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Elections were held in the Czech Republic from 7 to 8 June 2024 to elect 21 Czech representatives for the European Parliament, alongside the EU-wide 2024 European Parliament election. This was the fifth parliamentary election since the Czech Republic's EU accession in 2004, and the first to take place after Brexit.
The 21 members were elected through semi-open list proportional representation in a single nationwide constituency with seats allocated through D'Hondt method and a 5% electoral threshold for both single parties and coalitions of two or more parties. [1]
Both Czech and EU citizens were entitled to vote in the European election in Czech Republic provided they had a permanent or temporary residence in the country at least 45 days prior to the elections. In addition, those eligible to vote had to be 18 years old by the second election day at the latest. Voter registration was required only for non-Czech EU citizens residing in Czech Republic, while Czech citizens were automatically registered in their place of residence. Citizens abroad were not able to vote by post or in Czech diplomatic missions, but may have been eligible to vote in another EU member country. [2]
The previous elections to the European Parliament were held in the Czech Republic on 24–25 May 2019. Voter turnout was 28.72%. The parties and candidates elected were:
In October 2020, Radka Maxová resigned from ANO, and in March 2021, she started cooperating as a non-party member with the Czech Social Democratic Party (ČSSD), which had not won any seats in the previous election. [3] In September 2022, Hynek Blaško resigned from SPD and now sits in the EP as an independent. [4]
In June 2022, the only STAN MEP, Stanislav Polčák, announced he was suspending his membership in the party, following allegations that he was a member of corruption group led by his party colleague Petr Hlubuček. [5] A year later, Polčák resumed his membership after the Czech police decided not to charge him with any criminal offence. [6]
The table shows the detailed composition of the Czech seats at the European Parliament as of 25 January 2024.
EP Group | Seats | Party | Seats | MEPs | ||
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Renew Europe | 5 / 21 | ANO 2011 | 3 | |||
Independents | 2 | |||||
European People's Party | 5 / 21 | TOP 09 | 2 | |||
KDU-ČSL | 2 | |||||
Mayors and Independents | 1 | |||||
European Conservatives and Reformists | 4 / 21 | Civic Democratic Party | 4 | |||
Greens–European Free Alliance | 3 / 21 | Czech Pirate Party | 3 | |||
Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats | 1 / 21 | Independents | 1 | |||
Identity and Democracy | 1 / 21 | Freedom and Direct Democracy | 1 | |||
The Left in the European Parliament – GUE/NGL | 1 / 21 | Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia | 1 | |||
Non-Inscrits | 1 / 21 | Independents | 1 | |||
Total | 21 | |||||
Source: European Parliament |
The following parties and coalitions running in the European elections were represented in the Chamber of Deputies or in the European Parliament in time of the election:
Party | Main ideology | Leader(s) | European party | EP Group | 2019 result | Outgoing MEPs | |||
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Votes (%) | Seats | ||||||||
SPOLU | Together | Liberal conservatism | Alexandr Vondra | ECR EPP | ECR EPP | 33.44% [d] | 8 / 21 | 8 / 21 | |
