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

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– 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 TOP 09 (name derived from cs, Tradice Odpovědnost Prosperita, lit=Tradition Responsibility Prosperity) is a liberal-conservative political party in the Czech Republic, led by Markéta Pekarová Adamová. TOP 09 holds 14 seats in the Chamber of ...

and the Czech Pirate Party (Pirates). All of these parties except the SPD also have at least one seat in the

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. Since the

2022 Czech Senate election Senate elections were held in the Czech Republic on 23 and 24 September 2022 alongside municipal elections. The election were won by the Spolu alliance consisting of the Civic Democratic Party (ODS), KDU-ČSL and TOP 09 which won 20 seats (inclu ...

Senator 21 Senátor 21 (SEN 21) is a political movement established in 2017 by Senator Václav Láska. The party's candidate Tomáš Goláň won the 2018 Zlín by-election. The party joined the European Democratic Party The European Democratic Party ...

(SEN 21) have had four seats in the Senate,

Mayors for the Liberec Region Mayors for the Liberec Region ( cs, Starostové pro Liberecký kraj, SLK) is a regionalist party in the Czech Republic that was established prior to the 2008 Czech regional elections. The party won the 2012 regional election in Liberec and its le ...

(SLK) have two Senate seats, and

Svobodní Svobodní ( en, Freedomites), until 2019 known as the Party of Free Citizens or the Free Citizens' Party ( cs, Strana svobodných občanů), is a classical liberal and right-libertarian,

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 The Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia ( cs, Komunistická strana Čech a Moravy, KSČM) is a communist party in the Czech Republic. As of 2021, KSČM has a membership of 28,715, and is a member party of The Left in the European Parliament ...

(KSČM) hold no seats in the Chamber or the Senate but do have one elected member of the

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and have elected representatives at the regional level. The only party to have had members elected to every Parliament since the

dissolution of Czechoslovakia The dissolution of Czechoslovakia ( cs, Rozdělení Československa, sk, Rozdelenie Česko-Slovenska) took effect on December 31, 1992, and was the self-determined split of the federal republic of Czechoslovakia into the independent countries o ...

is ODS. The next

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will be held no later than 2025. 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

Agrarian Democratic Party Agrarian Democratic Party ( cs, Agrární demokratická strana, ADS) is an agrarian political party in the Czech Republic, founded on 9 December 2015. The party considers itself to be a successor to the Republican Party of Farmers and Peasants, b ...

(Agrární demokratická strana) * Alliance for the Future (Aliance pro budoucnost) * Alliance of National Forces (Aliance národních sil) *

Citizens of the Czech Republic Citizenship is a "relationship between an individual and a state to which the individual owes allegiance and in turn is entitled to its protection". Each state determines the conditions under which it will recognize persons as its citizens, and ...

(Občané české republiky) *

Civic Conservative Party The Civic Conservative Party ( sk, Občianska konzervatívna strana, OKS) is a centre-right liberal conservative political party in Slovakia. It has two seats in the National Council, following the 2020 election. It has also representation at ...

(Občanská konzervativní strana) * Civic Democratic Alliance (Občanská demokratická aliance) * Club of Committed Non-Party Members (Klub angažovaných nestraníků) *

Conservative Party The Conservative Party is a name used by many political parties around the world. These political parties are generally right-wing though their exact ideologies can range from center-right to far-right. Political parties called The Conservative P ...

(Konzervativní strana) *

Czech National Social Party Czech National Social Party (Czech: ''Česká strana národně sociální'', ČSNS) is a civic nationalist political party in the Czech Republic, that once played an important role in Czechoslovakia during the interwar period. It was established ...

(Česká strana národně sociální) * Democratic Party of Greens (Demokratická strana zelených) *

Free Bloc ČSSD – Czech Sovereignty of Social Democracy ( cs, ČSSD – Česká suverenita sociální demokracie), until 29 June 2023 known as Czech Sovereignty ( cs, Česká Suverenita), formerly also known Free Bloc ( cs, VOLNÝ blok) and Sovereignty � ...

