Elections in the Czech Republic

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Elections in the Czech Republic gives information on election and election results in the Czech Republic.

The Czech Republic elects on national level a legislature. The Parliament (Parlament České republiky) has two chambers. The Chamber of Deputies (Poslanecká sněmovna) has 200 members, elected for a four year term by proportional representation with a 5 % election threshold. The Senate (Senát) has 81 members, in single-seat constituencies elected by two-round runoff voting for a six-year term, with one third renewed every even year in the autumn.

There are municipal elections every four years since 1990 and regional elections every four years starting in 2000; in the autumn.

The Czech Republic has a multi-party system, with two or three strong parties and another party or coalition that is electorally successful.

Latest Chamber of Deputies election

e • d Summary of the preliminary 28-29 May 2010 Czech Chamber of Deputies election results

Party			Ideology	Votes	%	Seats	Change
	Czech Social Democratic Party		Social democracy	1,155,267	22.08	56	−18
	Civic Democratic Party		Liberal conservatism	1,057,792	20.22	53	−28
	TOP 09		Conservatism	873,833	16.70	41	*
	Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia		Communism	589,765	11.27	26	±0
	Public Affairs		Conservative liberalism	569,127	10.88	24	*
	Christian and Democratic Union – Czechoslovak People's Party		Christian democracy	229,717	4.39	0	−13
	Party of Civic Rights – Zemanovci		Social democracy	226,527	4.33	0	*
	Sovereignty – Jana Bobošíková Bloc		National conservatism	192,145	3.67	0	*
	Green Party		Green liberalism	127 831	2.44	0	−6
	Others			208,885	3.91	0	—
Total (turnout 62.60%)				5,230,859	100.00	200	–
* Did not stand in previous election
Source: Czech Statistical Office

Main article: Czech legislative election, 2006

e • d Summary of the 2-3 June, 2006 Czech Chamber of Deputies election results

Parties and coalitions			Ideology	Votes	%	Seats	Change
	Civic Democratic Party		Liberal conservatism	1,892,475	35.38	81	+23
	Czech Social Democratic Party		Social democracy	1,728,827	32.32	74	+4
	Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia		Communism	685,328	12.81	26	-15
	Christian and Democratic Union – Czechoslovak People's Party		Christian democracy	386,706	7.23	13	-9
	Green Party		Green liberalism	336,487	6.29	6	+6
	SNK European Democrats		Liberal conservatism	111,724	2.09	0	–
	Others			207,429	3.88	0	-91
Total (turnout 64.47%)				5,348,976	100.00	200	–
1 Due to the Freedom Union–Democratic Union losing its nine seats.
Source: Czech Statistical Office			This box: view · talk · edit

Latest Senate election

e • d Senate of the Czech Republic composition after the 2008 election and 2007 by-election in 2 constituencies

Party		Seats
	Civic Democratic Party	35
	Czech Social Democratic Party	29
	Christian and Democratic Union – Czechoslovak People's Party includes 1 elected in 2002 as an independent candidate	7
Caucus SNK (Senátorský klub SNK) comprises 6 senators elected for
	SNK European Democrats	1
	Independents Movement (Hnutí NEZÁVISLÍ)	1*
	Independent Mayors for Region (Nezávislí starostové pro kraj)	1*
Caucus of Open Democracy (Klub otevřené demokracie) comprises 7 senators elected for
	Freedom Union–Democratic Union	1*
	Green Party	1*
	Party for the Open Society in 2006	1*
	United Democrats - Union of Independents (Spojení demokraté - Sdružení nezávislých)	1*
Non aligned
	Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia in 2002, 2004 and 2007	3
Total		81
Source: Czech Statistical Office, Senate The electoral party (the party on whose label the senator ran) can be volatile, especially with senators elected for tiny parties, so caucuses are more relevant. For senators from tiny electoral parties who are not their formal members

Past elections and referendums

European elections

• 2004 European Parliament election
• 2009 European Parliament election

Czechoslovakia-era elections

See also

• Electoral calendar
• Electoral system

External links

• Official election website
• Adam Carr's Election Archive
• NSD: European Election Database - Czech Republic publishes regional level election data; allows for comparisons of election results, 1990-2010