2017 President of the Chamber of Deputies of the Parliament of the Czech Republic election

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2017 President of the Chamber of Deputies of the Parliament of the Czech Republic
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Candidate Radek Vondráček
Party ANO
Popular vote135
Percentage68.5%
President before election

Jan Hamáček
ČSSD

Elected President

Radek Vondráček
ANO

Election of the President of the Chamber of Deputies of the Parliament of the Czech Republic will be held on 20 November 2017.

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Background

Legislative election was held on 20 and 21 October 2017. ANO 2011 have won plurality of 78 seats. Civic Democratic Party emerged as the second largest party with 25 seats. [2] On 22 October 2017, ANO 2011 announced that it would nominate Radek Vondráček as the President of the Chamber. [3] On 23 October 2017, Freedom and Direct Democracy agreed to support Vondráček. Both parties have 100 seats of 200. [4]

On 24 October 2017, the Civic Democratic Party announced it would nominate Petr Fiala as its candidate. [5] On 25 October 2017, Czech Pirate Party announced it would most likely support Vondráček. [6] [7] TOP 09 announced it wouldn't support Vondráček. [8]

On 31 October 2017, Miroslav Kalousek the leader of TOP 09 called parties to vote for neither of 2 candidates and to jam up the Chamber. This would prevent Andrej Babiš from becoming prime minister. [9]

Fiala withdrawn from the election on 15 November 2017 because Vondráček had support of Pirates and SPD. [10]

On 22 November 2017, Vondráček was elected the President. He received 135 votes. 14 votes were against and 46 blank. [11]

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References

  1. ↑ "První hádka poslanců. O členy výboru, který bude řešit vydání Babiše". iDNES.cz. 20 November 2017. Retrieved 20 November 2017.
  2. ↑ "Je sečteno. ANO jednoznačně vyhrálo volby. Babiš nabídl jednání všem stranám". ČT24 (in Czech). 21 October 2017. Retrieved 24 October 2017.
  3. ↑ "Babiš zahájil povolební vyjednávání, Zeman by uvítal vládu s ČSSD". ceskenoviny.cz (in Czech). Archived from the original on 22 October 2017. Retrieved 24 October 2017.
  4. ↑ "Okamura jednal s ANO. Shodli se na předsedovi sněmovny Vondráčkovi". Deník.cz (in Czech). 23 October 2017. Retrieved 24 October 2017.
  5. ↑ "ODS bude chtít post předsedy Sněmovny pro svého lídra Fialu". iDNES.cz (in Czech). 24 October 2017. Retrieved 24 October 2017.
  6. ↑ "Piráti komentují průběh schůzky s poslanci ODS". iDNES.cz (in Czech). 25 October 2017. Retrieved 25 October 2017.
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  8. ↑ "Babiš si "odškrtl" ODS, nevidí důvod nechat vedení Sněmovny Fialovi". iDNES.cz (in Czech). 24 October 2017. Retrieved 25 October 2017.
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