The Liberal-Social Union () was a political alliance in

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and the

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, existing from 1991 to 1994, and led by .

History

The alliance was established to run in the 1992 elections, and consisted of the

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, the Czechochoslovak Socialist Party (ČSS), the and the Movement of Farmers and Independents. In the

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to the Czechoslovakian Federal Assembly it won seven seats in the Chamber of the People and five in the Chamber of the Nations. In the

to the National Council of the Czech Republic the party won 16 seats.

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& Philip Stöver (2010) ''Elections in Europe: A data handbook'', p490–492 The alliance did not run in

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. In June 1993, the ČSS left the alliance and changed its name to

Liberal National Social Party The Czech National Social Party (Czech language, Czech: ''Česká strana národně sociální'', ČSNS) is a political party in the Czech Republic, that played an important role in Czechoslovakia during the interwar period and then between 1945 an ...

(LSNS), later merging with the Free Democrats. Prior to the 1996 elections, part of the remaining alliance merged with the Christian Social Union and the Moravian Centre Party to form the Moravian Centre Union. However, the new party received just 0.5% of the vote and failed to win a seat.Nohlen & Stöver, pp482–491

Successor parties

(SZ) *

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(ČSNS) * The Moravians (Moravané)

References

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