List of political parties in the Czech Republic
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This is a list of political parties in the Czech Republic. The Czech Republic has a multi-party system. Due to the electoral system operated, a limited number of parties are successful in parliamentary elections.
Parliamentary parties
There are currently seven parties in the Chamber of Deputies – the Social Democratic Party (ČSSD), ANO 2011, the Communist Party (KSČM), TOP 09, the Civic Democratic Party (ODS), the Christian and Democratic Union – Czechoslovak People's Party (KDU-ČSL) and Dawn of Direct Democracy (Dawn). All except the Dawn have also seats in the Senate, as do the Green Party (SZ), Mayors and Independents (STAN), Severočeši.cz (S.cz), the Party of Civic Rights (SPO), the Pirate Party (Pirates), Party of Freeholders of the Czech Republic (SsČR) and political movement Ostravak. Other parliamentary party is the Party of Free Citizens which have one MP in the European Parliament.
Three parties – ČSSD, ODS, and KSČM – have managed to elect members to every Parliament since the Czech Republic's independence.
| Party | Representation | European affiliation | Comments | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chamber | Senate | Regions | Europe | |||||
| Czech Social Democratic Party Česká strana sociálně demokratická |
ČSSD | 50 | 41 | 280 | 4 | PES | Major left-wing (social democratic) party. Chairman is Czech Prime Minister Bohuslav Sobotka. | |
| ANO ANO 2011 |
ANO 2011 | 47 | 4 | 0 | 4 | ALDE | Liberal and populist political party led by businessman Andrej Babiš. | |
| Christian and Democratic Union – Czechoslovak People's Party Křesťanská a demokratická unie – Československá strana lidová |
KDU-ČSL | 14 | 5 | 56 | 3 | EPP | Medium-sized Christian democratic party. Traditionally strong in South Moravia. KDU-ČSL left chamber of deputies in 2010, after 91 years of continuous presence. In legislative election of 2013 it returned and formed governing coalition. | |
| Civic Democratic Party Občanská demokratická strana |
ODS | 15 | 25 | 180 | 2 | AECR | Liberal conservative, soft eurosceptic party created by the former Czech President Václav Klaus. Its chairman is Petr Fiala. | |
| TOP 09 TOP 09 |
TOP 09 | 26 | 5 | 12 | 4 | EPP | Liberal conservative, pro-European and fiscally conservative political party. Primary agenda of TOP 09 is cutting budget deficit. Leader of TOP 09 is Karel Schwarzenberg. | |
| Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia Komunistická strana Čech a Moravy |
KSČM | 33 | 2 | 114 | 3 | EL (observer) | Far-left party, heir of the former ruling Communist Party of Czechoslovakia. It's usually considered as an anti-system party. It has so far not been part of any government coalition since the advent of democracy in the Czech Republic. | |
| Party of Free Citizens Strana svobodných občanů |
Svobodní | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | EFDD | Right-wing, libertarian and eurosceptic political party led by Petr Mach. | |
| Dawn of Direct Democracy Úsvit přímé demokracie |
Dawn | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | Populist political party focused on issue of direct democracy and racial relations led by Tomio Okamura. | |
| Severočeši.cz Severočeši.cz |
S.cz | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | - | Cross-spectrum regional party from northern Bohemia. | |
| Party of Civic Rights Strana Práv Občanů |
SPO | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | - | Minor left-wing (social democratic) party connected with Czech President Miloš Zeman. | |
| Green Party Strana zelených |
SZ | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | EGP | Minor centre, environmental and social liberal political party. | |
Non-parliamentary parties
- Citizens of the Czech Republic (Občané české republiky)
- Coalition for Republic - Republican Party of Czechoslovakia (Sdružení pro republiku - Republikánská strana Československa)
- Czech National Social Party (Česká strana národně sociální)
- Czech Pirate Party (Česká pirátská strana)
- Democratic Party of Greens (Demokratická strana zelených)
- European Democratic Party (Evropská demokratická strana)
- Koruna Česká (monarchistická strana Čech, Moravy a Slezska)
- Liberal Reform Party (Liberální reformní strana)
- Moravané
- National Socialists – 21st Century Left (Národní socialisté – levice 21. století)
- No To Brussels - National Democracy (NE Bruselu - Národní demokracie)
- Party for the Open Society (Strana pro otevřenou společnost)
- Party of Democratic Socialism (Strana demokratického socialismu)
- Public Affairs (Věci veřejné)
- Right Bloc (Volte Pravý Blok)
- SNK European Democrats (SNK Evropští demokraté)
- Socialist Alternative Future (Socialistická alternativa Budoucnost)
- Sovereignty – Jana Bobošíková Bloc (Suverenita - blok Jany Bobošíkové)
- Workers' Party of Social Justice (Dělnická strana sociální spravedlnosti)
Defunct parties
- Freedom Union – Democratic Union (Unie svobody - Demokratická unie)
- Christian Democratic Party (Křesťanskodemokratická strana)
- Civic Forum (Občanské fórum)
- Civic Democratic Alliance (Občanská demokratická aliance)
- Communist Party of Czechoslovakia (Komunistická strana Československa)
- 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)
- National Party[1]
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