parliament
Judiciary
  • Constitutional Court
  • Supreme Court
  • Supreme Administrative Court
  • High Courts
  • Regional Courts
  • District Courts
Recent elections
Administrative divisions
Foreign relations
  • Politics of the European Union
  • Other countries
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.