This is a list of political parties in the Czech Republic. The Czech Republic has a
multi-party
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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
Chamber of Deputies –
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 Independe ...
(STAN), the
Christian and Democratic Union – Czechoslovak People's Party
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(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 ...
and the
Czech Pirate Party
The Czech Pirate Party or Pirates ( cs, Česká pirátská strana , abbreviated ''Piráti'' ) is a liberal progressive political party in the Czech Republic, founded in 2009. The party was founded as a student-driven grassroots movement campaig ...
(Pirates). All of these parties except the SPD also have at least one seat in the
Senate. 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 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
European Parliament
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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
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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
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Agrarian Democratic Party (Agrární demokratická strana)
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Alliance for the Future (Aliance pro budoucnost)
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Alliance of National Forces (Aliance národních sil)
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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)
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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)
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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 govern ...
(Občanská demokratická aliance)
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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)
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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)
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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)
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Democratic Party of Greens (Demokratická strana zelených)
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Free Bloc (Volný blok)
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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 part ...
(Strana soukromníků České republiky)
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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)
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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 Euroscepticism, Eurosceptic political party foun ...
(Strana nezávislosti České republiky)
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The Czech Crown (Monarchist Party of Bohemia, Moravia and Silesia) (Koruna Česká (monarchistická strana Čech, Moravy a Slezska))
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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)
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Masaryk Democratic Party (Masarykova demokratická strana)
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The Moravians (Moravané)
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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
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(Národní demokracie)
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Party for the Open Society (Strana pro otevřenou společnost)
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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 p ...
(Strana zdravého rozumu)
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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 min ...
(Strana práv občanů)
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Přísaha
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Rally for the Republic – Republican Party of Czechoslovakia (Sdružení pro republiku – Republikánská strana Československa)
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Right Bloc (Volte Pravý Blok)
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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.
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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)
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Socialist Alternative Future (Socialistická alternativa Budoucnost)
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Svobodní
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Swiss Democracy (Švýcarská demokracie)
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The Left (Levice)
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Tricolour Citizens' Movement
The Tricolour Citizens' Movement ( cs, Trikolóra hnutí občanů, Trikolóra) is a hard Eurosceptic, fiscally conservative, and national-conservative political party in the Czech Republic.
The founder and the former leader of the movement is ...
(Trikolóra hnutí občanů)
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Urza.cz (Nevolte Urza.cz)
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Voice
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(Hlas)
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Volt Czech Republic (Volt)
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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
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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)
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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 Dem ...
(Unie svobody – Demokratická unie)
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Christian Democratic Party
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(Křesťanskodemokratická strana)
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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)
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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 govern ...
(Občanská demokratická aliance)
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Czech National Socialist Party (Česká strana národně socialistická)
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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)
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Democratic Union (Demokratická unie)
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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)
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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)
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Head Up – Electoral Bloc (Hlavu vzhůru – volební blok)
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Independent Democrats
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(Nezávislí demokraté)
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Left Bloc (Levý blok)
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Liberal Social Union (Liberálně sociální unie)
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Liberal Reform Party (Liberální reformní strana)
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Movement for Autonomous Democracy–Party for Moravia and Silesia (Hnutí za samosprávnou demokracii – Společnost pro Moravu a Slezsko)
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National Party[The Administrative Court suspended the activities of the nationalist National Party]
/ref> (Národní strana)
*National Socialists
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(Národní socialisté)
* Public Affairs (Věci veřejné)
* Party of the Democratic Left (Strana demokratické levice)
* Party of Conservative Accord (Strana konzervativní smlouvy)
*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)
* Party for Life Security (Strana za životní jistoty)
* Realists (Realisté)
* Workers' Party (Dělnická strana)
See also
*Lists of political parties
Lists of Political party, political parties include:
* List of agrarian parties
* List of banned political parties
* List of centrist political parties
* List of communitarian political parties
* List of fictional political parties
* List of fri ...
* List of political parties in Czechoslovakia
*Liberalism in the Czech lands
This article gives an overview of liberalism in the Czech Republic. It is limited to liberal parties with substantial support, mainly proved by having had a representation in parliament. The sign ⇒ denotes another party in that scheme. For incl ...
References
External links
List of political parties registered by Ministry of Interior in Czech Republic (in Czech)
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Czech Republic
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Czech Republic
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Political parties
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