(Volný blok) * Freeholder Party of the Czech Republic (Strana soukromníků České republiky) *

Green Party A green party is a formally organized political party based on the principles of green politics, such as social justice, environmentalism and nonviolence. Greens believe that these issues are inherently related to one another as a foundation ...

(Strana zelených) * Independence Party of the Czech Republic (Strana nezávislosti České republiky) * The Czech Crown (Monarchist Party of Bohemia, Moravia and Silesia) (Koruna Česká (monarchistická strana Čech, Moravy a Slezska)) *

Liberal-Environmental Party Liberal Environmental Party ( cs, Liberálně-ekologická strana, LES) is a Green liberalism, green-liberal list of political parties in the Czech Republic, political party in the Czech Republic. It was established by Martin Bursík as a split fro ...

(Liberálně-ekologická strana) *

Masaryk Democratic Party The Masaryk Democratic Party ( cs, Masarykova demokratická strana, MDS) is a centrist political party in the Czech Republic, founded on 25 May 1992. The party follows the legacy of the first Czechoslovak President Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk and con ...

(Masarykova demokratická strana) * The Moravians (Moravané) *

National Democracy National Democracy may refer to: * National Democracy (Czech Republic) * National Democracy (Italy) * National Democracy (Philippines) * National Democracy (Poland) * National Democracy (Spain) See also * Civic nationalism, a general concept * Na ...

(Národní demokracie) *

Party for the Open Society The Party for the Open Society ( cs, Strana pro otevřenou společnost, SOS) is a minor social liberal political party in the Czech Republic. The party origins were in the Civic Movement ( cs, Občanské Hnutí), a liberal group founded in 1991 w ...

(Strana pro otevřenou společnost) *

Party of Common Sense Party of Common Sense ( cs, Strana zdravého rozumu) is a Czech nationalist Nationalism is an idea and movement that holds that the nation should be congruent with the state. As a movement, nationalism tends to promote the interests of a pa ...

(Strana zdravého rozumu) * Party of Civic Rights (Strana práv občanů) *

Přísaha Přísaha () is a List of political parties in the Czech Republic, political party in the Czech Republic, founded in 2021 by Robert Šlachta. History Foundation Šlachta became known to the public as the investigator in a 2013 Czech political cor ...

Rally for the Republic – Republican Party of Czechoslovakia The Rally for the Republic – Republican Party of Czechoslovakia ( cs, Sdružení pro republiku - Republikánská strana Československa, abbreviated to Republikáni or SPR–RSČ) is a minor political party in the Czech Republic, strongly oppos ...

(Sdružení pro republiku – Republikánská strana Československa) *

Right Bloc The Right Bloc is a minor Czech political party, founded in 1996 by Petr Cibulka. The party is known for running very old candidates; the party fielded the oldest candidate in every legislative election from 2002 until 2010. The record for the old ...

(Volte Pravý Blok) *

Severočeši.cz Severočeši.cz ( en, North Bohemians.cz) is a Regionalism (politics), regionalist political party in the Czech Republic. It operates in the Ústí nad Labem Region of northern Bohemia. The party won two seats in the Senate of the Parliament o ...

, cross-spectrum regional party from northern Bohemia. * SNK European Democrats (SNK Evropští demokraté) * Socialist Alternative Future (Socialistická alternativa Budoucnost) *

Svobodní Svobodní ( en, Freedomites), until 2019 known as the Party of Free Citizens or the Free Citizens' Party ( cs, Strana svobodných občanů), is a classical liberal and right-libertarian,

* Swiss Democracy (Švýcarská demokracie) * The Left (Levice) * Tricolour Citizens' Movement (Trikolóra hnutí občanů) *

Urza.cz Nevolte Urza.cz (English: Don't Vote Urza.cz) is a Czech political party, founded by the anarcho-capitalist Martin Urza before the 2021 Czech legislative election. He stated that he was running, but did not want to be elected. The full, official n ...