ANO | ANO 2011 ANO 2011 | Right-wing populism | Klára Dostálová | ALDE | RE | 21.19% | 6 / 21 | 3 / 21 | |
Piráti | Czech Pirate Party Česká pirátská strana | Pirate politics | Marcel Kolaja | PPEU | Greens/EFA | 13.96% | 3 / 21 | 3 / 21 | |
STAN | Mayors and Personalities for Europe Starostové a osobnosti pro Evropu | Liberalism | Danuše Nerudová | None | EPP | 11.65% [e] | 1 / 21 | 1 / 21 | |
SPD and Trikolóra | SPD and Tricolour SPD a Trikolóra | Right-wing populism | Petr Mach | ID Party | ID | 9.14% [f] | 2 / 21 | 1 / 21 | |
Enough! | Enough! | Left-wing nationalism | Kateřina Konečná | PEL | The Left | 6.94% [g] | 1 / 21 | 1 / 21 | |
ZNČR Alliance | Alliance for the Independence of Czechia Aliance pro nezávislost ČR
| Ultranationalism | Hynek Blaško | None | NI | 1.23% | 0 / 21 | 1 / 21 | |
Source: [7] [8] [9] |
The following parties and coalitions have announced submitted their candidacy, were not represented in the Chamber of Deputies nor in the European Parliament at the time of the election, but have appeared at least one relevant opinion poll:
Party | Main ideology | Leader(s) | European party | EP Group | 2019 result | Outgoing MEPs | |||
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Votes (%) | Seats | ||||||||
SOCDEM | Social Democracy Sociální demokracie | Social democracy | Lubomír Zaorálek | PES | S&D | 3.95% | 0 / 21 | 0 / 21 | |
Svobodní | Svobodní | National conservatism | Libor Vondráček | None | None | 0.65% | 0 / 21 | 0 / 21 | |
PRO 2022 | Law, Respect, Expertise Právo Respekt Odbornost
| Right-wing populism | Jindřich Rajchl | None | None | did not exist | 0 / 21 | 0 / 21 | |
Přísaha and Motorists | Přísaha and Motorists Přísaha a Motoristé | Right-wing populism | Filip Turek | None | None | did not exist | 0 / 21 | 0 / 21 | |
Greens | Green Party Strana zelených | Green politics | Johanna Nejedlová | EGP | Greens/EFA | did not run [h] | 0 / 21 | 0 / 21 | |
Source: [7] [9] |
The following parties and coalitions were not represented in the Chamber of Deputies or the European Parliament at the time of the election and have not appeared in any relevant opinion poll:
Party | Main ideology | Leader(s) | European party | EP Group | 2019 result | Outgoing MEPs | |||
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Votes (%) | Seats | ||||||||
ČR1 | Czech Republic on the 1st place! Česká republika na 1. místě! | Vaccine hesitancy | Ladislav Vrabel | None | None | did not exist | 0 / 21 | 0 / 21 | |
ČSSD | Czech Sovereignty of Social Democracy Česká suverenita
| Nationalism | Jiří Paroubek | None | None | 0.11% | 0 / 21 | 0 / 21 | |
DSZ - ZA PRÁVA ZVÍŘAT | Democratic Party of Greens – For Animal Rights Demokratická strana zelených – Za práva zvířat | Green politics | Hana Janišová | None | None | 0.60% | 0 / 21 | 0 / 21 | |
Voice | Voice Hlas | Liberalism | Milan Hamerský | None | RE | 2.38% | 0 / 21 | 0 / 21 | |
KAN | Club of Committed Non-Party Members Klub angažovaných nestraníků | Liberal conservatism | Stanislav Pochman | None | None | 0.10% | 0 / 21 | 0 / 21 | |
LANO | Liberal Alliance of Independent Citizens Liberální aliance nezávislých občanů | Liberalism | Šimon Hlinovský | None | None | did not exist | 0 / 21 | 0 / 21 | |
Better Life for the People | Better Life for the People Lepší život pro lidi | Populism | Pavel Opl | None | None | did not run | 0 / 21 | 0 / 21 | |
The Left | The Left Levice | Democratic Socialism | Jan Májíček | PEL | GUE/NGL | did not run | 0 / 21 | 0 / 21 | |
