Czech legislative election, 2017

Czech legislative election, 2017

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All 200 seats in the Chamber of Deputies 101 seats needed for a majority
Opinion polls
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 50 seats, 20.45% 47 seats, 18.65% 33 seats, 14.91%   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Leader Miroslav Kalousek Petr Fiala Miroslav Lidinský Party TOP 09 ODS Dawn Leader since 29 November 2015 18 January 2014 8th August 2015 Leader's seat Central Bohemia South Moravia Central Bohemia Last election 26 seats, 11.99% 16 seats, 7.72% 14 seats, 6.88%   Seventh party Eighth party   Leader Pavel Bělobrádek Tomio Okamura Party KDU–ČSL SPD Leader since 20 November 2010 5 May 2015 Leader's seat Hradec Králové Central Bohemia Last election 14 seats, 6.78% split from Dawn
Prime Minister before election Bohuslav Sobotka ČSSD Elected Prime Minister TBD

Bohuslav Sobotka
ČSSD

TBD

The 2017 Czech legislative election is scheduled to be held in the Czech Republic on 20 and 21 October 2017. All 200 members of the Chamber of Deputies will be elected and the leader of the resultant government will become the Prime Minister.

Since the previous election in 2013, the government has been a coalition of the two largest parties: the Social Democratic Party, led by Prime Minister Bohuslav Sobotka, and ANO 2011, led by Finance Minister and businessman Andrej Babiš, alongside the Christian Democratic Union (KDU-ČSL). The largest opposition party is the Communist Party with 33 seats, followed by centre-right parties TOP 09 (26 seats) and the Civic Democratic Party (ODS) with 16 seats in the chamber.

The Constitution states that every four years an election to the Chamber of Deputies, the lower house of the Parliament, must be held. The Government is responsible to the Chamber of Deputies and stays in power only if has the confidence of the majority of members of parliament. Article 19(1) of the Constitution provides that any citizen of the Czech Republic who has right to vote and is twenty-one years old is eligible to serve as an MP.

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