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Czechia 1998 parliamentary election

What was the result of the 1998 parliamentary election in Czechia?

Czech Social Democratic Party won 74 of 200 seats with 32.3% of the vote. 73.9% 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 : Czech Social Democratic Party won 74 of 200 seats with 32.3% of the vote; 73.9% of registered voters cast a ballot, down 2.4 points on 1996.

  • Czech Social Democratic Party 74 +13 seats 32.3% +5.9 points
  • Civic Democratic Party 63 −5 seats 27.7% −1.9 points
  • Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia 24 +2 seats 11.0% +0.7 points
  • KDU-ČSL 20 +2 seats 9.0% +0.9 points
  • Freedom Union – Democratic Union 19 8.6%
  • Rally for the Republic – Republican Party of Czechoslovakia 0 −18 seats 3.9% −4.1 points
  • Party for Life Security 0 0 seats 3.1% 0.0 points
  • Democratic Union 0 0 seats 1.4% −1.4 points
  • 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 1996 parliamentary election, party by party.

101 of 200 seats make a majority

Key numbers

  1. 32.3%

    Share of the vote won by Czech Social Democratic Party

    Czech Social Democratic Party won 74 of 200 seats. A majority needs 101.

  2. +13 seats

    Seats gained by Czech Social Democratic Party

    The largest gain in seats compared with 1996. Rally for the Republic – Republican Party of Czechoslovakia lost 18 seats.

  3. 73.9%

    Voter turnout

    Down 2.4 points on 1996.

Seats and votes by party

PartySeats± seats%± pointsVotes
Czech Social Democratic Party74+1332.3+5.91,928,660
Civic Democratic Party63−527.7−1.91,656,011
Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia24+211.0+0.7658,550
KDU-ČSL20+29.0+0.9537,013
Freedom Union – Democratic Union198.6513,596
Rally for the Republic – Republican Party of Czechoslovakia0−183.9−4.1232,965
Party for Life Security003.10.0182,900
Democratic Union001.4−1.486,431
Green Party01.167,143

± is the change against the Czechia 1996 parliamentary election, party by party.

Votes by party
  • Czech Social Democratic Party 1,928,660
  • Civic Democratic Party 1,656,011
  • Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia 658,550
  • KDU-ČSL 537,013
  • Freedom Union – Democratic Union 513,596
  • Rally for the Republic – Republican Party of Czechoslovakia 232,965
  • Party for Life Security 182,900
  • Democratic Union 86,431
  • Green Party 67,143

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?

73.9% of the 8,116,836 registered voters cast a ballot (5,994,844 ballots), down 2.4 points on 1996. 5,969,505 of them were valid votes. The lowest turnout of this kind in our data, which begins in 1990.

How do the votes compare with the seats?

  • Czech Social Democratic Party32.3% of votes37.0% of seats
  • Civic Democratic Party27.7% of votes31.5% of seats
  • Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia11.0% of votes12.0% of seats
  • KDU-ČSL9.0% of votes10.0% of seats
  • Freedom Union – Democratic Union8.6% of votes9.5% of seats
  • Rally for the Republic – Republican Party of Czechoslovakia3.9% of votes0.0% of seats
  • Party for Life Security3.1% of votes0.0% of seats
Each party's share of the vote (outlined) and of the seats (filled)

The Gallagher index of disproportionality is 5.8 (0 when seats follow votes exactly); the effective number of parties is 4.7 by votes and 3.7 by seats; Czech Social Democratic Party led Civic Democratic Party by 4.6 points of the vote.

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