Chamber of Deputies of the Czech Republic

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The Chamber of Deputies of the Parliament of the Czech Republic (Czech: Poslanecká sněmovna Parlamentu České republiky, abbr. PS PČR, usually referred to as Poslanecká sněmovna) is the lower house of the Parliament of the Czech Republic.

It has 200 members, elected for four years.

The seat of the Chamber of Deputies is Prague.

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Main article: Czech legislative election, 2006

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**Summary of the 2 and 3 June 2006 **Chamber of Deputies of the Czech Republic** election results**
Parties and coalitions	Votes	%	Seats
Civic Democratic Party (Občanská demokratická strana)	1,892,475	35.4	81
Czech Social Democratic Party (Česká strana sociálně demokratická)	1,728,827	32.3	74
Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia (Komunistická strana Čech a Moravy)	685,328	12.8	26
Christian Democratic Union - Czechoslovak People's Party (Křesťansko-demokratická unie - Československá strana lidová)	386,706	7.2	13
Green Party (Strana zelených)	336,487	6.3	6
SNK - European Democrats (SNK Evropští demokraté)	111,724	2.1	-
Total (turnout 64.5 %)	5,348,976		200
Source: Czech Statistical Office