List of political parties in the Czech Republic
This is a list of political parties in the Czech Republic. The Czech Republic has a multi-party system. Due to the electoral system used, a limited number of parties are successful in each parliamentary election.
Parliamentary parties
editThere are currently seven parties in the Chamber of Deputies – ANO 2011, the Civic Democratic Party (ODS), Mayors and Independents (STAN), the Christian and Democratic Union – Czechoslovak People's Party (KDU-ČSL), Freedom and Direct Democracy (SPD), TOP 09 and the Czech Pirate Party (Pirates). All of these parties except the SPD also have at least one seat in the Senate. Since the 2022 Czech Senate election, Senator 21 (SEN 21) have had four seats in the Senate, Mayors for the Liberec Region (SLK) have two Senate seats, and Svobodní have one Senate seat. None of these three parties have any seats in the Chamber of Deputies or the European Parliament. The Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia (KSČM) hold no seats in the Chamber or the Senate but do have one elected member of the European Parliament and have elected representatives at the regional level.
The only party to have had members elected to every Parliament since the dissolution of Czechoslovakia is ODS.
The next legislative election will be held no later than 2025.
| Party | Representation | European affiliation | Comments | ||||||
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| Chamber | Senate | Regions | EP | ||||||
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ANO ANO 2011 |
ANO | 72 / 200
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12 / 81
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178 / 675
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7 / 21
|
PfE | A right-wing and conservative political party led by Andrej Babiš. | |
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Civic Democratic Party Občanská demokratická strana |
ODS | 34 / 200
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18 / 81
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99 / 675
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3 / 21
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ECR | Centre-right conservative and Eurosceptic party founded by the former Czech President, Václav Klaus. Its leader is Petr Fiala. | |
|
Mayors and Independents Starostové a nezávislí |
STAN | 33 / 200
|
15 / 81
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91 / 675
|
2 / 22
|
EPP | Liberal party focusing on localism and promoting powers for municipalities. Led by Vít Rakušan. | |
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Christian and Democratic Union – Czechoslovak People's Party Křesťanská a demokratická unie – Československá strana lidová |
KDU-ČSL | 23 / 200
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12 / 81
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53 / 675
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1 / 21
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EPP | Christian democratic and socially conservative party, traditionally strong in South Moravia. | |
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Freedom and Direct Democracy Svoboda a přímá demokracie |
SPD | 20 / 200
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0 / 81
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35 / 675
|
1 / 21
|
ESN | Right-wing to far-right and Eurosceptic political party that is ideologically right-wing populist and Czech nationalist. Founded by Tomio Okamura. | |
|
TOP 09 TOP 09 |
TOP 09 | 14 / 200
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7 / 81
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19 / 675
|
2 / 21
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EPP | Liberal conservative, pro-European and fiscally conservative political party led by Markéta Pekarová Adamová. | |
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Czech Pirate Party Česká pirátská strana |
Piráti | 4 / 200
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1 / 81
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99 / 675
|
1 / 21
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PPEU | Pirate and liberal party led by Ivan Bartoš. | |
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SEN 21 | SEN 21 | 0 / 200
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4 / 81
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0 / 675
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0 / 21
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EDP | Syncretic political movement. | |
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Social Democracy Sociální demokracie |
SOCDEM | 0 / 200
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1 / 81
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36 / 675
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0 / 21
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PES | Centre-left social democratic party. The leader is Michal Šmarda. | |
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Mayors for the Liberec Region Starostové pro Liberecký kraj |
SLK | 0 / 200
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3 / 81
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0 / 675
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0 / 21
|
- | Centre-right regionalist party. | |
|
Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia Komunistická strana Čech a Moravy |
KSČM | 0 / 200
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0 / 81
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13 / 675
|
1 / 21
|
EL (observer) | Left-wing to far-left party which is the successor to the former ruling Communist Party of Czechoslovakia. | |
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Svobodní Strana svobodných občanů |
Svobodní | 0 / 200
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1 / 81
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0 / 675
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0 / 21
|
- | Right-wing, national conservative and Eurosceptic party. | |
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Tábor 2020 Tábor 2020 |
T2020 | 0 / 200
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1 / 81
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2 / 675
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0 / 21
|
- | Regionalist party active in Tábor, South Bohemian Region. | |
|
ForMOST ProMOST |
ProMOST | 0 / 200
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1 / 81
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2 / 675
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0 / 21
|
- | Regionalist party active in Most, Ústí nad Labem Region. | |
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Independents Nezávislí |
NEZ | 0 / 200
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1 / 81
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0 / 675
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0 / 21
|
- | Regionalist catch-all party. | |
|
Přísaha Přísaha |
Přísaha | 0 / 200
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1 / 81
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0 / 675
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2 / 21
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PfE | Populist eurosceptic party. | |
|
United Democrats – Association of Independents Spojení demokraté - Sdružení nezávislých |
SD-SN | 0 / 200
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0 / 81
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0 / 675
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1 / 21
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Non-Inscrits | Conservative eurosceptic party. | |
Note: The sum of the total seats held by each party may not amount to the total seats as a whole in the Chamber, Senate, Regions, and/or European Parliament because of independent politicians (i.e. those not members of any political party) holding the remaining seats.
