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This is a list of political parties in the Czech Republic. The Czech Republic has a multi-party system. Due to the electoral system used, a limited number of parties are successful in each parliamentary election.
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This is a list of political parties in the Czech Republic. The Czech Republic has a multi-party system. Due to the electoral system used, a limited number of parties are successful in each parliamentary election.
There are currently seven parties in the Chamber of Deputies – ANO 2011, the Civic Democratic Party (ODS), Mayors and Independents (STAN), the Christian and Democratic Union – Czechoslovak People's Party (KDU-ČSL), Freedom and Direct Democracy (SPD), TOP 09 and the Czech Pirate Party (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 (SEN 21) have had four seats in the Senate, Mayors for the Liberec Region (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 (KSČM) hold no seats in the Chamber or the Senate but do have one elected member of the European Parliament and have elected representatives at the regional level.
The only party to have had members elected to every Parliament since the dissolution of Czechoslovakia is ODS.
The next legislative election will be held no later than 2025.
| Party | Representation | European affiliation | Comments | ||||||
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| Chamber | Senate | Regions | EP | ||||||
 | ANO ANO 2011 | ANO | 72 / 200 | 5 / 81 | 178 / 675 | 5 / 21 | ALDE | Centrist to centre-right and populist political party led by Andrej Babiš. | |
 | Civic Democratic Party Občanská demokratická strana | ODS | 34 / 200 | 23 / 81 | 99 / 675 | 4 / 21 | ECR | Centre-right to right-wing conservative, soft Eurosceptic party founded by the former Czech President Václav Klaus. Its leader is Petr Fiala. | |
 | Mayors and Independents Starostové a nezávislí | STAN | 33 / 200 | 15 / 81 | 91 / 675 | 1 / 22 | EPP | Liberal party focusing on localism and promoting powers for municipalities. Led by Vít Rakušan. | |
 | Christian and Democratic Union – Czechoslovak People's Party Křesťanská a demokratická unie – Československá strana lidová | KDU-ČSL | 23 / 200 | 12 / 81 | 53 / 675 | 2 / 21 | EPP | Christian democratic and socially conservative party, traditionally strong in South Moravia. | |
 | Freedom and Direct Democracy Svoboda a přímá demokracie | SPD | 20 / 200 | 0 / 81 | 35 / 675 | 2 / 21 | I&D | Eurosceptic, far-right political party that advocates direct democracy and opposition to immigration. Founded by Tomio Okamura. | |
 | TOP 09 TOP 09 | TOP 09 | 14 / 200 | 5 / 81 | 19 / 675 | 2 / 21 | EPP | Liberal conservative, pro-European and fiscally conservative political party led by Markéta Pekarová Adamová. | |
 | Czech Pirate Party Česká pirátská strana | Piráti | 4 / 200 | 2 / 81 | 99 / 675 | 3 / 21 | PPEU | Pirate and liberal party led by Ivan Bartoš. | |
 | Senator 21 | SEN 21 | 0 / 200 | 4 / 81 | 0 / 675 | 0 / 21 | EDP | Syncretic political movement. | |
 | Social Democracy Sociální demokracie | SOCDEM | 0 / 200 | 1 / 81 | 36 / 675 | 1 / 21 | PES | Centre-left social democratic party. The leader is Michal Šmarda. | |
 | Mayors for the Liberec Region Starostové pro Liberecký kraj | SLK | 0 / 200 | 2 / 81 | 0 / 675 | 0 / 21 | - | Centre-right regionalist party. | |
 | Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia Komunistická strana Čech a Moravy | KSČM | 0 / 200 | 0 / 81 | 13 / 675 | 1 / 21 | EL (observer) | Left-wing to far-left party which is the successor to the former ruling Communist Party of Czechoslovakia. | |
 | Svobodní Strana svobodných občanů | Svobodní | 0 / 200 | 1 / 81 | 0 / 675 | 0 / 21 | - | Right-wing, national conservative and Eurosceptic party. | |
 | Tábor 2020 Tábor 2020 | T2020 | 0 / 200 | 1 / 81 | 2 / 675 | 0 / 21 | - | Regionalist party active in Tábor, South Bohemian Region. | |
 | ForMOST ProMOST | ProMOST | 0 / 200 | 1 / 81 | 2 / 675 | 0 / 21 | - | Regionalist party active in Most, Ústí nad Labem Region. | |
| Independents Nezávislí | NEZ | 0 / 200 | 1 / 81 | 0 / 675 | 0 / 21 | - | Regionalist catch-all party. | ||
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.
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