1998 Czech Senate election

Election in the Czech Republic Senate elections for a third of the chamber were held in the Czech Republic on 13 and 14 November 1998 with a second round on 20 and 21 November.Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p471 978-3-8329-5609-7 The result was a victory for the Four-Coalition, which won 13 of the 27 seats up for election. The Coalition was an alliance of the Christian and Democratic Union – Czechoslovak People's Party, the Democratic Union, the Freedom Union and the Civic Democratic Alliance.Nohlen & Stöver, p477 However, Civic Democratic Party remained the largest Senate fraction. Voter turnout was 41% in the first round and 20.3% in the second.Nohlen & Stöver, p472 The elections were held using the two-round system, with an absolute majority required to be elected. Results File:Czechia_Senate_1998.svg Won Not up Total +/– Civic Democratic Party 266377 0 210156 9 9 19 28 –4 Four-Coalition 255785 0 166483 13 13 13 26 +5 Czech Social Democratic Party 208845 0 121700 3 3 20 23 –2 Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia 159123 0 31097 2 2 2 4 +2 Green Party 7803 0 0 0 0 0 Independents 7415 0 0 0 0 0 Czech Right 3436 0 0 0 0 0 Moravians 3167 0 0 0 0 New Party of Conservative Accord 3113 0 0 0 0 New Democratic Regional Party 2585 0 0 0 0 New Czech National Social Party 2302 0 0 0 0 0 Coexistence 1419 0 0 0 0 0 Democratic League 992 0 0 0 0 New Communist Party of Czechoslovakia 716 0 0 0 0 New Right Alternative 452 0 0 0 0 0 Republican Union 200 0 0 0 0 New Independents 38381 0 7655 0 0 0 0 –1 0 131564 4778 2666398 2665043 Nohlen & Stöver, Volby References Czech Republic Senate Senate Category:Senate elections in the Czech Republic Czech Republic