Czech legislative election, 2002

Czech legislative election, 2002
Czech Republic
14 and 15 June 2002

All 200 seats to the Chamber of Deputies of the Czech Republic
101 seats were needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Vladimír Špidla Václav Klaus Miroslav Grebeníček
Party ČSSD ODS KSČM
Last election 74 seats 63 seats 24
Seats won 70 58 41
Seat change –4 –5 +17
Popular vote 1,440,279 1,166,975 882,653
Percentage 30.2% 24.5% 18.51%

  Fourth party
 
Leader Cyril Svoboda
Party KDU–ČSL
Seats won 31
Seat change +11
Popular vote 680,670
Percentage 14.27%

PM before election

Miloš Zeman
ČSSD

Elected PM

Vladimír Špidla
ČSSD

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Parliamentary elections were held in the Czech Republic on 14 and 15 June 2002.[1] The result was a victory for the Czech Social Democratic Party, which won 70 of the 200 seats. Voter turnout was 57.9%.[2]

Results

Party Votes % Seats +/–
Czech Social Democratic Party1,440,27930.2070–4
Civic Democratic Party1,166,97524.4758–5
Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia882,65318.5141+17
KDU-ČSL-US-DEU680,67014.2731+11
Union of Independents132,6992.780New
Green Party122,9292.3600
Republicans of Miroslav Sládek46,3250.970New
Rural Party41,7730.870New
Party for a Secure Life41,4040.860New
Czech National Social Party38,6550.8100
Hope29,9550.620New
Right Bloc28,1630.590New
Civic Democratic Alliance24,2780.500New
Choice for the Future16,7300.350New
Path of Change13,1690.270New
Moravian Democratic Party12,9570.2700
Common Sense Party10,8490.220New
Akce za zrus.Senatu a proti t.9,6370.200New
Balbinova poeticka strana9,2870.190New
Humanist Alliance8,4610.170New
Republicans6,7860.140New
National Democratic Party5,5320.110New
Democratic League4,0590.080New
Czech Right2,0410.040New
Czech Social Democratic Movement6020.010New
Roma Civic Initiative5230.010New
Party of Democratic Socialism4750.000New
New Movement1390.000New
Invalid/blank votes21,139
Total4,789,1451002000
Registered voters/turnout8,264,48457.9
Source: Nohlen & Stöver
Popular vote
ČSSD
 
30.20%
ODS
 
24.47%
KSČM
 
18.51%
KDU-ČSL-US-DEU
 
14.27%
SNK
 
2.78%
SZ
 
2.36%
Others
 
7.41%
Parliamentary seats
ČSSD
 
35.00%
ODS
 
29.00%
KSČM
 
20.50%
KDU-ČSL-US-DEU
 
15.50%

Campaign Finances

Party ČSSD 4K ODS KSČM SNK Green Party
Money Spent[3] 75,000,000 Kč 72,000,000 Kč 60,000,000 Kč 10,500,000 Kč 10,000,000 Kč 2,500,000 Kč

Opinion polls

Date Polling Firm ČSSD ODS 4K KSČM Others
14-15 Jun 2002 Election 30.2 24.5 14.3 18.5 12.5
6 Jun 2002 TNS Factum 29.4 27.8 13.1 18.4 11.3
17 Apr 2002 TNS Factum 24.1 28.2 19.6 17.5 10.6
4 Apr 2002 STEM 23.7 26.4 17.0 14.1 18.8
8 Mar 2002 TNS Factum 25.0 30.5 17.0 16.2 11.3
4 Mar 2002 STEM 26.4 23.7 16.9 14.1 18.9
15 Feb 2002 CVVM 23.0 18.5 23.0 13.5 22.0
15 Feb 2002 STEM 23.8 23.0 19.1 13.4 20.7
24 Jan 2002 STEM 21.5 21.3 22.5 15.6 19.1
7 Jan 2002 CVVM 24.0 18.0 20.0 10.0 28.0
17 Dec 2001 STEM 20.6 20.8 29.1 14.8 14.7
20 Nov 2001 STEM 20.5 22.9 23.7 15.0 17.9

References

  1. Nohlen, D & Stöver, P (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p471 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
  2. Nohlen & Stöver, p472
  3. "Volby provětrají stranické pokladny, úspěšným se to vyplatí | ČeskéNoviny.cz". www.ceskenoviny.cz. Retrieved 14 August 2016.
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