aliens.eu | Better EU with Aliens Lepší EU s mimozemšťany | Political satire | Tomáš Franěk | None | None | did not exist | 0 / 21 | 0 / 21 | |
Mourek | Tabby Cat Mourek | Liberalism | Jan Červenka | None | None | did not exist | 0 / 21 | 0 / 21 | |
NOS | New Direction Nový směr | Internet access expansion | Zbyněk Hromek | None | None | did no exist | 0 / 21 | 0 / 21 | |
PB | Right Bloc Pravý blok | Right-wing populism | Petr Cibulka | None | None | 0.20% | 0 / 21 | 0 / 21 | |
FOR CZEXIT | FOR CZEXIT PRO vystoupení z EU
| Euroscepticism | Ctirad Musil | None | None | 0.27% [i] | 0 / 21 | 0 / 21 | |
REFERENDUM | REFERENDUM - Voice of the People REFERENDUM - Hlas lidu | Direct democracy | Václav Sogel | None | None | did not exist | 0 / 21 | 0 / 21 | |
SEN 21 and Volt | SEN 21 and Volt SEN21 a Volt | European Federalism | Lenka Helena Koenigsmark | EDP Volt | RE Greens/EFA | did not exist | 0 / 21 | 0 / 21 | |
SESO | Seniors for Themselves Senioři sobě | Pensioners' interests | Jaroslav Pollák | None | None | did not exist | 0 / 21 | 0 / 21 | |
ŠD and SSPD-SP | ŠD and SSPD-SP ŠD a SSPD-SP
| Swiss system | Pynelopi Cimprichová | None | None | did not exist | 0 / 21 | 0 / 21 | |
URZA | Urza.cz | Anarcho-capitalism | Martin Urza | None | None | did not run | 0 / 21 | 0 / 21 | |
Source: [7] [9] |
The Civic Democratic Party (ODS), KDU-ČSL and TOP 09 have discussed whether they will run under the combined SPOLU banner or independently. According to reports, the ODS and TOP 09 memberships would prefer to run independently, [10] while ODS leader and Czech Prime Minister Petr Fiala favours a joint candidacy as SPOLU. [11] A combined list under the SPOLU banner is problematic due to the fact that ODS is part of the European Conservatives and Reformists EP grouping, while KDU-ČSL and TOP 09 are part of the European People's Party. [12] Sitting MEP and ODS' 2019 electoral leader Jan Zahradil was reported to be problematic for KDU-ČSL and TOP 09, as well as many ODS members such as MP Eva Decroix. [13] On 5 June 2023, Zahradil announced that he would not run in the election. [14] Alexandr Vondra has also been speculated as a potential lead candidate for ODS or SPOLU as whole. [15] [13]
On 18 May 2023, members of KDU-ČSL voted in a membership referendum in favor of running independently. [16] On 20 May 2023, KDU-ČSL decided at its nomination conference that its lead candidate for the 2024 elections will be current MEP Tomáš Zdechovský. Other candidates will include: František Talíř, the 1st Deputy Governor of the South Bohemian Region; MEP Michaela Šojdrová; Ondřej Mikmek, mayor of Slatinice in Olomouc; senator and twice presidential candidate Pavel Fischer; and MP Hayato Okamura. A decision over whether KDU-ČSL will run independently or as part of the SPOLU alliance will be made by September 2023. [17] [18]
On 30 October 2023, ODS, TOP 09 and KDU-ČSL announced that they will contest the election on a joint list. [19]
The Czech Pirate Party launched primaries for its election list on 30 May 2023. All incumbent MEPs (Mikuláš Peksa, Markéta Gregorová and Marcel Kolaja) announced their intention to run for the position of electoral leader. [20] Former MP Mikuláš Ferjenčík also announced his candidacy, and received the endorsements of Minister of Foreign Affairs Jan Lipavský and former Mayor of Prague Zdeněk Hřib. 2019 electoral leader Marcel Kolaja soon criticised Ferjenčík, stating that the leader should be a respected politician. [15] The fifth candidate is Jana Kolaříková, chair of the South Bohemian branch of the party. [21]
