Czech legislative election, 2013

Czech legislative election, 2013

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All 200 seats in the Chamber of Deputies 101 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Leader Bohuslav Sobotka Andrej Babiš Vojtěch Filip Party ČSSD ANO KSČM Leader since 29 May 2010 1 August 2012 1 October 2005 Leader's seat South Moravia Prague South Bohemia Last election 56 seats, 22.08% Did not contest 26 seats, 11.27% Seats won 50 47 33 Seat change 6 47 7 Popular vote 1,016,829 927,240 741,044 Percentage 20.45% 18.65% 14.91% Swing 1.63% 18.65% 3.64%   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Leader Karel Schwarzenberg Miroslava Němcová Tomio Okamura Party TOP 09 ODS Dawn Leader since 11 June 2009 9 August 2013 May 2013 Leader's seat Prague Prague Central Bohemia Last election 41 seats, 16.70% 53 seats, 20.22% Did not contest Seats won 26 16 14 Seat change 15 37 14 Popular vote 596,357 384,174 342,339 Percentage 11.99% 7.72% 6.88% Swing 4.71% 12.50% 6.88%   Seventh party   Leader Pavel Bělobrádek Party KDU–ČSL Leader since November 2010 Leader's seat Hradec Králové Last election 0 seats, 4.39% Seats won 14 Seat change 14 Popular vote 336,970 Percentage 6.78% Swing 2.39%
Winning party by district (Red: Communist, Orange: ČSSD, Blue: ANO 2011, Purple: TOP 09)
Prime Minister before election Jiří Rusnok Independent Elected Prime Minister Bohuslav Sobotka ČSSD

Jiří Rusnok
Independent

Bohuslav Sobotka
ČSSD

Early legislative elections were held in the Czech Republic on 25 and 26 October 2013, seven months before the constitutional expiry of the elected parliament's four year legislative term.

The government elected in May 2010 led by Prime Minister Petr Nečas was forced to resign on 17 June 2013, after a corruption and bribery scandal. A caretaker government led by Prime Minister Jiří Rusnok was then appointed by the President, but narrowly lost a vote of confidence on 7 August, leading to its resignation six days later. The Chamber of Deputies then passed a motion dissolving itself on 20 August, with a call for new elections within 60 days after presidential assent. The President gave his assent on 28 August, scheduling the elections for 25 and 26 October 2013.

The two parties gaining the most seats were the Czech Social Democratic Party (50 seats) and the new party ANO 2011 (47 seats). The Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia came third, with a 3.6% swing in its favour. The two parties from the previous coalition government who were contesting the election, TOP 09 and the Civic Democratic Party, both lost substantial numbers of seats, to come fourth and fifth, respectively. Two other parties gained seats, the new Dawn of Direct Democracy party and the Christian and Democratic Union – Czechoslovak People's Party.