This is a list of political parties in the Czech Republic. The Czech Republic has a

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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 ANO 2011, often shortened to simply ANO ("Yes" in English), the initials meaning Action of Dissatisfied Citizens ( cs, Akce nespokojených občanů), is a populist political party in the Czech Republic. The party was founded by Andrej Babiš. Hi ...

, the Civic Democratic Party (ODS),

Mayors and Independents The Mayors and Independents ( cs, Starostové a nezávislí), abbreviated to STAN, is a liberal political party in the Czech Republic that is focused on localism and subsidiarity. The party grew out of four minor parties, including Independent ...

(STAN), the

Christian and Democratic Union – Czechoslovak People's Party Christians () are people who follow or adhere to Christianity, a monotheistic Abrahamic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus Christ. The words ''Christ'' and ''Christian'' derive from the Koine Greek title ''Christós'' (Χρι� ...

(KDU-ČSL),

Freedom and Direct Democracy Freedom and Direct Democracy ( cs, Svoboda a přímá demokracie, SPD) is a right-wing populist political party in the Czech Republic. It is led by Tomio Okamura and it holds 20 seats in the Chamber of Deputies. It has been described as right-wi ...

(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 The Czech Pirate Party or Pirates ( cs, Česká pirátská strana , abbreviated ''Piráti'' ) is a Liberalism, liberal Progressivism, progressive List of political parties in the Czech Republic, political party in the Czech Republic, founded in 20 ...

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

Senate A senate is a deliberative assembly, often the upper house or chamber of a bicameral legislature. The name comes from the ancient Roman Senate (Latin: ''Senatus''), so-called as an assembly of the senior (Latin: ''senex'' meaning "the el ...

. Since the 2022 Czech Senate election,

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

legislative election A general election is a political voting election where generally all or most members of a given political body are chosen. These are usually held for a nation, state, or territory's primary legislative body, and are different from by-elections ( ...

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) *

Club of Committed Non-Party Members The Club of Committed Non-Party Members (in Czech ''Klub angažovaných nestraníků'', ''KAN'') is a small liberal party in the Czech Republic co-founded by Rudolf Battěk. It was founded during the Prague Spring in May 1968 by 144 leading Czech ...

(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) *

Czech Sovereignty 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 � ...

(Česká Suverenita) *

Freeholder Party of the Czech Republic Freeholder Party of the Czech Republic ( cs, Strana soukromníků České republiky, SsČR) is a centre-right conservative political party in the Czech Republic. The party considers itself to be a successor to Czechoslovak Traders' Party. The party ...

(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) * 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 (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) *

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 The SNK European Democrats ( cs, SNK Evropští demokraté) is a political party in the Czech Republic, led by Zdeňka Marková. The first regular chairperson of this party was Jana Hybášková. The party was created in January 2006 by the m ...

(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 The Tricolour Citizens' Movement ( cs, Trikolóra hnutí občanů, Trikolóra) is a Hard Euroscepticism, hard Eurosceptic, Fiscal conservatism, fiscally conservative, and National conservatism, national-conservative List of political parties in the ...

(Trikolóra hnutí občanů) * Urza.cz (Nevolte Urza.cz) *

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(Hlas) * Volt Czech Republic (Volt) *

Workers' Party of Social Justice Workers' Party of Social Justice ( cs, Dělnická strana sociální spravedlnosti) is a Czech political party, often described as the major far-right extremist party in the Czech Republic. The party is not represented in any legislative body in th ...

(Dělnická strana sociální spravedlnosti)

Defunct parties

From 1990 to 1999. *

Christian Democratic Party __NOTOC__ Christian democratic parties are political parties that seek to apply Christian principles to public policy. The underlying Christian democracy movement emerged in 19th-century Europe, largely under the influence of Catholic social tea ...

(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) *

Friends of Beer Party Friends of Beer Party ( cs, Strana přátel piva, abbreviated ') was a political party in the Czech Republic. Originally intended as a humorous commentary on the large number of new political parties, the party decided to run in the elections after ...

(Strana přátel piva) *

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) * Movement for Autonomous Democracy–Party for Moravia and Silesia (Hnutí za samosprávnou demokracii – Společnost pro Moravu a Slezsko) * Party of the Democratic Left (Strana demokratické levice) From 2000 to 2009. *

Association of Radicals for the United States of Europe The Association of Radicals for the United States of Europe ( cs, Asociace radikálů za Spojené státy evropské) was a radical liberal political party in the Czech Republic, which existed between 1990 and 2003. The party sought to create a Uni ...

(Asociace radikálů za Spojené státy evropské) *

Civic Democratic Alliance The Civic Democratic Alliance ( cs, Občanská demokratická aliance, ODA) was a conservative-liberal political party in the Czech Republic, active between 1989 (founded shortly after the Velvet revolution) and 2007. The ODA was part of governm ...

(Občanská demokratická aliance) * Democratic Union (Demokratická unie) *

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) *

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) From 2010 to 2019. *

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) *

Freedom Union – Democratic Union The Freedom Union–Democratic Union ( cs, Unie Svobody–Demokratická unie, US–DEU) was a small pro-European liberal party in the Czech Republic from 1998 to 2011. Freedom Union was founded in January 1998 by former members of the Civic Demo ...

(Unie svobody – Demokratická unie) *

Dawn – National Coalition Dawn – National Coalition ( cs, Úsvit – Národní koalice), short Dawn, (from June 2014 to August 2015) Dawn of Direct Democracy ( cs, Úsvit přímé demokracie) or (from June 2013 to June 2014) Tomio Okamura's Dawn of Direct Democracy ( cs, ...

(Úsvit-Národní koalice) *

European Democratic Party The European Democratic Party (EDP) ( French: Parti Démocrate Européen; PDE) also known as the European Democrats, is a centrist European political party in favour of European integration. François Bayrou is the President of the party. All ...

(Evropská demokratická strana) *

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) * Liberal Reform Party (Liberální reformní strana) * National PartyThe Administrative Court suspended the activities of the nationalist National Party
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Path of Change Path of Change (sometimes translated as Way to Change, in Czech: ''Cesta změny'') was a small liberal party in the Czech Republic. The party was led by Jiří Lobkowicz. It has no members of parliament and no elected councillors in local governme ...

(Cesta změny) * Public Affairs (Věci veřejné) * Realists (Realisté) * Workers' Party (Dělnická strana) From 2020 * National Socialists – Left of the 21st century (Národní socialisté) *

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) *

Independence Party of the Czech Republic The Independence Party of the Czech Republic ( cs, Strana nezávislosti České republiky, SNČR) previously called Referendum on the European Union ( cs, Referendum o evropské unii) was a Czech Eurosceptic political party founded by Františe ...

(Strana nezávislosti České republiky) *

Party of Civic Rights The Party of Civic Rights ( cs, Strana Práv Občanů, SPO), also referred to as Zemanovci, is a centre-left, left-wing populist social-democratic political party in the Czech Republic founded in October 2009 by Miloš Zeman, the former prime mini ...

(Strana práv občanů)

References

External links

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