MP and former government minister Klára Dostálová is speculated to become the lead candidate for ANO 2011. [15] 2019 electoral leader Dita Charanzová was reportedly undecided whether to run again. [22] Party leader Andrej Babiš was also reported to be considering his own candidacy. [12]
Leader of Mayors and Independents (STAN) Vít Rakušan suggested Jan Farský as his party's electoral leader. [23]
Former Czech Prime Minister Jiří Paroubek has announced his intention to run in the election with his Nespokojení (Dissatisfied) movement, with the aim of connecting parties on the left of the political spectrum. [13]
In October 2023, Volt and SEN21 announced that they would be standing in the European elections with a joint list. [24] [25] [26] The head of their joint list is Lenka Koenigsmark. [27]
On 8 April 2024, ice hockey coach and former professional player Vladimír Růžička announced his candidacy for PRO 2022. [28]
The official campaign began on 26 January 2024, when Czech president Petr Pavel announced the official date of the election. [29] From that date, no party or coalition can spend more than 50 million crowns on campaign promotion and must create a transparent bank account within five days. [30]
ANO 2011 started its campaign in Zlín, where party leader Andrej Babiš and election list lead candidate Klára Dostálová presented the party's priorities: Czech sovereignty, European self-reliance, and cutting back the European Green Deal. The party also said it wants to curb illegal immigration, lessen the EU's impact on daily life, and will oppose the adoption of the Euro. [31] ANO stated that its goal is to win at least six seats. [32]
The party announced its slogan as "Česko, pro tebe všecko" (English: "Czechia, everything for you"), accompanied by pictures of Babiš and Dostálová with Czech flags painted on their cheeks. ODS bought the web domain of the slogan, and placed there a manipulated version of the graphic, featuring the slogan changed to "Rusko, pro tebe všecko” (English: "Russia, everything for you") and Russian flags instead. President Petr Pavel subsequently criticized both sides for the conduct of their campaigns, calling them "unfair and dangerous". [33]
SPOLU launched its campaign in Prague, in the café of Činoherní klub, where the Civic Forum was founded around 30 years earlier. The launch was led by the leaders of the constituent parties - Petr Fiala, Markéta Pekarová Adamová and Marian Jurečka - as well as the list leader, ODS MEP Alexandr Vondra.
The alliance restated that it was an umbrella movement for conservatives, economic liberals and Christian democrats. As its slogan, it chose "Bezpečná Evropa, silnější Česko" (English: "Safe Europe, stronger Czechia") and framed the election as a "clash between democratic parties and one-man projects". Vondra said that the alliance's goal is to win the election. [34] [35]
Vondra said Spolu would push for modifications of the European Green Deal. [34] As lead priorities he named defense and security, handling of immigration into Europe, and "kickstarting the European economy". He also said that wanted to replicate the "great Danish immigration model" and ease regulations concerning the manufacture of heavy weapons. [36]
