Election Name: | 1990 Slovak parliamentary election |
Country: | Slovak Socialist Republic |
Type: | parliamentary |
Ongoing: | no |
Previous Election: | 1986 Slovak parliamentary election |
Previous Year: | 1986 |
Next Election: | 1992 Slovak parliamentary election |
Next Year: | 1992 |
Seats For Election: | All 150 seats in the Slovak National Council |
Majority Seats: | 76 |
Election Date: | 8–9 June 1990 |
Turnout: | 95.39% (4.37 pp) |
Image1: | Ján Budaj (cropped).jpg |
Leader1: | Ján Budaj |
Party1: | Public Against Violence |
Seats1: | 48 |
Popular Vote1: | 991,285 |
Percentage1: | 29.4% |
Leader2: | Ján Čarnogurský |
Party2: | Christian Democratic Movement |
Seats2: | 31 |
Popular Vote2: | 648,782 |
Percentage2: | 19.2% |
Image3: | 3x4.svg |
Leader3: | Víťazoslav Móric |
Party3: | Slovak National Party |
Seats3: | 22 |
Popular Vote3: | 470,984 |
Percentage3: | 13.9% |
Image4: | H.E.Peter Weiss 2014 (cropped).JPG |
Leader4: | Peter Weiss |
Party4: | Communist Party of Slovakia (1939) |
Last Election4: | 103 |
Seats4: | 22 |
Seat Change4: | 81 |
Popular Vote4: | 450,855 |
Percentage4: | 13.4% |
Image5: | DurayMiklosFotoThalerTamas.JPG |
Leader5: | Miklós Duray |
Party5: | Coexistence (political party) |
Alliance5: | EGY–MKDM/MKDH |
Last Election5: | Did not exist |
Seats5: | 14 |
Seat Change5: | New |
Popular Vote5: | 292,636 |
Percentage5: | 8.7% |
Prime Minister | |
Before Election: | Milan Čič |
Before Party: | Public Against Violence |
After Election: | Vladimír Mečiar |
After Party: | Public Against Violence |
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.
These were the only elections with a 3% electoral threshold; it was raised to 5% for the 1992 elections.
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 |
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