Chamber of Deputies of the Czech Republic

Chamber of Deputies of the Parliament of the Czech Republic Poslanecká sněmovna Parlamentu České republiky
8th Legislature
Type
Type	Lower house of the Parliament of the Czech Republic
History
Founded	1 January 1993
New session started	20 November 2017
Leadership
Speaker	Radek Vondráček, ANO since 22 November 2017
Deputy Speakers	List Petr Fiala, ODS Since 28 November 2017 Vojtěch Pikal, Pirates Since 24 November 2017 Tomio Okamura, SPD Since 24 November 2017 Vojtěch Filip, KSČM Since 27 November 2013 Tomáš Hanzel, ČSSD Since 10 July 2018
Structure
Seats	200
Political groups	Government (92)   ANO (78)   ČSSD (14) Supported by (15)   KSČM (15) Opposition (93)   ODS (23)   Pirates (22)   SPD (20)   KDU-ČSL (10)   TOP 09 (7)   STAN (6)   Unified – Alternative for Patriots (3)   Tricolour Citizens' Movement (2)
Length of term	Four years
Elections
Voting system	Party-list proportional representation D'Hondt method
Last election	20–21 October 2017
Next election	October 2021 or earlier
Meeting place
Thun Palace, Malá Strana, Prague
Website
www.psp.cz

The Chamber of Deputies, officially the Chamber of Deputies of the Parliament of the Czech Republic (Template:Lang-cs), is the lower house of the Parliament of the Czech Republic. The seat of the Chamber of Deputies is Thun-Hohenstein Palace in Malá Strana, Prague.

The members 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.

The Government is primarily responsible to the Chamber of Deputies and the Prime Minister stays in office only as long as he or she retains the support of a majority of its members.

Electability and mandate

Every citizen of the Czech Republic who has the right to vote and is over 21 years old 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.

Election results

20–21 October 2017	200 seats	Babiš II Babiš I	ANO (government)	ODS	Piráti	SPD	KSČM (Given support)	ČSSD (coalition)	KDU-ČSL	TOP 09	STAN
			78 / 200 29.64% 31 (+10.98%)	25 / 200 11.32% 9 (+3.59%)	22 / 200 10.79% (new)	22 / 200 10.64% (new)	15 / 200 7.76% 18 (−7.15%)	15 / 200 7.27% 35 (−13.09%)	10 / 200 5.80% 4 (−0.98%)	7 / 200 5.31% 19 (−6.69%)	6 / 200 5.18% (new)
25–26 October 2013	200 seats	Sobotka	ČSSD (government)	ANO (coalition)	KSČM	TOP 09	ODS	Úsvit	KDU-ČSL (coalition)
			50 / 200 20.46% 6 (−1.62%)	47 / 200 18.66% (new)	33 / 200 14.91% 7 (+3.64%)	26 / 200 12.00% 15 (−4.70%)	16 / 200 7.73% 37 (−12.50%)	14 / 200 6.89% (new)	14 / 200 6.78% (returning)
28–29 May 2010	200 seats	Nečas Rusnok	ČSSD	ODS (government)	TOP 09 (coalition)	KSČM	VV (coalition)
			56 / 200 22.08% 18 (−10.24%)	53 / 200 20.22% 28 (−15.16%)	41 / 200 16.70% (new)	26 / 200 11.27% 0 (−1.54%)	24 / 200 10.88% (new)
2–3 June 2006	200 seats	Topolánek I Topolánek II Fischer	ODS (government)	ČSSD	KSČM	KDU-ČSL (coalition)	SZ (coalition)
			81 / 200 35.38% 23 (+10.91%)	74 / 200 32.32% 4 (+2.12%)	26 / 200 12.81% 15 (−5.7%)	13 / 200 7.23% 9 (−7.04%)	6 / 200 6.29% (new)
14–15 June 2002	200 seats	Špidla Gross Paroubek	ČSSD (government)	ODS	KSČM	KDU-ČSL US-DEU (coalition)
			70 / 200 30.20% 4 (−2.11%)	58 / 200 24.47% 5 (−3.27%)	41 / 200 18.51% 17 (+7.48%)	31 / 200 14.27% 11 (+5.28%)
19–20 June 1998	200 seats	Zeman	ČSSD (government)	ODS (Given support)	KSČM	KDU-ČSL	US-DEU
			74 / 200 32.31% 13 (+5.87%)	63 / 200 27.74% 5 (−1.88%)	24 / 200 11.03% 2 (+0.7%)	20 / 200 8.99% 2 (+0.91%)	19 / 200 8.60% (new)
31 May and 1 June 1996	200 seats	Klaus II Tošovský	ODS (government)	ČSSD	KSČM	KDU-ČSL (coalition)	SPR-RSČ	ODA (coalition)
			68 / 200 29.62% 8 (−0.11%)	61 / 200 26.44% 45 (+19.91%)	22 / 200 10.33% 13 (−3.72%)	18 / 200 8.08% 3 (1.8%)	18 / 200 8.01% 4 (+2.03%)	13 / 200 6.36% 1 (+0.43%)

As part of democratic Czechoslovakia (Called Czech National Council back then)

5–6 June 1992	200 seats	Klaus I	ODS–KDS (government)	KSČM	ČSSD	LSU	KDU–ČSL (coalition)	SPR–RSČ	ODA (coalition)	HSD-SMS
			76 / 200 29.73% (new)	35 / 200 14.05% 2 (+0.81%)	16 / 200 6.53% (new)	16 / 200 6.52% (new)	15 / 200 6.28% 5 (−2.14%)	14 / 200 5.98% (new)	14 / 200 5.93% (new)	14 / 200 5.87% 9
8–9 June 1990	200 seats	Pithart	OF (government)	KSČ	HSD-SMS (coalition)	KDU (coalition)
			124 / 200 49.50%	33 / 200 13.24%	23 / 200 10.03%	20 / 200 8.42%

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 members of the Chamber of Deputies of the Czech Republic, 2010–2013
• List of members of the Chamber of Deputies of the Czech Republic, 2013–2017
• 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 (in Czech)
• Official website (in English)