Mayors and Independents launched their campaign before all other parties, with their leader Vít Rakušan starting a series of "Debates without censorship" in January, where he visited less-developed regions, mostly in the former Sudetenland, to answer questions from the local public. [37] [38] [39] Some experts criticized these events, accusing Rakušan of using low-income people to gain popularity. Others praised Rakušan for creating opportunities for dialogue. [40] [41]
While the early debates were not a formal part of the European election campaign, they were financed from STAN's EP election funds from the beginning. [42] In April, Rakušan passed the debates to the leaders of STAN's candidate list, Jan Farský and Danuše Nerudová. [43] [44] The debates also moved to larger cities like Brno. [45] [46]
As STAN's priorities, Nerudová mentioned fighting climate change, lowering the minimum voting age to 16, making the EU more accessible for young people, and preventing illegal migration. [47] She also said they want to focus on lowering economical inequality between regions, help Europe’s competitiveness and lowering bureaucracy. [48]
The Pirates launched their campaign on the last day of April, stating that they intend to focus on digitalization, improving quality of life, and fighting corruption and tax havens. The also mentioned support for abortion rights and LGBTQ+ rights, as well as lowering the inequality between EU regions. The party also proposed "fixing" the European Green Deal. As their goal, the party stated that it wants to win three to four seats. [49] [50]
Both party leader Ivan Bartoš and list leader Marcel Kolaja criticised the political regimes in Hungary and Slovakia, calling their prime ministers "merchants of fear" who "push society towards the east". They also criticised some Czech parties, like ODS, for keeping ties with parties within the ECR faction. [51]
SPD began its campaign as a series of meetings with voters and supporters, at which the party presented its candidates and manifesto. [52] The meetings were intended to gain traction for a planned demonstration on Prague's Wenceslas Square, however, only about 1,000 people attended, far less than similar demonstrations in the two previous years. [53] During the speech of SPD leader Tomio Okamura at the demonstration, opponents threw eggs at him, and were subsequently arrested. [54]
The leaders of the two parties said their goal was to attract dissatisfied ODS voters, arguing that ODS had abandoned its Eurosceptic policies and switched to support for the Green Deal, EU migration pact and euro adoption. SPD said they want to attract voters by focusing on an economic issues, and by giving the lead spot to economist and former Svobodní MEP Petr Mach. [55] [56]
Name | Party | Date announced | Source |
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Jan Zahradil | Civic Democratic Party (ECR) | 5 June 2023 | [57] |
Radka Maxová | Inderpendent (S&D) | 31 October 2023 | [58] |
Stanislav Polčák | Mayors and Independents (EPP) | 3 January 2024 | [59] |
Evžen Tošenovský | Civic Democratic Party (ECR) | 5 April 2024 | [60] |
Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | |
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ANO 2011 | 776,158 | 26.14 | 7 | +1 | |
Spolu | 661,250 | 22.27 | 6 | –2 | |
Přísaha and Motorists | 304,623 | 10.26 | 2 | New | |
Stačilo! | 283,935 | 9.56 | 2 | +1 | |
Mayors and Personalities for Europe | 258,431 | 8.70 | 2 | +1 | |
Czech Pirate Party | 184,091 | 6.20 | 1 | –2 | |
Freedom and Direct Democracy – Tricolour | 170,172 | 5.73 | 1 | –1 | |
