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This article lists 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.
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The parties
This is a list of political parties in the Czech Republic. Only four parties have managed to elect members to every Parliament since the Czech Republic's independence.
| Party | Representation | Comments | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chamber of Deputies | Senate | Regions | Municipalities | Europe | ||
| Civic Democratic Party | 81 | 41 | 291 | 7 242 | 9 | Center-right, partly eurosceptic party created by the current Czech President Václav Klaus (who later left the party due to his disagreements with its' alleged leftward drift). Its chairman is former Czech Prime Minister Mirek Topolánek. Its traditional stronghold is in Prague. |
| Czech Social Democratic Party | 71 | 13 | 105 | 4 430 | 2 | Major left-wing (social democratic) party, it regards itself as centre-left. Its chairman is former Czech Prime Minister Jiří Paroubek. |
| Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia | 26 | 3 | 157 | 4 409 | 6 | 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 never been part of any government coalition since the advent of democracy to the Czech Republic. |
| Christian and Democratic Union - Czechoslovak People's Party | 13 | 10 | 83 | 5 545 | 2 | Medium sized Conservative and christian democratic party. Traditionally strong in South Moravia. Its chairman is Jiří Čunek. It is part of the government coalition. |
| Green Party | 6 | 1 | 2 | 532 | N/A | Green Party, centrist, a party presently in the ruling coalition. It's a rather new fresh air party. Its support is heavily concentrated in large cities like Prague. |
| SNK European Democrats | N/A | 3 | 19 | 31 301 | 3 | A Center-right, strongly pro-european party. This party is particularly successful in elections to local councils |
| The Independents | N/A | 1 | N/A | 383 | N/A (2 elected) | Movement of independent candidates |
| Independent Democrats (Vladimír Železný) | N/A | N/A | N/A | 101 | 1 | An anti-Lisbon party, created by magnate Vladimír Železný. Includes some former prominent ODS members, disappointed by pro-Lisbon position recently acquired by ODS. |
| Politika 21 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 1 | An anti-Lisbon party created by former Železný ally MEP Jana Bobošíková |
| Movement of Independents for Harmonious Development of Cities and Towns | N/A | 1 | N/A | 102 | N/A | A Party focused on local councils |
| Independent Mayors for Region | N/A | 1 | 1 | 42 | N/A | A Union of mayors from Zlín Region |
| Path of Change | N/A | 1 | N/A | N/A | N/A | A Small libertarian party |
| United Democrats - Union of Independents | N/A | 1 | N/A | N/A | N/A | A Small (and almost defunct) libertarian party |
| Party of Free Citizens | N/A | 1 | N/A | N/A | N/A | A eurosceptic laissez-faire party, created by former Klaus adviser Petr Mach |
| Freedom Union-Democratic Union | N/A | 2 | 6 | 179 | N/A | A formerly influential liberal party, now rapidly losing its former position |
| Party for the Open Society | N/A | 1 | 8 | 225 | N/A | A small libertarian party |
| Liberal Reform Alliance | N/A | 1 | 1 | N/A | N/A | A small libertarian party |
| Vote for the City | N/A | N/A | 1 | 253 | N/A | A party active only on local councils |
| Moravians | N/A | N/A | N/A | 89 | N/A | A party favoring autonomy/independence of Moravia |
| Rural Party - United Civic Forces | N/A | N/A | N/A | 67 | N/A | A Small agrarian party |
| Czech National Socialist Party | N/A | N/A | N/A | 44 | N/A | A Socialist and Nationalist party |
| COEXISTENTIA | N/A | N/A | N/A | 40 | N/A | A party advocating rights of Polish minority in the Czech Republic |
| Party of Democratic Socialism | N/A | N/A | N/A | 27 | N/A | A small eurocommunist party, who closely collaborate with the Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia |
| Czech National Social Party | N/A | N/A | N/A | 20 | N/A | An almost defunct socialist and nationalist party with a long history (dating back to the times of Austria-Hungary) |
| Independent Candidates | 3 | 1 | N/A | 8 827 | N/A | |
Parties in Chamber of deputies
- Civic Democratic Party (ODS – Občanská demokratická strana) –
- 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) – an heir of the 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) – centrist green party
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)
- Tradition Responsibility Prosperity 09 (Tradice, Odpovědnost, Prosperita)
Other parties
Parties without parliamentary representation, incomplete list
- Czech crown (Monarchist party of Bohemia, Moravia and Silesia) - (Koruna česká (Monarchistická strana Čech, Moravy a Slezska), KČ) - monarchists
- Czech National Social Party (Česká strana národně sociální, CSNS)
- Club of Committed Non-Party Members (Klub angažovaných nestraníků, KAN)
- European Democratic Party (Evropská demokratická strana, EDS)
- Sovereignty (Suverenita)
- 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)
- 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)
- Coalition 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
- Revolutionaries Socialists Party of Working People (Revoluční socialistická strana pracujících) - revolutionaries marxists.
- Czech Pirate Party (Česká pirátská strana, ČPS)
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
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