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The Parliament of the Czech Republic (Czech: Parlament České republiky) or just Parliament (Czech: Parlament) is the legislative branch of the Czech Republic. It meets in Malá Strana, Prague and is composed of 281 total members and Senators. It consists of two chambers, both elected in direct elections: the Upper House: Senate
t. e. 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 ...
3.6%, 0 seats. Incumbent Prime Minister. Petr Fiala. ODS. Parliamentary elections are scheduled to be held in the Czech Republic by October 2025. All 200 members of the Chamber of Deputies of the Czech Republic, the lower house of the Parliament, will be elected and the leader of the resultant government will become the Prime Minister.
The current constitution went in effect on 1 January 1993, [2] after the dissolution of Czechoslovakia. The Czech Republic has a multi-party system. Between 1993 and 2013, the two largest political parties were the centre-left Czech Social Democratic Party (ČSSD) and centre-right Civic Democratic Party (ODS).
It was the first time that the Communists had finished lower than third in a Czech election. [91] TOP 09 and VV won seats in Parliament for the first time. [92] The Christian Democrats (4.4%), the Party of Civic Rights (4.3%), the Green Party (2.4%), and Sovereignty (3.7%), failed to gain the 5% necessary to enter parliament.
The Senate was established in constitutional law of the Czech National Council (ČNR) No. 1/1993 on 16 December 1992. [4] The immediate reason for its creation was a need to find a place for members of the Federal Assembly, dissolved together with Czechoslovakia .
Members. 200. Speaker. Markéta Pekarová Adamová. Prime Minister. Petr Fiala. The 9th Chamber of Deputies is the assembled legislature of the lower house of the Parliament of the Czech Republic following the election held on 8 and 9 October 2021. All 200 Members of Parliament (MPs) were elected to serve a 4-year term. [1]
The Czech constitution states that elections to the Chamber of Deputies must be held every four years. Polling days in the Czech Republic are Friday and Saturday, and voters can submit their ballots on either day. The exact date of the election is chosen by the President, who is obliged to call it at least 90 days before the election is held ...