1990 Slovak parliamentary election

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1990 Slovak parliamentary election
Flag of First Slovak Republic 1939-1945.svg
  1986 8–9 June 1990 1992  

All 150 seats in the Slovak National Council
76 seats needed for a majority
Turnout95.39% (Decrease2.svg 4.37 pp)
 First partySecond partyThird party
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Leader Ján Budaj Ján Čarnogurský Víťazoslav Móric
Party VPN KDH SNS
Seats won483122
Popular vote991,285648,782470,984
Percentage29.4%19.2%13.9%

 Fourth partyFifth party
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Leader Peter Weiss Miklós Duray
Party KSS COEX
AllianceEGY–MKDM/MKDH
Last election103Did not exist
Seats won2214
Seat changeDecrease2.svg 81New
Popular vote450,855292,636
Percentage13.4%8.7%

Prime Minister before election

Milan Čič
VPN

Elected Prime Minister

Vladimír Mečiar
VPN

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 (VPN) party emerged as the largest in the Slovak National Council, winning 48 of the 150 seats. In the aftermath of the election, Vladimír Mečiar of the VPN formed a grand coalition with the Christian Democratic Movement (KDH). After a conflict leading to the dissolution of the VPN, the first Mečiar cabinet was brought down by a vote of non-confidence in the parliament. Ján Čarnogurský of the KDH became the new prime minister in April 1991.

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Electoral system

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

Participating parties

PartyIdeologyPolitical positionLeader
Public Against Violence (VPN) Liberalism
Liberal democracy
Big tent Ján Budaj
Christian Democratic Movement (KDH) Christian democracy
Social conservatism
Centre-right Ján Čarnogurský
Slovak National Party (SNS) Slovak nationalism
Right-wing populism
Far-right Víťazoslav Móric
Communist Party of Slovakia (KSS) Communism
Democratic socialism
Left-wing Peter Weiss
CoexistenceHungarian Christian Democratic Movement (EGY–MKDM/MKDH) Hungarian minority interests
Christian democracy
Centre Miklós Duray
Democratic Party (DS) Conservatism
Economic liberalism
Centre-right Ján Holčík
Green Party (SZ) Green politics
Green liberalism
Centre Juraj Mesík

Results

1990 Slovak National Council composition chart.svg
PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Public Against Violence 991,28529.3548New
Christian Democratic Movement 648,78219.2131New
Slovak National Party 470,98413.9422New
Communist Party of Slovakia 450,85513.3522–81
CoexistenceHungarian Christian Democratic Movement 292,6368.6614New
Democratic Party 148,5674.407New
Green Party 117,8713.496New
Alliance of Farmers and the Countryside85,0602.520New
Social Democracy61,4011.820New
Freedom Party 60,0411.780–7
Romas24,7970.730New
Movement of Czechoslovakian Understanding13,4170.400New
People's Democratic Party–Rally for the Republic 7,0230.210New
Free Bloc3,3260.100New
Czechoslovakian Socialist Party 1,1660.0300
Czechoslovakian Democratic Forum5150.020New
Total3,377,726100.001500
Valid votes3,377,72697.74
Invalid/blank votes77,9252.26
Total votes3,455,651100.00
Registered voters/turnout3,622,65095.39
Source: Statistics.sk

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