(Nevolte Urza.cz) *

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(Hlas) *

Volt Czech Republic Volt Czech Republic ( cs, Volt Česko, Volt) is a social liberal political party in the Czech Republic and the Czech branch of Volt Europa. History Volt Czech Republic was founded in 2019 and operated in the Czech Republic from 11 April 2021 to ...

(Volt) * Workers' Party of Social Justice (Dělnická strana sociální spravedlnosti)

Defunct parties

* Association of Radicals for the United States of Europe (Asociace radikálů za Spojené státy evropské) * Freedom Union – Democratic Union (Unie svobody – Demokratická unie) * Christian Democratic Party (Křesťanskodemokratická strana) *

Civic Movement The Civic Movement ( cs, Občanské hnutí, OH) was a liberal political party based in the Czech Republic, which existed from 1991 to 1995. The party was established after the break-up of Civic Forum by the liberal wing of Civic Forum, while the co ...

(Občanské hnutí) * Civic Democratic Alliance (Občanská demokratická aliance) *

Czech National Socialist Party The Czech National Socialist Party ( cs, Česká strana národně socialistická), abbreviated to ČSNS 2005, was a centre-left nationalist political party in the Czech Republic. Founded in 2005 by members of the Czech National Social Party beca ...

(Česká strana národně socialistická) * Dawn – National Coalition (Úsvit-Národní koalice) * Democratic Union (Demokratická unie) * European Democratic Party (Evropská demokratická strana) * Friends of Beer Party (Strana přátel piva) *

Head Up – Electoral Bloc Hlavu vzhůru – volební blok, formerly Politika 21, was a small right-wing political party in the Czech Republic, established in 2006. The leader of the party was Jana Bobošíková, who had previously been a Member of the European Parliament ...

(Hlavu vzhůru – volební blok) * Independent Democrats (Nezávislí demokraté) *

Left Bloc Left Bloc may refer to: * Left Bloc (Portugal), a political party in Portugal * Left Bloc (Croatia), a political alliance in Croatia * Left Bloc (Hungary) The Left Bloc (in Hungarian: ''Baloldali Blokk'') was a political alliance in Hungary, f ...

(Levý blok) * Liberal Social Union (Liberálně sociální unie) * Liberal Reform Party (Liberální reformní strana) *

Movement for Autonomous Democracy–Party for Moravia and Silesia The Movement for Autonomous Democracy–Party for Moravia and Silesia ( cz, Hnutí za samosprávnou demokracii–Společnost pro Moravu a Slezsko, HSD–SMS) was a political party in Czechoslovakia and the Czech Republic that sought autonomy for ...

(Hnutí za samosprávnou demokracii – Společnost pro Moravu a Slezsko) * National PartyThe Administrative Court suspended the activities of the nationalist National Party
/ref> (Národní strana) * National Socialists (Národní socialisté) * Public Affairs (Věci veřejné) * Party of the Democratic Left (Strana demokratické levice) *

Party of Conservative Accord The Party of Conservative Accord ( cs, Strana konzervativní smlouvy) was a Conservatism, conservative political party in the Czech Republic between 1998 and 2001. It was founded by a split of rightist wing of the Civic Democratic Alliance. Front f ...

(Strana konzervativní smlouvy) * Path of Change (Cesta změny) *

Party for Life Security Party for Life Security ( cs, Strana za životní jistoty, SŽJ) was a Czech political party that focused on Pensioner's issues. It became widely known during 1998 Czech legislative election when it was expected to gain seats in Parliament. Histo ...

(Strana za životní jistoty) * Realists (Realisté) * Workers' Party (Dělnická strana)

References

External links

List of political parties registered by Ministry of Interior in Czech Republic (in Czech)
{{DEFAULTSORT:List Of Political Parties In The Czech Republic

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