1990 Slovak parliamentary election
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Parliamentary elections were held in Slovakia on 8 and 9 June 1990 alongside federal elections. They were the first elections after the Velvet Revolution, and the first free elections since 1946. The Public Against Violence (VPN) party emerged as the largest in the Slovak National Council, winning 48 of the 150 seats. In the aftermath of the election, Vladimír Mečiar of the VPN formed a grand coalition with the Christian Democratic Movement (KDH). After a conflict leading to the dissolution of the VPN, the first Mečiar cabinet was brought down by a vote of non-confidence in the parliament. Ján Čarnogurský of the KDH became the new Prime Minister in April 1991.
Electoral system
These were the only elections with a 3% electoral threshold; it was raised to 5% for the 1992 elections.
Participating parties
Party | Ideology | Political position | Leader | |
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Public Against Violence (VPN) | Liberalism Liberal democracy | Big tent | Ján Budaj | |
Christian Democratic Movement (KDH) | Christian democracy Social conservatism | Centre-right | Ján Čarnogurský | |
Slovak National Party (SNS) | Slovak nationalism Right-wing populism | Far-right | Víťazoslav Móric | |
Communist Party of Slovakia (KSS) | Communism Democratic socialism | Left-wing | Peter Weiss | |
Coexistence–Hungarian Christian Democratic Movement (EGY–MKDM/MKDH) | Hungarian minority interests Christian democracy | Centre | Miklós Duray | |
Democratic Party (DS) | Conservatism Economic liberalism | Centre-right | Ján Holčík | |
Green Party (SZ) | Green politics Green liberalism | Centre | Juraj Mesík |
Results
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Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | |
Public Against Violence | 991,285 | 29.35 | 48 | New | |
Christian Democratic Movement | 648,782 | 19.21 | 31 | New | |
Slovak National Party | 470,984 | 13.94 | 22 | New | |
Communist Party of Slovakia | 450,855 | 13.35 | 22 | –81 | |
Coexistence–Hungarian Christian Democratic Movement | 292,636 | 8.66 | 14 | New | |
Democratic Party | 148,567 | 4.40 | 7 | New | |
Green Party | 117,871 | 3.49 | 6 | New | |
Alliance of Farmers and the Countryside | 85,060 | 2.52 | 0 | New | |
Social Democracy | 61,401 | 1.82 | 0 | New | |
Freedom Party | 60,041 | 1.78 | 0 | –7 | |
Romas | 24,797 | 0.73 | 0 | New | |
Movement of Czechoslovakian Understanding | 13,417 | 0.40 | 0 | New | |
People's Democratic Party–Rally for the Republic | 7,023 | 0.21 | 0 | New | |
Free Bloc | 3,326 | 0.10 | 0 | New | |
Czechoslovakian Socialist Party | 1,166 | 0.03 | 0 | 0 | |
Czechoslovakian Democratic Forum | 515 | 0.02 | 0 | New | |
Total | 3,377,726 | 100.00 | 150 | 0 | |
Valid votes | 3,377,726 | 97.74 | |||
Invalid/blank votes | 77,925 | 2.26 | |||
Total votes | 3,455,651 | 100.00 | |||
Registered voters/turnout | 3,622,650 | 95.39 | |||
Source: Statistics.sk |
References
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- See also: Elections in Austria-Hungary
- Czechoslovakia