Country: | Czech Republic |
Type: | parliamentary |
Previous Election: | 1998 Czech parliamentary election |
Previous Year: | 1998 |
Next Election: | 2006 Czech parliamentary election |
Next Year: | 2006 |
Turnout: | 57.95% (16.13pp) |
Seats For Election: | All 200 seats in the Chamber of Deputies 101 seats needed for a majority |
Election Date: | 14–15 June 2002 |
Image1: | Vladimir Spidla, 2007 crop.jpg |
Leader1: | Vladimír Špidla |
Party1: | Czech Social Democratic Party |
Last Election1: | 32.31%, 74 seats |
Seats1: | 70 |
Seat Change1: | 4 |
Popular Vote1: | 1,440,279 |
Percentage1: | 30.21% |
Swing1: | 2.10pp |
Leader2: | Václav Klaus |
Party2: | Civic Democratic Party (Czech Republic) |
Last Election2: | 27.74%, 63 seats |
Seats2: | 58 |
Seat Change2: | 5 |
Popular Vote2: | 1,166,975 |
Percentage2: | 24.48% |
Swing2: | 3.26pp |
Image4: | Miroslav_Grebeníček_(4).jpg |
Leader4: | Miroslav Grebeníček |
Party4: | Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia |
Last Election4: | 11.03%, 24 seats |
Seats4: | 41 |
Seat Change4: | 17 |
Popular Vote4: | 882,653 |
Percentage4: | 18.51% |
Swing4: | 7.48pp |
Image5: | Flickr - europeanpeoplesparty - EPP Congress Warsaw (708) (cropped).jpg |
Leader5: | Cyril Svoboda |
Party5: | KDU-ČSL |
Alliance5: | Four-Coalition |
Last Election5: | 17.59%, 39 seats |
Seats5: | 31 |
Seat Change5: | 8 |
Popular Vote5: | 680,670 |
Percentage5: | 14.28% |
Swing5: | 3.31pp |
Prime Minister | |
Posttitle: | Prime Minister after election |
Before Election: | Miloš Zeman |
Before Party: | Czech Social Democratic Party |
After Election: | Vladimír Špidla |
After Party: | Czech Social Democratic Party |
Parliamentary elections were held in the Czech Republic on 14 and 15 June 2002.[1] The result was a victory for the Czech Social Democratic Party, which won 70 of the 200 seats, and formed a coalition government with the KDU-ČSL and Freedom Union – Democratic Union. Voter turnout was 58%.[2]
See main article: Opinion polling for the 2002 Czech parliamentary election.
Date | Polling Firm | ČSSD | ODS | 4K | KSČM | Others | ||
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14-15 Jun 2002 | Election | 30.2 | 24.5 | 14.3 | 18.5 | 12.5 | ||
5 - 12 Jun 2002 | CVVM | 29.0 | 27.0 | 13.5 | 17.5 | 13.0 | ||
6 Jun 2002 | TNS Factum | 29.4 | 27.8 | 13.1 | 18.4 | 11.3 | ||
20–27 May 2002 | CVVM[4] | 21.5 | 19.5 | 11.5 | 10.0 | 37.5 | ||
22 - 29 Apr 2002 | CVVM[5] | 24.0 | 22.0 | 12.5 | 14.5 | 27.0 | ||
17 Apr 2002 | TNS Factum | 24.1 | 28.2 | 19.6 | 17.5 | 10.6 | ||
4 Apr 2002 | STEM | 23.7 | 26.4 | 17.0 | 14.1 | 18.8 | ||
22 Mar - 2 Apr 2002 | CVVM[6] | 22.0 | 20.0 | 17.0 | 14.0 | 27.0 | ||
8 Mar 2002 | TNS Factum | 25.0 | 30.5 | 17.0 | 16.2 | 11.3 | ||
4 Mar 2002 | STEM | 26.4 | 23.7 | 16.9 | 14.1 | 18.9 | ||
15 Feb 2002 | CVVM | 23.0 | 18.5 | 23.0 | 13.5 | 22.0 | ||
15 Feb 2002 | STEM | 23.8 | 23.0 | 19.1 | 13.4 | 20.7 | ||
24 Jan 2002 | STEM | 21.5 | 21.3 | 22.5 | 15.6 | 19.1 | ||
7 Jan 2002 | CVVM | 24.0 | 18.0 | 20.0 | 10.0 | 28.0 |