Chamber of Deputies of the Parliament of the Czech Republic

Chamber of Deputies of the Parliament of the Czech Republic Poslanecká sněmovna Parlamentu České republiky
Type
Type	Lower house
Leadership
Chair	Miroslava Němcová, ODS Since 24 June 2010
Vice-Chair	Jiří Oliva, TOP 09
Vice-Chair	Lubomír Zaorálek, ČSSD
Structure
Seats	200
Political groups	ČSSD (56 seats)      ODS (53 seats)      TOP 09 (41 seats)      KSČM (26 seats)      VV (24 seats)
Elections
Voting system	Party-list proportional representation D'Hondt method
Last election	28–29 May 2010
Next election	2014
Meeting place
Palaces in Malá Strana, Prague
Website
www.psp.cz

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The Chamber of Deputies of the Parliament of the Czech Republic (Czech: Poslanecká sněmovna Parlamentu České republiky) is the lower house of the bicameral Parliament of the Czech Republic. The seat of the Chamber of Deputies is situated in palaces in Malá Strana, Prague.

The members (Deputies) of the 200-seat house serve for four-year terms and are elected using the party-list proportional representation system. Since 2002, there are 14 constituencies matching the Czech regions and the D'Hondt method has been applied.

Electability and mandate

Every citizen of the Czech Republic aged at least 21 who has the right to vote is eligible to be elected. The Deputy may not hold the office of the Senator, the President of the Czech Republic or judge, which also applies to certain positions specified by law. The office of the Deputy expires once:

(1) a Deputy-elect refuses to take the oath or takes it with reservation

(2) the tenure expires

(3) the Deputy resigns from the office

(4) the Deputy loses eligibility to be elected

(5) the Chamber is dissolved

(6) the Deputy takes up an office incompatible with serving as the Deputy.

Latest election

Main article: Czech legislative election, 2010

 Summary of the 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		Conservatism	1,057,792	20.22	53	−28
	TOP 09		Liberal 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

Past elections

• Czech legislative election, 2006
• Czech legislative election, 2002
• Czech legislative election, 1998
• Czech legislative election, 1996

Members

• List of members of the Chamber of Deputies of the Czech Republic, 1996–1998
• List of members of the Chamber of Deputies of the Czech Republic, 1998–2002
• List of members of the Chamber of Deputies of the Czech Republic, 2002–2006
• List of members of the Chamber of Deputies of the Czech Republic, 2006–2010
• List of current members of the Chamber of Deputies of the Czech Republic

Further reading

• Kolář, Petr, and Petr Valenta. The Parliament of the Czech Republic - the Chamber of Deputies. Prague : Published for the Office of the Chamber of Deputies of the Parliament of the Czech Republic by Ivan Král, 2009. ISBN 978-80-87324-01-1

See also

• List of Speakers of the Chamber of Deputies of the Parliament of the Czech Republic

External links

• Official website of the Chamber of Deputies (Czech)