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 CZECH REPUBLIC

Legislative elections: House of Representatives, 4-year term, 5% threshold, party-list proportional representation system
           · President: Václav Klaus · Prime Minister: Petr Nečas · Government: ODS, TOP09, VV

Party Ideology, Affiliation, Founding 2010 Seats 2006 Seats
Česká Strana Sociálne Demokratická (ČSSD)
Czech Social Democratic Party
Social democracy
 
PES, SI
1990
(hist. 1893)
22,1% 56  32,3% 74
Občanská Demokratická Strana (ODS)
Civic Democratic Party
Conservatism; Economic liberalism, Euroscepticism AECR, IDU 
1991
20,2% 53 35,4% 81
Tradice Odpovědnost Prosperita (TOP09)
Tradition Responsibility Prosperity
Conservatism
 
EPP
2009
16,7% 41 - -
Komunistická Strana Čech a Moravy (KSČM)
Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia
Communism
 
ELo
1990
11,3% 26  12,8% 26
Věci Veřejné (VV)
Public Affairs
Conservative liberalism
 
-
2001
10,9% 24 - -
Krest’anská a Demokratická Unie (KDU-ČSL)
Christian and Democratic Union
Christian democracy
 
EPP, CDI
1919
4,4% -  7,2% 13
Strana Zelených (SZ)
Green Party
Green politics; Social liberalism
 
EGP, GG
1989
2,4% - 6,3% 6
Others - -  12,0% 6,0% -
Total - -  - 200 - 200
Turnout 62,6% 64,5%

 © 2010 Wolfram Nordsieck. Source: CZSO (http://www.volby.cz). Archive: Elections 1990-2002.