Law, Respect, Expertise | 63,959 | 2.15 | 0 | New | |
Social Democracy | 55,260 | 1.86 | 0 | 0 | |
Svobodní | 52,408 | 1.77 | 0 | 0 | |
Greens | 46,127 | 1.55 | 0 | New [j] | |
Alliance for the Independence of the Czech Republic | 14,910 | 0.50 | 0 | 0 | |
Democratic Party of Greens – For Animal Rights | 12,448 | 0.42 | 0 | 0 | |
Better Life for the People | 10,767 | 0.36 | 0 | New | |
SEN 21 and Volt | 9,955 | 0.34 | 0 | New | |
Czech Sovereignty of Social Democracy | 7,579 | 0.26 | 0 | 0 | |
Czech Republic in First Place! | 6,897 | 0.23 | 0 | New | |
Mourek | 6,759 | 0.23 | 0 | New | |
Liberal Alliance of Independent Citizens | 6,541 | 0.22 | 0 | New | |
Better EU with Aliens | 6,479 | 0.22 | 0 | New | |
Hlas | 6,328 | 0.21 | 0 | 0 | |
Club of Committed Non-Party Members | 4,561 | 0.15 | 0 | 0 | |
FOR CZEXIT | 3,912 | 0.13 | 0 | 0 | |
Right Bloc | 3,392 | 0.11 | 0 | 0 | |
Swiss Democracy and SSPD–SP | 2,559 | 0.09 | 0 | New | |
Urza.cz | 2,426 | 0.08 | 0 | New | |
The Left | 2,296 | 0.08 | 0 | New | |
Referendum – Voice of the People | 2,036 | 0.07 | 0 | New | |
Seniors for Themselves | 1,563 | 0.05 | 0 | New | |
New Direction | 1,067 | 0.04 | 0 | – | |
Total | 2,968,889 | 100.00 | 21 | 0 | |
Valid votes | 2,968,889 | 99.19 | |||
Invalid/blank votes | 24,339 | 0.81 | |||
Total votes | 2,993,228 | 100.00 | |||
Registered voters/turnout | 8,212,628 | 36.45 | |||
Source: |
Following the election, ANO 2011 left ALDE and the Renew Europe group, and subsequently co-founded Patriots for Europe. Přísaha and Motorists also joined Patriots for Europe, having initially planned to join the European Conservatives and Reformists. [61]
Party | Seats | +/– | |
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Patriots for Europe | 9 | +9 | |
European People's Party | 5 | 0 | |
European Conservatives and Reformists | 3 | -1 | |
Greens–European Free Alliance | 1 | -2 | |
Europe of Sovereign Nations | 1 | +1 | |
Non-Inscrits | 2 | +2 | |
Total | 21 | 0 |
Members of the European Parliament for the Czech Republic | |
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Observers | (2003) |
Delegation | (2004) |
6th term | (2004) |
7th term | (2009) |
8th term | (2014) |
9th term | (2019) |
10th term | (2024) |
Num | MEP | Party | EP Group | Pref. Votes | ||
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1. | Klára Dostálová | ANO | PfE | 171,142 | ||
2. | Filip Turek | Přísaha | PfE | 152,196 | ||
3. | Alexandr Vondra | ODS | ECR | 118,492 | ||
4. | Kateřina Konečná | KSČM | NI | 115,386 | ||
5. | Luděk Niedermayer | TOP 09 | EPP | 88,631 | ||
6. | Tomáš Zdechovský | KDU–ČSL | EPP | 66,948 | ||
7. | Danuše Nerudová | STAN | EPP | 59,577 | ||
8. | Jaroslava Pokorná Jermanová | ANO | PfE | 49,683 | ||
9. | Jan Farský | STAN | EPP | 44,503 | ||
10. | Veronika Vrecionová | ODS | ECR | 35,310 | ||
11. | Jaroslav Bžoch | ANO | PfE | 31,989 | ||
12. | Ondřej Kolář | TOP 09 | EPP | 31,623 | ||
13. | Ivan David | SPD | ESN | 30,892 | ||
14. | Ondřej Dostál | SD-SN | NI | 24,403 | ||
15. | Markéta Gregorová | Piráti | Greens-EFA | 23,388 | ||
16. | Nikola Bartůšek | Přísaha | PfE | 21,162 | ||
17. | Ondřej Krutílek | ODS | ECR | 20,504 | ||
18. | Jana Nagyová | ANO | PfE | 14,448 | ||
19. | Martin Hlaváček | ANO | PfE | 10,662 | ||
20. | Ondřej Knotek | ANO | PfE | 8,565 | ||
21. | Ondřej Kovařík | ANO | PfE | 4,863 | ||
Source: [62] |
