1990 Slovak parliamentary election

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.

1990 Slovak parliamentary election
8–9 June 1990
All 150 seats in the Slovak National Council
76 seats needed for a majority
Turnout3,455,651 (95.39%)
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Ján Budaj Ján Čarnogurský Víťazoslav Móric
Party VPN KDH SNS
Last election New party New party New party
Seats won 48 31 22
Seat change New party New party New party
Popular vote 991,285 648,782 470,984
Percentage 29.4% 19.2% 13.9%
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Leader Peter Weiss Miklós Duray Ján Holčík
Party KSS COEX DS
Alliance COEX–MKDM
Last election In NF New party In NF
Seats won 22 14 7
Seat change 81 New party 7
Popular vote 450,855 292,636 148,567
Percentage 13.4% 8.7% 4.4%
  Seventh party
 
Leader Juraj Mesík
Party SZ
Last election New party
Seats won 6
Seat change New party
Popular vote 117,871
Percentage 3.5%
Prime Minister before election

Milan Čič
VPN

 Prime Minister

Vladimír Mečiar
VPN

Electoral system

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

Participating parties
Parties profiles
Party Abbr. Founded Ideology Leader
Public Against Violence
Verejnosť proti násiliu		 VPN 1989 Conservative liberalism,
Libertarianism,
Pro-Europeanism		 Ján Budaj
Christian Democratic Movement
Kresťanskodemokratické hnutie		 KDH 1990 Christian democracy,
Conservatism,
Pro-Europeanism		 Ján Čarnogurský
Slovak National Party
Slovenská národná strana		 SNS 1989 Slovak nationalism,
Right-wing populism,
Euro-Slavism		 Víťazoslav Móric
Communist party of Slovakia
Komunistická strana Slovenska		 KSS 1939 Democratic socialism,
Communism,
Marxism-Leninism		 Peter Weiss
Coexistence – Hungarian Christian Democratic Movement
Spolužitie - Maďarské kresťanskodemokratické hnutie		 Spolužitie - MKDH 1990 Hungarian minority interests,
Christian democracy,
Liberal conservatism		 Miklós Duray
Democratic Party
Demokratická strana		 DS 1989 Conservative liberalism,
Conservatism,
Pro-Europeanism		 Ján Holčík
Green Party
Strana zelených		 SZ 1989 Green politics,
Social liberalism,
Pro-Europeanism		 Juraj Mesík

Results
Party Votes % 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
Coexistence – Hungarian Christian Democratic Movement 292,6368.6614New
Democratic Party 148,5674.407New
Green Party 117,8713.496New
Alliance of Farmers and the Countryside 85,0602.520New
Social Democracy 61,4011.820New
Freedom Party 60,0411.780–7
Romas 24,7970.730New
Movement of Czechoslovakian Understanding 13,4170.400New
People's Democratic Party–Rally for the Republic 7,0230.210New
Free Bloc 3,3260.100New
Czechoslovakian Socialist Party 1,1660.0300
Czechoslovakian Democratic Forum 5150.020New
Invalid/blank votes77,925–––
Total3,455,6511001500
Registered voters/turnout3,622,65095.39––
Source: Statistics.sk

References
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