List of political parties in the Czech Republic

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

Three parties – ČSSD, ODS, and KSČM – have had members elected to every Parliament since the dissolution of Czechoslovakia. The current government is composed of ANO 2011 and ČSSD.

The next legislative election will be held no later than 2021.

Logo		Party		Representation				European affiliation	Comments
				Chamber	Senate	Regions	EP
		ANO ANO 2011	ANO	78	7	176	3	ALDE	Centrist and populist political party led by Andrej Babiš, the second richest man in the Czech republic.
		Civic Democratic Party Občanská demokratická strana	ODS	25	16	76	2	AECR	Right-wing Liberal conservative, Eurosceptic party founded by the former Czech President Václav Klaus. Its leader is Petr Fiala.
		Czech Pirate Party Česká pirátská strana	Piráti	22	1	5	0	PPEU	Pirate Party led by Ivan Bartoš.
		Freedom and Direct Democracy Svoboda a přímá demokracie	SPD	22	0	34	0	MENF	Eurosceptic political party that advocates direct democracy and opposition to immigration. Founded by Tomio Okamura, former leader of Dawn.
		Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia Komunistická strana Čech a Moravy	KSČM	15	0	86	3	EL (observer)	Left-wing to far-left party, which is the successor to the former ruling Communist Party of Czechoslovakia. It has not been part of any government coalition since the advent of democracy in the Czech Republic.
		Czech Social Democratic Party Česká strana sociálně demokratická	ČSSD	15	13	125	4	PES	Centre-left social democratic party. The leader is Jan Hamáček.
		Christian and Democratic Union – Czechoslovak People's Party Křesťanská a demokratická unie – Československá strana lidová	KDU-ČSL	10	15	55	3	EPP	Christian democratic party, traditionally strong in South Moravia. KDU-ČSL left the chamber of deputies in 2010, after 91 years of continuous presence. It returned in the legislative election of 2013.
		TOP 09 TOP 09	TOP 09	7	3	12	3	EPP	Liberal conservative, pro-European and fiscally conservative political party. The primary agenda of TOP 09 is cutting the budget deficit. The leader of TOP 09 is Jiří Pospíšil.
		Mayors and Independents Starostové a nezávislí	STAN	6	10	38	1	-	Party focusing on localism and promoting powers for municipalities. Led by Petr Gazdík.
		Party of Free Citizens Strana svobodných občanů	Svobodní	0	0	2	1	ADDE	Right-wing, libertarian and Eurosceptic political party.
		Green Party Strana zelených	Zelení	0	1	9	0	EGP	Centre-left, green political party.
		Severočeši.cz Severočeši.cz	S.cz	0	1	0	0	-	Cross-spectrum regional party from northern Bohemia.
		Party of Civic Rights Strana Práv Občanů	SPO	0	0	16	0	-	Centre-left (social democratic) party connected with Czech President Miloš Zeman.

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Non-parliamentary parties

• Citizens of the Czech Republic (Občané české republiky)
• Civic Conservative Party (Občanská konzervativní strana)
• Civic Democratic Alliance (Občanská demokratická aliance)
• Coalition for Republic - Republican Party of Czechoslovakia (Sdružení pro republiku – Republikánská strana Československa)
• Czech National Social Party (Česká strana národně sociální)
• Democratic Party of Greens (Demokratická strana zelených)
• Koruna Česká (monarchistická strana Čech, Moravy a Slezska)
• Independence Party of the Czech Republic (Strana nezávislosti České republiky)
• Liberal-Environmental Party (Liberálně-ekologická 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)
• Realists (Realisté)
• 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)
• Dawn - National Coalition (Úsvit-Národní koalice)
• Democratic Union (Demokratická unie)
• European Democratic Party (Evropská demokratická strana)
• Friends of Beer Party (Strana přátel piva)
• Left Bloc (Levý blok)
• Liberal Social Union (Liberálně sociální unie)
• Liberal Reform Party (Liberální reformní strana)
• Movement for Autonomous Democracy - Party for Moravia and Silesia (Hnutí za samosprávnou demokracii – Společnost pro Moravu a Slezsko)
• National Party^[2] (Národní strana)
• Public Affairs (Věci veřejné)
• Party of the Democratic Left (Strana demokratické levice)

See also

• List of political parties
• List of political parties in Czechoslovakia
• Liberalism in the Czech lands

References

External links

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