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 party emerged as the largest in the Slovak National Council, winning 48 of the 150 seats. In the aftermath of the election Public Against Violence formed a grand coalition with the Christian Democratic Movement.

Electoral system

These were the only elections with a 3% electoral threshold; it was raised to 5% for the 1992 elections.

Results

Party Votes % Seats
Public Against Violence 991,285 29.35 48
Christian Democratic Movement 648,782 19.21 31
Slovak National Party 470,984 13.94 22
Communist Party of Slovakia 450,855 13.35 22
CoexistenceHungarian Christian Democratic Movement 292,636 8.66 14
Democratic Party 148,567 4.40 7
Party of Greens 117,871 3.49 6
Alliance of Farmers and the Countryside 85,060 2.52 0
Social Democracy 61,401 1.82 0
Freedom Party 60,041 1.78 0
Romas 24,797 0.73 0
Movement of Czechoslovakian Understanding 13,417 0.40 0
People's Democratic Party–Rally for the Republic 7,023 0.21 0
Free Bloc 3,326 0.10 0
Czechoslovakian Socialist Party 1,166 0.03 0
Czechoslovakian Democratic Forum 515 0.02 0
Invalid/blank votes 77,925
Total 3,455,651 100 150
Registered voters/turnout 3,622,650 95.39
Source: Statistics.sk
Popular Vote
VPN
  
29.35%
KDH
  
19.21%
SNS
  
13.94%
KSS
  
13.35%
ESWMK
  
8.66%
DS
  
4.40%
SZ
  
3.49%
SPV
  
2.52%
SD
  
1.82%
SSL
  
1.78%
Other
  
1.49%

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