List of political parties in the Czech Republic
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Political parties in the Czech Republic lists political parties in this country. The Czech Republic has a multi-party system. Usually only few parties (cca four) are successful in parliament elections.
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[edit] The parties
This is incomplete list of political parties in Czech Republic. The political scene is dominated by four large (membership, voters) parties; remaining parties are small and weak.
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[edit] Parties in Chamber of deputies
- Civic Democratic Party (ODS – Občanská demokratická strana) - major right-wing party
- Czech Social Democratic Party (ČSSD – Česká strana sociálně demokratická) - major left-wing party
- Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia (KSČM – Komunistická strana Čech a Moravy) - heir of Communist party of Czechoslovakia
- Christian and Democratic Union - Czechoslovak People's Party (KDU-ČSL – Křesťanská a demokratická unie – Československá strana lidová) - major conservative party
- Green Party (SZ - Strana Zelených)
[edit] Other significant parties
Parties with representation in one of the two chambers of parliament or the European parliament
- Freedom Union-Democratic Union (US-DEU - Unie Svobody - Demokratická unie) - small liberal party
- Liberal Reform Party (LIRA - Liberální reformní strana) - other liberal party
- SNK European Democrats (SNK ED - SNK Evropští demokraté)
- The Independents
- Independents Democrats (Vladimír Železný)
[edit] Other parties
Parties without parliamentary representation, incomplete list
- Czech National Social Party (Česká strana národně sociální, CSNS)
- Club of Committed Non-Party Members (Klub angažovaných nestraníků, KAN)
- General Civic Party (Všeobecná občanská strana, VOS)
- National Unity (Národní Sjednocení)
- Party for the Open Society (Strana pro otevřenou společnost, SOS)
- Party of Democratic Socialism (SDS - Strana Demokratického Socialismu)
- Roma Democratic Social Party (Romská Demokratická Sociální Strana)
- Vote for the City (Volba pro město, VPM)
- Common sense Party (Strana zdravého rozumu, SZR)
- Czech movement for national unity (České hnutí za národní jednotu, ČHNJ)
- Balbín's Poetical Party (Balbínovy poetické strany, BPS)
- Law and Justice (Právo a spravedlnost, PaS)
- Movement INDEPENDENTS (hnutí NEZÁVISLÍ, NEZ)
- the Czech Right-wing (Česká pravice, ČP)
- Czech crown - Roayalists (Koruna česká (monarch.strana), KČ)
- Helax - Ostrava is having fun (Helax – Ostrava se baví, HOB)
- Right-wing Bloc (Pravý Blok, PB)
- 4 VISIONS (4 VIZE, 4 VIZE)
- Moravians (Moravané, M)
- Humane party (Humanistická strana, HS)
- Coaliton for Czech Republic - Democratic union (see above), Support of Volunteers Movement, Club of Committed Non-party Members, Masaryk's Democratic Party, Independent Initiative, Work Party, Union of businessmen and entrepreneurs (Koalice pro Českou republiku, KpČR)
- National party (Národní strana, NS)
- Folklor as well as Society (Folklor i Společnost, FIS)
- Equality of Prospects Party (Strana Rovnost šancí, SRS) - feminist party
[edit] See also
- Index of political parties to browse parties by name
- List of political parties to browse parties by country
- List of political parties by ideology to browse parties by name
- Membership of internationals to browse parties by membership of internationals
- Liberalism in the Czech lands
