This is a list of political parties in the Czech Republic. The Czech Republic has a multi-party system. Due to the electoral system used, a limited number of parties are successful in each parliamentary election.

Parliamentary parties

There are currently seven parties in the Chamber of Deputies – ANO 2011, the Civic Democratic Party (ODS), Mayors and Independents (STAN), the Christian and Democratic Union – Czechoslovak People's Party (KDU-ČSL), Freedom and Direct Democracy (SPD), TOP 09 and the Czech Pirate Party (Pirates). All of these parties except the SPD also have at least one seat in the Senate. Since the 2022 Czech Senate election, Senator 21 (SEN 21) have had four seats in the Senate, Mayors for the Liberec Region (SLK) have two Senate seats, and Svobodní have one Senate seat. None of these three parties have any seats in the Chamber of Deputies or the European Parliament. The Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia (KSČM) hold no seats in the Chamber or the Senate but do have one elected member of the European Parliament and have elected representatives at the regional level.

The only party to have had members elected to every Parliament since the dissolution of Czechoslovakia is ODS.

The next legislative election will be held no later than 2025.

Party Representation European affiliation Comments
Chamber Senate Regions EP
ANO
ANO 2011
 ANO
72 / 200
5 / 81
178 / 675
5 / 21
 ALDE Centrist to centre-right and populist political party led by Andrej Babiš.
Civic Democratic Party
Občanská demokratická strana
 ODS
34 / 200
23 / 81
99 / 675
4 / 21
 ECR Centre-right to right-wing conservative, soft Eurosceptic party founded by the former Czech President Václav Klaus. Its leader is Petr Fiala.
Mayors and Independents
Starostové a nezávislí
 STAN
33 / 200
15 / 81
91 / 675
1 / 22
 EPP Liberal party focusing on localism and promoting powers for municipalities. Led by Vít Rakušan.
Christian and Democratic Union –
Czechoslovak People's Party
Křesťanská a demokratická unie – Československá strana lidová
 KDU-ČSL
23 / 200
12 / 81
53 / 675
2 / 21
 EPP Christian democratic and socially conservative party, traditionally strong in South Moravia.
Freedom and Direct Democracy
Svoboda a přímá demokracie
 SPD
20 / 200
0 / 81
35 / 675
2 / 21
 I&D Eurosceptic, far-right political party that advocates direct democracy and opposition to immigration. Founded by Tomio Okamura.
TOP 09
TOP 09
 TOP 09
14 / 200
5 / 81
19 / 675
2 / 21
 EPP Liberal conservative, pro-European and fiscally conservative political party led by Markéta Pekarová Adamová.
Czech Pirate Party
Česká pirátská strana
 Piráti
4 / 200
2 / 81
99 / 675
3 / 21
 PPEU Pirate and liberal party led by Ivan Bartoš.
Senator 21 SEN 21
0 / 200
4 / 81
0 / 675
0 / 21
 EDP Syncretic political movement.
Social Democracy
Sociální demokracie
 SOCDEM
0 / 200
1 / 81
36 / 675
1 / 21
 PES Centre-left social democratic party. The leader is Michal Šmarda.
Mayors for the Liberec Region
Starostové pro Liberecký kraj
 SLK
0 / 200
2 / 81
0 / 675
0 / 21
 - Centre-right regionalist party.
Communist Party of
Bohemia and Moravia
Komunistická strana Čech a Moravy
 KSČM
0 / 200
0 / 81
13 / 675
1 / 21
 EL (observer) Left-wing to far-left party which is the successor to the former ruling Communist Party of Czechoslovakia.
Svobodní
Strana svobodných občanů
 Svobodní
0 / 200
1 / 81
0 / 675
0 / 21
 - Right-wing, national conservative and Eurosceptic party.
Tábor 2020
Tábor 2020
 T2020
0 / 200
1 / 81
2 / 675
0 / 21
 - Regionalist party active in Tábor, South Bohemian Region.
ForMOST
ProMOST
 ProMOST
0 / 200
1 / 81
2 / 675
0 / 21
 - Regionalist party active in Most, Ústí nad Labem Region.
Independents
Nezávislí
 NEZ
0 / 200
1 / 81
0 / 675
0 / 21
 - Regionalist catch-all party.

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Note: The sum of the total seats held by each party may not amount to the total seats as a whole in the Chamber, Senate, Regions, and/or European Parliament because of independent politicians (i.e. those not members of any political party) holding the remaining seats.

Non-parliamentary parties

Defunct parties

From 1990 to 1999.

From 2000 to 2009.

From 2010 to 2019.

From 2020

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Political System | Embassy of the Czech Republic in The Hague". www.mzv.cz. Archived from the original on 2009-10-25.
  2. ↑ "The Administrative Court suspended the activities of the nationalist National Party
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