1990 Slovak parliamentary election

1990 Slovak parliamentary election

8–9 June 1990
All 150 seats in the Slovak National Council 76 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	95.39% ( 4.37 pp)
First party Second party Third party   Leader Ján Budaj Ján Čarnogurský Víťazoslav Móric Party VPN KDH SNS Seats won 48 31 22 Popular vote 991,285 648,782 470,984 Percentage 29.4% 19.2% 13.9%   Fourth party Fifth party   Leader Peter Weiss Miklós Duray Party KSS COEX Alliance EGY–MKDM/MKDH Last election 103 Did not exist Seats won 22 14 Seat change 81 New Popular vote 450,855 292,636 Percentage 13.4% 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.

Electoral system

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

Participating parties

Party		Ideology	Political position	Leader
	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
	Coexistence–Hungarian 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

Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Public Against Violence	991,285	29.35	48	New
	Christian Democratic Movement	648,782	19.21	31	New
	Slovak National Party	470,984	13.94	22	New
	Communist Party of Slovakia	450,855	13.35	22	–81
	Coexistence–Hungarian Christian Democratic Movement	292,636	8.66	14	New
	Democratic Party	148,567	4.40	7	New
	Green Party	117,871	3.49	6	New
	Alliance of Farmers and the Countryside	85,060	2.52	0	New
	Social Democracy	61,401	1.82	0	New
	Freedom Party	60,041	1.78	0	–7
	Romas	24,797	0.73	0	New
	Movement of Czechoslovakian Understanding	13,417	0.40	0	New
	People's Democratic Party–Rally for the Republic	7,023	0.21	0	New
	Free Bloc	3,326	0.10	0	New
	Czechoslovakian Socialist Party	1,166	0.03	0	0
	Czechoslovakian Democratic Forum	515	0.02	0	New
Total		3,377,726	100.00	150	0
Valid votes		3,377,726	97.74
Invalid/blank votes		77,925	2.26
Total votes		3,455,651	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		3,622,650	95.39
Source: Statistics.sk