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. The President of the Czech Republic was indirectly elected for five-year terms until 2012; beginning with the 2013 election, direct elections with run-off rounds will be held.^[1]

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.

[edit] Latest Chamber of Deputies election

e • d **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	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

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

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