Polling firm | Fieldwork date | Sample size | SPOLU ECR–EPP | ANO Renew | Piráti G/EFA | STAN EPP | SPD– Trikolóra ID | Stačilo! Left | SOCDEM S&D | Svobodní NI | PaM NI | Zelení EGP | PRO NI | Others | Lead |
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7–8 June 2024 | Election result | 22.3 6 | 26.1 7 | 6.2 1 | 8.7 2 | 5.7 1 | 9.6 2 | 1.9 0 | 1.8 0 | 10.3 2 | 1.6 0 | 2.2 0 | 3.9 0 | 3.8 | |
STEM | 22–26 May 2024 | 1,623 | 21.5 6 | 23.1 6 | 9.4 2 | 10.0 3 | 9.5 2 | 8.1 2 | 2.9 0 | 2.7 0 | 4.7 0 | 1.9 0 | 1.8 0 | 4.1 0 | 1.6 |
STEM/MARK | 20–27 May 2024 | 1,398 | 22.3 5 | 26.1 6 | 12.1 3 | 8.1 2 | 7.9 2 | 7.7 2 | 3.6 0 | 2.3 0 | 7.2 1 | 1.4 0 | 1.0 0 | 0.3 0 | 3.8 |
Phoenix Research | 1–13 May 2024 | 1,018 | 17.5 5 | 27.4 7 | 9.9 2 | 11.5 3 | 6.2 1 | 7.0 2 | 5.0 1 | 1.3 0 | 2.2 0 | — | 4.2 0 | 7.8 1 | 9.9 |
SANEP | 2–7 May 2024 | 1,800 | 19.8 5 | 26.7 7 | 10.6 3 | 9.9 2 | 10.1 3 | 5.9 1 | 3.7 0 | 2.9 0 | 4.8 0 | 0.5 0 | 3.2 0 | 1.9 0 | 6.9 |
STEM/Mark | 28 Mar–8 April 2024 | 1,009 | 20.0 5 | 27.5 7 | 10.1 2 | 10.4 3 | 10.4 2 | 6.7 1 | 3.4 0 | 2.5 0 | 6.0 1 | 0.9 0 | — | 1.9 0 | 7.5 |
Data Collect | 25 Mar 2024 | 20.9 | 27.3 | 10.8 | 9.3 | 10.9 | 7.1 | 2.9 | 1.5 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 1.9 | 2.4 | 6.4 | |
IPSOS | 23 Feb–5 Mar 2024 | 1,517 | 21.6 | 26.3 | 11.3 | 13.4 | 7.9 | 6.1 | 2.7 | 2.8 | 4.9 | — | — | — | 4.7 |
IPSOS | Dec 2023 | TBA | 25.2 | 26.3 | 10.0 | 12.0 | 7.7 | 6.0 | — | — | — | — | — | 12.8 | 1.1 |
STEM/MARK | 23–28 Nov 2023 | 1,010 | 15.0 | 33.8 | 11.4 | 7.3 | 14.7 | 5.4 | 3.6 | 2.9 | — | — | — | 6.0 | 18.8 |
2021 parliamentary election | 8–9 Oct 2021 | – | 27.8 | 27.1 | 15.6 | 9.6 | 3.6 | 4.7 | 2.8 [k] | 4.7 | 1.0 | — | 0.9 | 0.7 | |
2019 European election | 24–25 May 2019 | – | 21.8 [l] | 21.2 | 14.0 | 11.7 [m] | 9.1 | 6.9 | 4.0 | 0.7 | — | — | — | 10.6 | 0.6 |
Polling firm | Fieldwork date | Sample size | SPOLU ECR–EPP | PaM NI | Piráti G/EFA | STAN EPP | mimozemstani.eu NI | LŽPL NI | ANO Renew | Zelení Greens/EFA | DSZ - ZA PRÁVA ZVÍŘAT NI | SESO NI | Lead |
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Student election [63] | 21–22 May 2024 | 22,880 | 15.2 | 14.2 | 11.6 | 9.1 | 6.2 | 6.1 | 5.1 | 4.6 | 4.0 | 2.7 | 1.0 |
KDU-ČSL, often shortened to lidovci, is a Christian-democratic political party in the Czech Republic. The party has taken part in almost every Czech government since 1990. In the June 2006 legislative election, KDU-ČSL won 7.2% of the vote and 13 out of 200 seats. However, in the 2010 election, its vote share dropped to 4.4% and they lost all of its seats. The party regained its parliamentary standing in the 2013 legislative election, winning 14 seats in the new parliament, thus becoming the first party ever to return to the Chamber of Deputies after previously dropping out.
The Civic Democratic Party is a conservative and economic liberal political party in the Czech Republic. The party sits between centre-right and right-wing on the political spectrum, and holds 34 seats in the Chamber of Deputies, and is the second strongest party by number of seats following the 2021 election. It is the only political party in the Czech Republic that has maintained an uninterrupted representation in the Chamber of Deputies.
Jan Zahradil is a Czech politician for the Civic Democratic Party (ODS) who had been Member of the European Parliament (MEP) from 2004 to 2024. Zahradil also served as Member of the Chamber of Deputies (MP) from 1998 to 2004.
Pavel Bělobrádek is a Czech politician who served as the leader of KDU-ČSL from 2010 to 2019.
