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Czechia 1996 parliamentary election

What was the result of the 1996 parliamentary election in Czechia?

Civic Democratic Party won 68 of 200 seats with 29.6% of the vote. 76.3% of registered voters cast a ballot.

  • Czechia
  • Held:
  • Final result
  • ParlGov, read 5 October 2026

Which party won the most seats?

Final results from ParlGov, read : Civic Democratic Party won 68 of 200 seats with 29.6% of the vote; 76.3% of registered voters cast a ballot, down 8.8 points on 1992.

  • Civic Democratic Party 68 +2 seats 29.6% −0.1 points
  • Czech Social Democratic Party 61 +45 seats 26.4% +19.9 points
  • Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia 22 −13 seats 10.3% −3.7 points
  • KDU-ČSL 18 +3 seats 8.1% +1.8 points
  • Rally for the Republic – Republican Party of Czechoslovakia 18 +4 seats 8.0% +2.0 points
  • Civic Democratic Alliance 13 −1 seat 6.4% +0.4 points
  • Party for Life Security 0 0 seats 3.1% −0.7 points
  • Democratic Union 0 2.8%
  • Seats won
  • Change on the previous election at the right
  • Share of the vote
  • Share at the previous election
  • Change in points at the right

Changes are against the Czechia 1992 parliamentary election, party by party.

101 of 200 seats make a majority

Key numbers

  1. 29.6%

    Share of the vote won by Civic Democratic Party

    Civic Democratic Party won 68 of 200 seats. A majority needs 101.

  2. +45 seats

    Seats gained by Czech Social Democratic Party

    The largest gain in seats compared with 1992. Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia lost 13 seats.

  3. 76.3%

    Voter turnout

    Down 8.8 points on 1992.

Seats and votes by party

PartySeats± seats%± pointsVotes
Civic Democratic Party68+229.6−0.11,794,560
Czech Social Democratic Party61+4526.4+19.91,602,250
Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia22−1310.3−3.7626,136
KDU-ČSL18+38.1+1.8489,349
Rally for the Republic – Republican Party of Czechoslovakia18+48.0+2.0485,072
Civic Democratic Alliance13−16.4+0.4385,369
Party for Life Security003.1−0.7187,455
Democratic Union02.8169,796
Czech National Social Party02.0124,165
Left Bloc01.485,122

± is the change against the Czechia 1992 parliamentary election, party by party.

Votes by party
  • Civic Democratic Party 1,794,560
  • Czech Social Democratic Party 1,602,250
  • Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia 626,136
  • KDU-ČSL 489,349
  • Rally for the Republic – Republican Party of Czechoslovakia 485,072
  • Civic Democratic Alliance 385,369
  • Party for Life Security 187,455
  • Democratic Union 169,796
  • Czech National Social Party 124,165
  • Left Bloc 85,122

ParlGov lists parties with at least 1 percent of the vote or 2 seats, so the rows do not add up to the valid votes.

How many people voted?

76.3% of the 7,990,770 registered voters cast a ballot (6,096,404 ballots), down 8.8 points on 1992. 6,059,215 of them were valid votes.

How do the votes compare with the seats?

  • Civic Democratic Party29.6% of votes34.0% of seats
  • Czech Social Democratic Party26.4% of votes30.5% of seats
  • Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia10.3% of votes11.0% of seats
  • KDU-ČSL8.1% of votes9.0% of seats
  • Rally for the Republic – Republican Party of Czechoslovakia8.0% of votes9.0% of seats
  • Civic Democratic Alliance6.4% of votes6.5% of seats
  • Party for Life Security3.1% of votes0.0% of seats
  • Democratic Union2.8% of votes0.0% of seats
  • Czech National Social Party2.0% of votes0.0% of seats
Each party's share of the vote (outlined) and of the seats (filled)

The Gallagher index of disproportionality is 5.5 (0 when seats follow votes exactly); the effective number of parties is 5.3 by votes and 4.1 by seats; Civic Democratic Party led Czech Social Democratic Party by 3.2 points of the vote.

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