List of political parties in the Czech Republic

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This is a list of political parties in the Czech Republic. The Czech Republic has a multi-party system. Due to the electoral system operated, a limited number of parties are successful in parliamentary elections.

Parliamentary parties

There are currently six parties in the Chamber of Deputies – the Social Democratic Party (ČSSD), the Civic Democratic Party (ODS), TOP 09, the Communist Party (KSČM), and Public Affairs (VV), and SNK European Democrats (SNK ED). All except VV have seats in the Senate, as do the Christian and Democratic Union – Czechoslovak People's Party (KDU-ČSL) and Severočeši.cz (S.cz).

Three parties – ČSSD, ODS, and KSČM – have managed to elect members to every Parliament since the Czech Republic's independence. The other two were first elected to the Chamber of Deputies at the 2010 election.

Party			Representation				Comments
			Chamber	Senate	Regions	Europe
	Czech Social Democratic Party Česká strana sociálně demokratická	ČSSD	56	41	280	7	Major left-wing (social democratic) party. Its chairman was former Czech Prime Minister Jiří Paroubek until he resigned in 2010.
	Civic Democratic Party Občanská demokratická strana	ODS	53	25	180	9	Liberal conservative, soft eurosceptic party created by the current Czech President Václav Klaus. Its chairman is Petr Nečas. The party is part of Alliance of European Conservatives and Reformists.
	TOP 09 with the support of Mayors and Independents Tradice Odpovědnost Prosperita 09	TOP09	41	5	12	0	Coalition of fiscally conservative Tradition Responsibility Prosperity 09 and several local independent movements. Primary agenda of TOP 09 is cutting budget deficit. Leader of TOP 09 is Karel Schwarzenberg.
	Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia Komunistická strana Čech a Moravy	KSČM	26	2	114	4	Far-left party, heir of the former ruling Communist Party of Czechoslovakia. It's usually considered as an anti-system party. It has so far not been part of any government coalition since the advent of democracy in the Czech Republic.
	Public Affairs Věci veřejné	VV	22	0	0	0	Anti-corruption, conservative liberal political party. Public Affairs are quite controversial and are often alleged of populism.
	SNK European Democrats SNK Evropští demokraté	SNK ED	2	0	0	0	Anti-corruption, conservative liberal political party.
	Christian and Democratic Union – Czechoslovak People's Party Křesťanská a demokratická unie – Československá strana lidová	KDU-ČSL	0	5	56	2	Medium sized Conservative and christian democratic party. Traditionally strong in South Moravia. KDU-ČSL left chamber of deputies after legislative election of 2010, after 91 years of continuous presence.
	Severočeši.cz Severočeši.cz	S.cz	0	2	0	0	Cross-spectrum regional party from northern Bohemia.

Non-parliamentary parties

• Coalition for Republic - Republican Party of Czechoslovakia (Sdružení pro republiku - Republikánská strana Československa)
• Czech National Social Party (Česká strana národně sociální)
• Czech Pirate Party (Česká pirátská strana)
• Democratic Party of Greens (Demokratická strana zelených)
• European Democratic Party (Evropská demokratická strana)
• Green Party (Strana zelených)
• Liberal Reform Party (Liberální reformní strana)
• Moravané
• National Party
• National Socialists – 21st Century Left (Národní socialisté – levice 21. století)
• Party for the Open Society (Strana pro otevřenou společnost)
• Party of Civic Rights – Zemanovci (Strana Práv Občanů ZEMANOVCI)
• Party of Democratic Socialism (Strana demokratického socialismu)
• Party of Free Citizens (Strana svobodných občanů)
• Right Bloc (Volte Pravý Blok)
• Sovereignty – Jana Bobošíková Bloc (Suverenita - blok Jany Bobošíkové)
• Workers' Party of Social Justice (Dělnická strana sociální spravedlnosti)

Defunct parties

• Freedom Union – Democratic Union (Unie svobody - Demokratická unie)
• Christian Democratic Party (Křesťanskodemokratická strana)
• Civic Forum (Občanské fórum)
• Civic Democratic Alliance (Občanská demokratická aliance)
• Communist Party of Czechoslovakia (Komunistická strana Československa)
• Left Bloc (Levý blok)
• Liberal Social Union (Liberálně sociální unie)
• Movement for Autonomous Democracy - Party for Moravia and Silesia (Hnutí za samosprávnou demokracii - Společnost pro Moravu a Slezsko)

See also

• List of political parties
• Liberalism in the Czech lands

External links

• List of political parties registered by Ministry of Interior in Czech Republic (in Czech)