Czech legislative election, 1998

• KSČM: 24
• CSSD: 74
• U.S.: 19
• KDU: 20
• ODS: 63

The parliamentary elections in the Czech Republic in 1998 to the House of Representatives took place on 19 and 20 June 1998. It was an early election.

Background

In December 1997, the coalition government collapsed due to long, internal disagreements by some scandals of party funding and deteriorating economic data.

In January 1998, a transitional government was formed under Josef Tošovský. Their task was to lead the country until the next election.

Electoral system

The House of Representatives was elected by proportional representation method. There was a minimum threshold of 5 %. The legislature was 4 years.

Election result

The strongest force was the Czech Social Democratic Party ( CSSD ) produced and increased by 5.87 percentage points to a total of 32.31 and thus received the most seats. The conservative Civic Democratic Party ( ODS), previously the strongest force, easily lost, and was only the second strongest party. However, this was not counted as a loss, since the party had split as a result of the previous government crisis and the fate of Václav Klaus on the position of party leader and surveys they had in the meantime rated significantly worse: The newly formed by the inner-party opponents Klaus Freedom Union (U.S.) drew with 8.60 % in the House of Representatives a. Increased slightly the Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia ( KSČM ) and the Christian Democratic Union ( KDU- CSL ).