Political Parties and Elections
For other political parties see List of political parties in the Czech Republic. An overview on elections and election results is included in Elections in the Czech Republic.| Party | Ideology | Votes | % | Seats | Change | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Czech Social Democratic Party | Social democracy | 1,155,267 | 22.08 | 56 | −18 | ||
| Civic Democratic Party | Conservatism | 1,057,792 | 20.22 | 53 | −28 | ||
| TOP 09 | Liberal conservatism | 873,833 | 16.70 | 41 | * | ||
| Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia | Communism | 589,765 | 11.27 | 26 | ±0 | ||
| Public Affairs | Conservative liberalism | 569,127 | 10.88 | 24 | * | ||
| Christian and Democratic Union – Czechoslovak People's Party | Christian democracy | 229,717 | 4.39 | 0 | −13 | ||
| Party of Civic Rights – Zemanovci | Social democracy | 226,527 | 4.33 | 0 | * | ||
| Sovereignty – Jana Bobošíková Bloc | National conservatism | 192,145 | 3.67 | 0 | * | ||
| Green Party | Green liberalism | 127 831 | 2.44 | 0 | −6 | ||
| Others | 208,885 | 3.91 | 0 | — | |||
| Total (turnout 62.60%) | 5,230,859 | 100.00 | 200 | – | |||
| Source: Czech Statistical Office | |||||||
| Party | Seats | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 2010 | 2011 by | 2012 | TOTAL | |||||
| Czech Social Democratic Party | 22 | 12 | 1 | 13 | 48 | ||||
| Civic Democratic Party | 3 | 8 | — | 4 | 15 | ||||
| TOP 09 – Mayors and Independents | — | 2 | — | 2 | 4 | ||||
| Christian and Democratic Union – Czechoslovak People's Party | — | 2 | — | 2 | 4 | ||||
| Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia | 1 | — | — | 1 | 2 | ||||
| NorthBohemians.cz | — | 2 | — | — | 2 | ||||
| Czech Pirate Party | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Green Party | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Ostravak Movement | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Independents | — | 1 | — | 2 | 3 | ||||
| Total | 26 | 27 | 1 | 27 | 81 | ||||
| Source: Senate |
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