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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.
Background
[edit]The constitution of the Czech Republic stipulates that an election to the Chamber of Deputies, the lower house of the Czech parliament, must be held every four years. The executive government is answerable to the Chamber of Deputies and remains in power only as long as it commands the confidence of the majority of its members. Article 19(1) of the constitution states that any citizen of the Czech Republic over the age of 21 years old is eligible to serve as a Member of Parliament.
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]
Pre-election composition
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| Party | Seats | +/– | ||||
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| 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
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References
[edit]- ^ "New Czech government set to sign coalition deal". IntelliNews. 7 November 2021.
- ^ Šamanová, Dáša. "Babiš se stahuje do pozadí, předsedou ANO a poslancem přitom zůstává". Novinky.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 8 February 2023.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Seznam Zvolenych Poslancu Strany SPOLU v KRAJÍCH - Predikce". e15.cz (in Czech). 9 October 2021. Retrieved 10 October 2021.
- ^ "Seznam Zvolenych Poslancu Strany PIRSTAN v KRAJÍCH - Predikce". e15.cz (in Czech). 9 October 2021. Retrieved 10 October 2021.