Parliamentary elections were held in the Czech Republic on 20 and 21 October 2017. All 200 members of the Chamber of Deputies were elected and Andrej Babiš of ANO 2011, also the leader of the resultant government, became the Prime Minister. The coalition government following the 2013 parliamentary elections consisted of the two largest parties: the Czech Social Democratic Party (ČSSD) of Prime Minister Bohuslav Sobotka, and ANO 2011 (ANO), led by former Finance Minister and businessman Andrej Babiš, alongside the Christian and Democratic Union – Czechoslovak People's Party (KDU–ČSL). The largest opposition party was the Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia (KSČM), followed by centre-right parties TOP 09 and the Civic Democratic Party (ODS).
Parliamentary elections were held in the Czech Republic on 8 and 9 October 2021. All 200 members of the Chamber of Deputies were elected, with the leader of the resulting government to become the Prime Minister of the Czech Republic. Following the 2017 parliamentary elections, the country had been ruled by a minority government consisting of ANO 2011 (ANO), led by prime minister Andrej Babiš, and the Czech Social Democratic Party (ČSSD), led by interior minister Jan Hamáček, with confidence and supply support from the Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia (KSČM) until April 2021. The largest opposition party was the Civic Democratic Party (ODS), followed by the Czech Pirate Party. Other parties in the Chamber of Deputies included SPD, TOP 09, STAN, and KDU-ČSL.
Pavel Fischer is a Czech politician and diplomat who has been Senator from Prague 12 since 2018. Fischer previously served as Czech Ambassador to France from 2003 to 2010. He was a presidential candidate in 2018, when he finished third with 10.23% of the vote, and in 2023, when he finished fourth with 6.75% of the vote. He was elected to the Czech Senate in 2018.
Presidential elections were held in the Czech Republic in January 2023, resulting in the election of Petr Pavel. Incumbent president Miloš Zeman was not eligible to run due to the two-term limit.
The 2019 European Parliament election in the Czech Republic was held on 24 and 25 May 2019, electing the 21 members of the Czech delegation to the European Parliament as part of the European elections held across the European Union.
Stanislav Polčák is a Czech lawyer and politician who was elected as a Member of the European Parliament in 2014 and 2019.
Elections to regional councils in the Czech Republic in 13 regions were held on 2–3 October 2020.
Parliamentary elections are scheduled to be held in the Czech Republic by October 2025. All 200 members of the Chamber of Deputies of the Czech Republic, the lower house of the Parliament, will be elected and the leader of the resultant government will become the Prime Minister.
Spolu is a Czech centre-right political alliance formed for the 2021 legislative election, composed of the Civic Democratic Party, KDU-ČSL, and TOP 09. As of the 2021 Czech election it governs the Czech Republic in a coalition with the Pirates and Mayors alliance.
Election of the President of the Chamber of Deputies of the Parliament of the Czech Republic was held on 10 November 2021.
The Cabinet of Petr Fiala is the current government of the Czech Republic, appointed on 17 December 2021. Following elections in October 2021, President Miloš Zeman asked Petr Fiala, as the leader of the Spolu alliance, to form a new government. On 17 November 2021 Fiala presented Zeman with the names of his proposed cabinet, and Zeman agreed to appoint Fiala as the new prime minister on 28 November 2021.
Opinion polling for the 2025 Czech parliamentary election started immediately after the 2021 parliamentary 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. The ODS was the most successful party, winning eight seats.
The 2022 Prague municipal election was held in September 2022 as part of the nationwide municipal elections to elect members of the Prague City Assembly. It was a victory for Spolu which received the highest number of votes and seats ahead of ANO 2011 in second place. The Czech Pirate Party led by incumbent Mayor Zdeněk Hřib finished third. New coalition was formed 5 months after election and it consists of Spolu, Pirates and STAN. Bohuslav Svoboda became the new mayor.
Senate elections for one-third of the Senate of the Czech Republic were held on 20 and 21 September 2024. The first round was held alongside regional elections, with a second round held one week later. The result was a victory for the populist ANO party which won a Senate election for the first time in history.
A leadership election for KDU-ČSL was held on 18 October 2024. Marek Výborný was elected the new leader.