Non-parliamentary parties
edit- Agrarian Democratic Party (Agrární demokratická strana)
- Alliance for the Future (Aliance pro budoucnost)
- Alliance of National Forces (Aliance národních sil)
- Club of Committed Non-Party Members (Klub angažovaných nestraníků)
- Conservative Party (Konzervativní strana)
- Czech National Social Party (Česká strana národně sociální)
- Czech Republic in First Place! (Česká republika na 1. místě!)
- Czech Sovereignty of Social Democracy (Česká suverenita sociální demokracie)
- Democratic Party of Greens (Demokratická strana zelených)
- Freeholder Party of the Czech Republic (Strana soukromníků České republiky)
- Green Party (Strana zelených)
- The Czech Crown (Monarchist Party of Bohemia, Moravia and Silesia) (Koruna Česká (monarchistická strana Čech, Moravy a Slezska))
- Law, Respect, Expertise (Právo Respekt Odbornost)
- Liberal Alliance of Independent Citizens (Liberální aliance nezávislých občanů)
- Liberal-Environmental Party (Liberálně-ekologická strana)
- The Moravians (Moravané)
- National Democracy (Národní demokracie)
- Ostravak Citizens' Movement (Ostravak hnutí občanů)
- Party of Common Sense (Strana zdravého rozumu)
- Rally for the Republic – Republican Party of Czechoslovakia (Sdružení pro republiku – Republikánská strana Československa)
- Right Bloc (Volte Pravý Blok)
- Severočeši.cz, cross-spectrum regional party from northern Bohemia.
- SNK European Democrats (SNK Evropští demokraté)
- Socialist Alternative Future (Socialistická alternativa Budoucnost)
- Swiss Democracy (Švýcarská demokracie)
- The Left (Levice)
- Tricolour Citizens' Movement (Trikolóra hnutí občanů)
- Urza.cz (Nevolte Urza.cz)
- Voice (Hlas)
- Volt Czech Republic (Volt)
- Workers' Party of Social Justice (Dělnická strana sociální spravedlnosti)
Defunct parties
editFrom 1990 to 1999.
- Christian Democratic Party (Křesťanskodemokratická strana)
- Civic Movement (Občanské hnutí)
- Friends of Beer Party (Strana přátel piva)
- 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)
- Party of the Democratic Left (Strana demokratické levice)
From 2000 to 2009.
- Association of Radicals for the United States of Europe (Asociace radikálů za Spojené státy evropské)
- Civic Democratic Alliance (Občanská demokratická aliance)
- Democratic Union (Demokratická unie)
- Party of Conservative Accord (Strana konzervativní smlouvy)
- Party for Life Security (Strana za životní jistoty)
From 2010 to 2019.
- Civic Conservative Party (Občanská konzervativní strana)
- Freedom Union – Democratic Union (Unie svobody – Demokratická unie)
- Dawn – National Coalition (Úsvit-Národní koalice)
- European Democratic Party (Evropská demokratická strana)
- Head Up – Electoral Bloc (Hlavu vzhůru – volební blok)
- Liberal Reform Party (Liberální reformní strana)
- National Party[2] (Národní strana)
- Path of Change (Cesta změny)
- Public Affairs (Věci veřejné)
- Realists (Realisté)
- Workers' Party (Dělnická strana)
From 2020
- National Socialists – Left of the 21st century (Národní socialisté)
- Czech National Socialist Party (Česká strana národně socialistická)
- Independence Party of the Czech Republic (Strana nezávislosti České republiky)
- Masaryk Democratic Party (Masarykova demokratická strana)
- Party of Civic Rights (Strana práv občanů)
- Party for the Open Society (Strana pro otevřenou společnost)
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Political System | Embassy of the Czech Republic in The Hague". www.mzv.cz. Archived from the original on 2009-10-25.
- ^ "The Administrative Court suspended the activities of the nationalist National Party