List of political parties in the Czech Republic

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

Parliamentary parties

There are currently seven parties in the Chamber of Deputies – the Social Democratic Party (ČSSD), ANO 2011, the Communist Party (KSČM), TOP 09, the Civic Democratic Party (ODS), the Christian and Democratic Union – Czechoslovak People's Party (KDU-ČSL) and Dawn of Direct Democracy (Dawn). All except the Dawn have also seats in the Senate, as do the Green Party (SZ), Mayors and Independents (STAN), Severočeši.cz (S.cz), the Party of Civic Rights (SPO), the Pirate Party (Pirates), Party of Freeholders of the Czech Republic (SsČR) and political movement Ostravak. Other parliamentary party is the Party of Free Citizens which have one MP in the European Parliament.

In March 2015, founder and former leader of Dawn of Direct Democracy, Tomio Okamura, was expelled from the party and the party was renamed to Dawn - National Coalition, changed logo, leadership and opened itself for new members and cooperation with newly founded Bloc against Islam. Tomio Okamura meanwhile founded a new party called Freedom and Direct Democracy with two other ex-Dawn members.

Three parties – ČSSD, ODS, and KSČM – have managed to elect members to every Parliament since the Czech Republic's independence.

The current government is composed of ČSSD, ANO 2011 and KDU-ČSL.

Logo		Party		Representation				European affiliation	Comments
				Chamber	Senate	Regions	Europe
		Czech Social Democratic Party Česká strana sociálně demokratická	ČSSD	50	35	280	4	PES	Major left-wing (social democratic) party. Chairman is Czech Prime Minister Bohuslav Sobotka.
		ANO ANO 2011	ANO 2011	47	4	0	4	ALDE	Centrist and populist political party led by Czech republic's second wealthiest man Andrej Babiš.
		Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia Komunistická strana Čech a Moravy	KSČM	33	1	114	3	EL (observer)	Far-left party, heir of the former ruling Communist Party of Czechoslovakia. It has so far not been part of any government coalition since the advent of democracy in the Czech Republic.
		TOP 09 TOP 09	TOP 09	26	1	12	4	EPP	Liberal conservative, pro-European and fiscally conservative political party. Primary agenda of TOP 09 is cutting budget deficit. Leader of TOP 09 is Miroslav Kalousek.
		Civic Democratic Party Občanská demokratická strana	ODS	16	15	180	2	AECR	Liberal conservative, soft eurosceptic party created by the former Czech President Václav Klaus. Its chairman is Petr Fiala.
		Christian and Democratic Union – Czechoslovak People's Party Křesťanská a demokratická unie – Československá strana lidová	KDU-ČSL	14	10	56	3	EPP	Medium-sized Christian democratic party. Traditionally strong in South Moravia. KDU-ČSL left chamber of deputies in 2010, after 91 years of continuous presence. In legislative election of 2013 it returned and formed governing coalition.
		Dawn - National Coalition Úsvit - Národní koalice	Dawn	8	0	0	0	-	Right-wing populist and eurosceptic[1] political party focused on issues of direct democracy,opposition to immigration and opposition to Islam.
		Freedom and Direct Democracy Svoboda a přímá demokracie	SPD	3	0	0	0	-	Eurosceptic political party that advocates direct democracy and opposition to immigration. Founded by Tomio Okamura, former leader of Dawn.
		Green Party Strana zelených	SZ	0	4	0	0	EGP	Minor centre, environmental and social liberal political party.
		Severočeši.cz Severočeši.cz	S.cz	0	2	0	0	-	Cross-spectrum regional party from northern Bohemia.
		Party of Civic Rights Strana Práv Občanů	SPO	0	2	0	0	-	Minor left-wing (social democratic) party connected with Czech President Miloš Zeman.
		Party of Free Citizens Strana svobodných občanů	Svobodní	0	0	0	1	ADDE (observer)	Right-wing, libertarian and eurosceptic political party led by Petr Mach.

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Non-parliamentary parties

• Citizens of the Czech Republic (Občané české republiky)
• Coalition for Republic - Republican Party of Czechoslovakia (Sdružení pro republiku - Republikánská strana Československa)
• Czech National Social Party (Česká strana národně sociální)
• Czech Pirate Party (Česká pirátská strana)
• Democratic Party of Greens (Demokratická strana zelených)
• European Democratic Party (Evropská demokratická strana)
• Koruna Česká (monarchistická strana Čech, Moravy a Slezska)
• Liberal Reform Party (Liberální reformní strana)
• Moravané
• National Socialists – 21st Century Left (Národní socialisté – levice 21. století)
• No To Brussels - National Democracy (NE Bruselu - Národní demokracie)
• Party for the Open Society (Strana pro otevřenou společnost)
• Party of Democratic Socialism (Strana demokratického socialismu)
• Public Affairs (Věci veřejné)
• Right Bloc (Volte Pravý Blok)
• SNK European Democrats (SNK Evropští demokraté)
• Socialist Alternative Future (Socialistická alternativa Budoucnost)
• Sovereignty – Jana Bobošíková Bloc (Suverenita - blok Jany Bobošíkové)
• Workers' Party of Social Justice (Dělnická strana sociální spravedlnosti)

Defunct parties

• Freedom Union – Democratic Union (Unie svobody - Demokratická unie)
• Christian Democratic Party (Křesťanskodemokratická strana)
• Civic Forum (Občanské fórum)
• Civic Democratic Alliance (Občanská demokratická aliance)
• Communist Party of Czechoslovakia (Komunistická strana Československa)
• Left Bloc (Levý blok)
• Liberal Social Union (Liberálně sociální unie)
• Movement for Autonomous Democracy - Party for Moravia and Silesia (Hnutí za samosprávnou demokracii - Společnost pro Moravu a Slezsko)
• National Party^[3]

See also

• List of political parties
• Liberalism in the Czech lands

References

1. http://www.novinky.cz/domaci/381889-usvit-navrhuje-zakon-o-referendu-o-vystoupeni-z-eu.html
2. http://www.mzv.cz/hague/en/general_information_on_the_czech/political_system/index.html
3. "The Administrative Court suspended the activities of the nationalist National Party

External links

• List of political parties registered by Ministry of Interior in Czech Republic (in Czech)