Chamber of Deputies of the Czech Republic

Chamber of Deputies of the Parliament of the Czech Republic
8th Legislature
Type
Type	Lower house of the Parliament of the Czech Republic
History
Founded	1 January 1993
New session started	20 November 2017
Leadership
President	Radek Vondráček, ANO since 22 November 2017
Deputy Presidents	hide List Petr Fiala, ODS Since 28 November 2017 , Pirates Since 24 November 2017 Tomio Okamura, SPD Since 24 November 2017 Vojtěch Filip, KSČM Since 27 November 2013 , ČSSD Since 10 July 2018
Structure
Seats	200
Political groups	Government (92)   ANO (78)   ČSSD (14) Opposition (108)   ODS (23)   Pirates (22)   SPD (19)   KSČM (15)   KDU-ČSL (10)   TOP 09 (7)   STAN (6)   Non-inscrits (15)   Tricolour (3)   Free Bloc (2)   Unified (1)
Length of term	4 years
Elections
Voting system	Party-list proportional representation D'Hondt method
Last election	20–21 October 2017
Next election	8–9 October 2021
Meeting place
in Malá Strana, Prague
Rules
Rules of Procedure of the Chamber of Deputies (English)

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The Chamber of Deputies, officially the Chamber of Deputies of the Parliament of the Czech Republic (Czech: Poslanecká sněmovna Parlamentu České republiky), is the lower house of the Parliament of the Czech Republic. The chamber has 200 seats and deputies are elected for four-year terms using the party-list proportional representation system with the D'Hondt method. Since 2002, there are 14 constituencies, matching the Czech regions. A Cabinet is answerable to the Chamber of Deputies and the Prime Minister stays in office only as long as they retain the support of a majority of its members. The quorum is set by law to one third (67) of elected deputies. Any changes to the constitutional laws must be approved by at least 60 percent of the Chamber of Deputies. The seat of the Chamber of Deputies is the in Malá Strana, Prague.

Electability and mandate[]

Every citizen of the Czech Republic who has the right to vote and is over 21 years old is eligible to be elected. The Deputy may not hold the office of Senator, President of the Czech Republic or judge, which also applies to certain positions specified by law. The office of the Deputy expires once:

• a Deputy-elect refuses to take the oath or takes it with reservation
• a Deputy's tenure expires
• a Deputy resigns from the office
• a Deputy loses eligibility to be elected
• a Deputy takes up an office incompatible with serving as a Deputy.^[1]
• the Chamber of Deputies is dissolved

Dissolution[]

After a dissolution of the Chamber of Deputies, new elections must be held within 60 days, and the Chamber cannot be dissolved within three months of regular elections. The Chamber of Deputies can only be dissolved by the president under conditions specified by the constitution. The Chamber of Deputies is most commonly dissolved following two votes of no confidence in the cabinet. During a dissolution of the Chamber of Deputies, the Senate has the authority to take necessary legal measures in its place.

Seat of the Chamber of Deputies[]

The Chamber of Deputies resides in three building complexes in Malá Strana, Prague. The main building with the plenary chamber is the , built at the end of the 17th century. It was rebuilt at the start of the 19th century to house the Bohemian Diet. The current plenary chamber was built in 1861 for the reinstated Bohemian Diet after it was dissolved by the Austrian-Hungarian Emperor Franz Joseph I in 1849. The second building was the seat of the appointed by the emperor, located on . The last building complex includes the and at the opposite side of the square.

Past Chamber of Deputies election results[]

