General Information
At Stake in this Election:
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All 200 seats in the Chamber of Deputies (lower house of Parliament)
Government Structure [1]:
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Chief of State: President Milos ZEMAN (since March 8th, 2013)
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Head of Government: Prime Minister Andrej BABIS (since December 13th, 2017)
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Assembly: Bicameral Parliament consisting of the 81-seat Senate (Senat) that serves 6-year terms and the 200-seat Chamber of Deputies (Poslanecka Snemovna) that serves 4-year terms.
Electoral System [2]:
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The Czech Republic is a Parliamentary Republic.
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The 200 members of the Chamber of Deputies (Poslanecká Sněmovna) are directly elected in 14 multi-seat constituencies by a proportional representation vote with a 5% threshold required to fill a seat. Members serve 4-year terms.
Last Election:
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The last election for the Czech Chamber of Deputies (Poslanecka Snemovna) was held October 20th, 2017. There were 5,091,065 votes cast and there was a 60% voter turnout rate. ANO 2011 won the most seats with 78 (29.64%). [3]
Main Parties in this Election:
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SPOLU
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Leader: Petr FIALA
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Seats won in last election: N/A*
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ANO 2011
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Leader: Andrej BABIŠ
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Seats won in last election: 78
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Pirates and Mayors / (Piráti a Starostové)
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Leader: Ivan BARTOŠ
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Seats won in last election: 28**
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Freedom and Direct Democracy / (Svoboda a přímá demokracie)
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Leader: Tomio OKAMURA
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Seats won in last election: 22
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Czech Social Democratic Party / (Česká strana sociálně demokratická)
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Leader: Michal ŠMARDA
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Seats won in last election: 15
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Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia
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Leader: Kateřina KONEČNÁ
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Seats won in last election: 15
*SPOLU is an alliance formed for the 2021 legislative election composed of the Civic Democratic Party, KDU-CSL and TOP 09.
**Pirates and Mayors is a political alliance formed for the 2021 election composed of the Czech Pirate Party and Mayors and Independents.
Population and Registered Voters:
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Population: 10,702,596 (July 2021 est.) [4]
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Registered Voters: 8,275,752 (2021 est.) [5]
Gender Data:
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Female Population: N/A
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Is the Czech Republic a signatory to CEDAW: No
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Has the Czech Republic ratified CEDAW: Yes (succession date February 22nd, 1993) [6]
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Gender Quota: No legislated or voluntary party quotas [7]
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Female Leaders in this election: Unknown
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Number of Female Legislators: 50 out of 200 [8]
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Human Development Index (HDI) Position: Rank 27 at 0.900 (2020 est.) [9]
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Social Institutions and Gender Index (SIGI) Categorization: Very low, 20% (2019 est.) [10]
Disability Data:
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Is the Czech Republic a signatory to CRPD?: Yes (March 30th, 2007)
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Has the Czech Republic ratified CRPD?: Yes (September 28th, 2009) [11]
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Population with a disability: 1,596,725 (2021 est.) [12]