Elections in the Czech Republic
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The Czech Republic elects a legislature at a national level. The Parliament (Czech: Parlament České republiky) has two chambers. The Chamber of Deputies (Czech: Poslanecká sněmovna) has 200 members, elected for a four-year term by proportional representation with a 5% election threshold for political parties. The Senate (Czech: Senát) has 81 members in single-seat constituencies, elected by two-round runoff voting for a six-year term, with one third of seats contested 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, the president is elected by direct two-round runoff voting.[1]
There have been municipal elections every four years since 1990 and regional elections every four years starting in 2000. These elections take place in the autumn.
The Czech Republic has a multi-party system.
Voting in Czech elections is normally held over two days, from Friday afternoon until early afternoon on Saturday.
Latest Presidential election
Candidate | Party | First round | Second round | |||
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Votes | % | Votes | % | |||
style=background-color:Template:Party of Civic Rights/meta/color| | Miloš Zeman | Party of Civic Rights | 1,985,547 | 38.56 | 2,853,390 | 51.36 |
bgcolor=Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color| | Jiří Drahoš | Independent, with KDU–ČSL and STAN support | 1,369,601 | 26.60 | 2,701,206 | 48.63 |
style=background-color:Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color| | Pavel Fischer | Independent | 526,694 | 10.23 | ||
style=background-color:Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color| | Michal Horáček | Independent | 472,643 | 9.18 | ||
style=background-color:Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color| | Marek Hilšer | Independent | 454,949 | 8.83 | ||
bgcolor=Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color| | Mirek Topolánek | Independent, with ODS support | 221,689 | 4.30 | ||
style=background-color:Template:Realists (political party)/meta/color| | Jiří Hynek | Realists | 63,348 | 1.23 | ||
style=background-color:Template:Party of Common Sense/meta/color| | Petr Hannig | Party of Common Sense | 29,228 | 0.56 | ||
Vratislav Kulhánek | Civic Democratic Alliance | 24,442 | 0.47 | |||
Invalid/blank votes | 29,097 | – | 13,031 | – | ||
Total | 5,177,238 | 100 | 5,567,627 | 100 | ||
Registered voters/turnout | 8,366,433 | 61.92 | 8,362,987 | 66.60 | ||
Source: Volby |
Latest Chamber of Deputies election
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Latest Senate election
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Template:Czech senate election, 2006
Past elections and referendums
- See below
Presidential elections
- Czech presidential election, 1993
- Czech presidential election, 1998
- Czech presidential election, 2003
- Czech presidential election, 2008
- Czech presidential election, 2013
- Czech presidential election, 2018
European elections
- 2004 European Parliament election
- 2009 European Parliament election
- 2014 European Parliament election
Regional elections
Municipal elections
Czechoslovakia-era elections
- See below
Referendums
The Constitution of the Czech Republic mentions referendum only in context of "referendum concerning the accession of the Czech Republic to the European Union"[2] There are no other provisions concerning referendums. Therefore, the only referendum ever held in the Czech Republic was Czech European Union membership referendum in 2003. The Government of the Czech Republic approved a referendum bill in 2005,[3] but it was never passed by the parliament.
See also
References
- ^ http://www.radio.cz/en/section/curraffrs/czech-parliament-passes-direct-presidential-elections
- ^ "Constitution of the Czech Republic". Retrieved 2013-11-01.
- ^ Lazarová, Daniela (2005-03-10). "Czech government approves referendum bill". Radio Praha. Retrieved 2013-11-01.
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
- Czech Republic Election Data, European Journal of Political Research-Political Data Yearbook: Interactive