Czech parliamentary elections of 1996

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:election
gptkbp:alliance Civic_Democratic_Party_and_other_parties
gptkbp:campaigns Television advertising
Public debates
Door-to-door canvassing
gptkbp:country gptkb:Czech_Republic
gptkbp:date May 31 to June 1, 1996
gptkbp:electionYear gptkb:Czech_Statistical_Office
General election
Proportional representation
Other parties: 33.7%
Communist_Party:_10.3%
Civic_Democratic_Party:_29.6%
Civic_Democratic_Party_led_by_Václav_Klaus
Czech_Social_Democratic_Party:_26.4%
gptkbp:followedBy gptkb:Czech_parliamentary_elections_of_1998
gptkbp:hasPoliticalParty gptkb:Civic_Democratic_Party
gptkb:Communist_Party_of_Bohemia_and_Moravia
gptkb:Czech_Social_Democratic_Party
gptkbp:heldIn 1996
gptkbp:historicalContext Post-communist transition
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Czech parliamentary elections of 1996
gptkbp:impact Influenced future elections
gptkbp:internationalCooperation Monitored by international observers
gptkbp:isCelebratedFor Formation of government
Political realignment
Coalition negotiations
gptkbp:legacy Set the stage for political landscape
gptkbp:majorIndustry Foreign policy
Social policy
Economic reforms
gptkbp:mediaCoverage Extensive coverage
gptkbp:notableEvent Formation of a minority government
Decline_of_the_Communist_Party
Rise_of_the_Civic_Democratic_Party
gptkbp:numberOfSeasons 200
gptkbp:outcome Coalition government formed
gptkbp:precededBy gptkb:Czech_parliamentary_elections_of_1994
gptkbp:publicAccess Divided electorate
gptkbp:result Civic_Democratic_Party_won
gptkbp:significance First elections after the split of Czechoslovakia
gptkbp:standardFeatures gptkb:Civic_Democratic_Party
gptkb:Communist_Party_of_Bohemia_and_Moravia
gptkb:Czech_Social_Democratic_Party
gptkbp:type parliamentary election
gptkbp:userDemographics Young voters
First-time voters
Urban voters
Rural voters
gptkbp:voterTurnout 75.6%
Secret ballot