Next Czech parliamentary election

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Next Czech parliamentary election

← 2021 By October 2025

All 200 seats in the Chamber of Deputies
101 seats needed for a majority
Opinion polls
 
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Petr Fiala 2019 Praha.jpg
Leader Andrej Babiš Petr Fiala
Party ANO ODS
Alliance SPOLU
Last election 27.1%, 72 seats 27.8%, 71 seats

 
Ivan Bartoš 8 May 2021.jpg
Tomio Okamura portrét (cropped).jpg
Leader Ivan Bartoš Tomio Okamura
Party Pirates SPD
Alliance Pirates and Mayors
Last election 15.6%, 37 seats 9.6%, 20 seats

Incumbent Prime Minister

Petr Fiala
ODS



The next Czech parliamentary election will be held in or before October 2025. All 200 members of the Chamber of Deputies of the Czech Republic will be elected and the leader of the resultant government will become the Prime Minister.

Background[edit]

The 2021 parliamentary elections saw the conservative alliance Spolu (consisting of the Civic Democratic Party (ODS), KDU-ČSL and TOP 09) finish first with 27.8% of the vote. ANO 2011 finished second and liberal alliance Pirates and Mayors third. Freedom and Direct Democracy was the only other party to win seats. Spolu formed a government with Pirates and Mayors with ODS leader Petr Fiala as Prime Minister.

Soon after the 2021 elections, the leader of the Mayors and Independents, Vít Rakušan, said that his party would run in the next elections as a single party rather than continue their alliance with the Pirate Party. According to internal Pirate Party analysis, the Mayors violated their joint agreement by asking their voters to give their candidates preference votes on the joint list, which resulted in just four Pirate MPs being elected.[1]

On 8 February 2023, Babiš announced he would limit his role within ANO 2011. He would remain as an MP and the leader of the party, while Karel Havlíček and Alena Schillerová would become the primary faces of the party, with Havlíček becoming leader of the shadow cabinet.[2][3] Babiš described Havlíček as a future prime minister of the Czech Republic.[4]

On 23 February 2023, Jiří Paroubek launched the initiative Nespokojení (Dissatisfied), with the aim of connecting parties on the left of the political spectrum before the 2024 European elections and next parliamentary elections.[5]

Pre-election composition[edit]

Results by party[6][7]
Party Seats +/–
ANO 2011 71 –7
Civic Democratic Party 34 +9
Mayors and Independents 33 +27
KDU-ČSL 23 +13
Freedom and Direct Democracy 20 –2
TOP 09 14 +7
Czech Pirate Party 4 –18
Independents 1 +1

Opinion polls[edit]

Party polling[edit]

Local regression graph of polls conducted since the 2021 election by party

Coalition polling[edit]

Local regression graph of polls conducted since the 2021 election by coalition

References[edit]

  1. ^ "New Czech government set to sign coalition deal". 7 November 2021.
  2. ^ Šamanová, Dáša. "Babiš se stahuje do pozadí, předsedou ANO a poslancem přitom zůstává". Novinky.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 8 February 2023.
  3. ^ Kopecký, Josef (8 February 2023). "Babiš povede ANO v pozadí, vidět budou Schillerová a šéf stínové vlády Havlíček". iDNES.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 8 February 2023.
  4. ^ Leinert, Ondřej (9 June 2023). "Babiš: Moje poslední volby? Asi v roce 2025. Vláda ničí naši práci, Fiala to neřídí a Válek by se měl léčit". Hospodářské noviny (HN.cz) (in Czech). Retrieved 9 June 2023.
  5. ^ Pospíšilová, Eva (23 February 2023). "Paroubek se vrací do politiky. Chce sjednotit levici včetně komunistů" (in Czech). iDNES.cz. Retrieved 23 February 2023.
  6. ^ "Seznam Zvolenych Poslancu Strany SPOLU v KRAJÍCH - Predikce". e15.cz (in Czech). 9 October 2021. Retrieved 10 October 2021.
  7. ^ "Seznam Zvolenych Poslancu Strany PIRSTAN v KRAJÍCH - Predikce". e15.cz (in Czech). 9 October 2021. Retrieved 10 October 2021.