Czech parliamentary elections of 1998

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:election
gptkbp:alliance Czech_Social_Democratic_Party_and_Freedom_Union
gptkbp:campaigns focused on key issues
gptkbp:controversy televised debates held
gptkbp:country gptkb:Czech_Republic
gptkbp:electionYear gptkb:Czech_Statistical_Office
proportional representation
June 1, 1998
May 31, 1998
coalition government formed
Freedom Union: 6.9%
others: 22.8%
Civic_Democratic_Party:_27.7%
Communist_Party:_10.3%
Czech_Social_Democratic_Party:_32.3%
gptkbp:fledgingPeriod predicted close race
gptkbp:hasPoliticalParty gptkb:Civic_Democratic_Party
gptkb:Communist_Party_of_Bohemia_and_Moravia
gptkb:Czech_Social_Democratic_Party
Freedom Union
gptkbp:heldIn 1998
gptkbp:historicalContext post-communist transition
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Czech parliamentary elections of 1998
gptkbp:impact Czech_politics
gptkbp:internationalCooperation present
gptkbp:isCelebratedFor shift in political landscape
gptkbp:majorIndustry corruption
economic reform
social policy
European_integration
gptkbp:mediaCoverage extensive
gptkbp:notableFeature gptkb:Miloš_Zeman
gptkb:Josef_Lux
Václav Klaus
over 1,000
Petr Pithart
gptkbp:numberOfSeasons 200
gptkbp:outcome Civic_Democratic_Party_lost_majority
Czech_Social_Democratic_Party_won
gptkbp:politicalPosition influenced voter opinions
gptkbp:precededBy gptkb:Czech_parliamentary_elections_of_1996
gptkbp:resultedIn formation of government
gptkbp:significance first election after the split of Czechoslovakia
gptkbp:succeededBy gptkb:Czech_parliamentary_elections_of_2002
gptkbp:team more than previous elections
gptkbp:type parliamentary election
gptkbp:userDemographics varied by region
gptkbp:voterTurnout secret ballot
75.4%
gptkbp:youth_development increased