All 200 seats in the Chamber of Deputies 101 seats needed for a majority
First party
Second party
Third party
Leader
Václav Klaus
Miloš Zeman
Miroslav Grebeníček
Party
ODS
ČSSD
KSČM
Seats won
68
61
22
Seat change
8
45
13
Popular vote
1,794,560
1,602,250
626,136
Percentage
29.62%
26.44%
10.33%
Swing
0.11 pp
19.91 pp
3.72 pp
Fourth party
Fifth party
Sixth party
Leader
Josef Lux
Miroslav Sládek
Jan Kalvoda
Party
KDU-ČSL
SPR–RSČ
ODA
Seats won
18
18
13
Seat change
3
4
1
Popular vote
489,349
485,072
385,369
Percentage
8.08%
8.01
6.36
Swing
1.80 pp
2.03 pp
0.43 pp
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ODS
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ODS
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Parliamentary elections were held in the Czech Republic on 31 May and 1 June 1996,[1] the first after independence. The result was a victory for the Civic Democratic Party, which won 68 of the 200 seats. Voter turnout was 76.3%.[2]
^Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p471 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
^Nohlen & Stöver, p472
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