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| Poslanecká sněmovna Parlamentu České republiky | |
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| Type | Lower house |
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| Speaker | Miloslav Vlček, (ČSSD) since 14 August 2006 |
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| Members | 200 |
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| Prague | |
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| www.psp.cz | |
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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; the other is the Senate.
It has 200 members, elected for a four-year term under the party-list proportional representation election system. Since the 2002 general election 14 constituencies (matching the regions) and the D'Hondt method have been used.
The seat of the Chamber of Deputies is situated in palaces of Malá Strana in Prague.
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Members and qualifications
Qualification
To be able to be elected a member of the Chamber, one must be a Czech citizen, and at least 21 years old.
Terms
Members serve four-year terms. Once elected, a member continues to serve until the expiry of their term, death, or resignation.
Latest election
| Parties and coalitions | Ideology | Votes | % | Seats | Change | ||
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| Civic Democratic Party (Občanská demokratická strana) | Liberal conservatism | 1,892,475 | 35.38 | 81 | +23 | ||
| Czech Social Democratic Party (Česká strana sociálně demokratická) | Social democracy | 1,728,827 | 32.32 | 74 | +4 | ||
| Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia (Komunistická strana Čech a Moravy) | Communism | 685,328 | 12.81 | 26 | -15 | ||
| Christian and Democratic Union – Czechoslovak People's Party (Křesťansko-demokratická unie – Československá strana lidová) |
Christian democracy | 386,706 | 7.23 | 13 | -9 | ||
| Green Party (Strana zelených) | Green politics | 336,487 | 6.29 | 6 | +6 | ||
| SNK European Democrats (SNK Evropští demokraté) | Liberal conservatism | 111,724 | 2.09 | 0 | – | ||
| Others | 207,429 | 3.88 | 0 | -91 | |||
| Total (turnout 64.47%) | 5,348,976 | 100.00 | 200 | – | |||
| 1 Due to the Freedom Union–Democratic Union losing its nine seats. | |||||||
| Source: Czech Statistical Office | |||||||
Situation in the Chamber of Deputies reflects the result of the last election held in 2006, that ended in deadlock. Both rightists and leftists control 100 seats. However, 2 MP's elected for ČSSD were excluded from their party for having expressed confidence in the newly formed rightist government.
Past elections
See also
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