20–21 October 2017	200 seats	Babiš II Babiš I	ANO (government)	ODS	Piráti	SPD	KSČM	ČSSD (coalition)	KDU-ČSL	TOP 09	STAN
			78 / 200 29.64% 31 (+10.98%)	25 / 200 11.32% 9 (+3.59%)	22 / 200 10.79% (new)	22 / 200 10.64% (new)	15 / 200 7.76% 18 (−7.15%)	15 / 200 7.27% 35 (−13.09%)	10 / 200 5.80% 4 (−0.98%)	7 / 200 5.31% 19 (−6.69%)	6 / 200 5.18% (new)
25–26 October 2013	200 seats	Sobotka	ČSSD (government)	ANO (coalition)	KSČM	TOP 09	ODS	Úsvit	KDU-ČSL (coalition)
			50 / 200 20.46% 6 (−1.62%)	47 / 200 18.66% (new)	33 / 200 14.91% 7 (+3.64%)	26 / 200 12.00% 15 (−4.70%)	16 / 200 7.73% 37 (−12.50%)	14 / 200 6.89% (new)	14 / 200 6.78% (returning)
28–29 May 2010	200 seats	Nečas Rusnok	ČSSD	ODS (government)	TOP 09 (coalition)	KSČM	VV (coalition)
			56 / 200 22.08% 18 (−10.24%)	53 / 200 20.22% 28 (−15.16%)	41 / 200 16.70% (new)	26 / 200 11.27% 0 (−1.54%)	24 / 200 10.88% (new)
2–3 June 2006	200 seats	Topolánek I Topolánek II Fischer	ODS (government)	ČSSD	KSČM	KDU-ČSL (coalition)	SZ (coalition)
			81 / 200 35.38% 23 (+10.91%)	74 / 200 32.32% 4 (+2.12%)	26 / 200 12.81% 15 (−5.7%)	13 / 200 7.23% 9 (−7.04%)	6 / 200 6.29% (new)
14–15 June 2002	200 seats	Špidla Gross Paroubek	ČSSD (government)	ODS	KSČM	KDU-ČSL US-DEU (coalition)
			70 / 200 30.20% 4 (−2.11%)	58 / 200 24.47% 5 (−3.27%)	41 / 200 18.51% 17 (+7.48%)	31 / 200 14.27% 11 (+5.28%)
19–20 June 1998	200 seats	Zeman	ČSSD (government)	ODS (Given support)	KSČM	KDU-ČSL	US-DEU
			74 / 200 32.31% 13 (+5.87%)	63 / 200 27.74% 5 (−1.88%)	24 / 200 11.03% 2 (+0.7%)	20 / 200 8.99% 2 (+0.91%)	19 / 200 8.60% (new)
31 May and 1 June 1996	200 seats	Klaus II Tošovský	ODS (government)	ČSSD	KSČM	KDU-ČSL (coalition)	SPR-RSČ	ODA (coalition)
			68 / 200 29.62% 8 (−0.11%)	61 / 200 26.44% 45 (+19.91%)	22 / 200 10.33% 13 (−3.72%)	18 / 200 8.08% 3 (1.8%)	18 / 200 8.01% 4 (+2.03%)	13 / 200 6.36% 1 (+0.43%)

As part of the democratic Czechoslovakia[]

During this time the Chamber of Deputies was called the National Council.

5–6 June 1992	200 seats	Klaus I	ODS–KDS (government)	KSČM	ČSSD	LSU	KDU–ČSL (coalition)	SPR–RSČ	ODA (coalition)	HSD-SMS
			76 / 200 29.73% (new)	35 / 200 14.05% 2 (+0.81%)	16 / 200 6.53% (new)	16 / 200 6.52% (new)	15 / 200 6.28% 5 (−2.14%)	14 / 200 5.98% (new)	14 / 200 5.93% (new)	14 / 200 5.87% 9
8–9 June 1990	200 seats	Pithart	OF (government)	KSČ	HSD-SMS (coalition)	KDU (coalition)
			124 / 200 49.50%	33 / 200 13.24%	23 / 200 10.03%	20 / 200 8.42%

See also[]

• List of MPs elected in the 2017 Czech legislative election
• List of MPs elected in the 2013 Czech legislative election

References[]

Further reading[]

• Kolář, Petr, and Petr Valenta. The Parliament of the Czech Republic – the Chamber of Deputies. Prague : Published for the Office of the Chamber of Deputies of the Parliament of the Czech Republic by Ivan Král, 2009. ISBN 978-80-87324-01-1

External links[]

• Official website (in Czech)
• Official website (in English)

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Coordinates: 50°05′21″N 14°24′14″E / 50.08917°N 14.40389°E / 50.08917; 14.40389