Seventh Chamber of Deputies of the Czech Republic | |||||
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Overview | |||||
Legislative body | Parliament of the Czech Republic | ||||
Jurisdiction | Czech Republic | ||||
Meeting place | Thun Palace | ||||
Term | 27 November 2013 – 26 October 2017 | ||||
Election | 2013 Czech legislative election | ||||
Government | Bohuslav Sobotka's Cabinet | ||||
Members | 200 | ||||
Speaker | Jan Hamáček | ||||
Prime Minister | Bohuslav Sobotka | ||||
Party control | ČSSD—ANO 2011—KDU-ČSL |
The 7th Chamber of Deputies is the legislature of the lower house of the Parliament of the Czech Republic following the 2013 legislative election, to elect 200 Members of Parliament (MPs). [1]
National party | Chairperson | Seats | ± |
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ČSSD | Bohuslav Sobotka | 50 / 200 | ![]() |
ANO 2011 | Andrej Babiš | 47 / 200 | ![]() |
KSČM | Vojtěch Filip | 33 / 200 | ![]() |
TOP 09 | Karel Schwarzenberg | 26 / 200 | ![]() |
ODS | Petr Fiala | 16 / 200 | ![]() |
Dawn | Tomio Okamura | 14 / 200 | ![]() |
KDU-ČSL | Pavel Bělobrádek | 14 / 200 | ![]() |
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