2021 Czech parliamentary election

2021 Czech parliamentary election
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All 200 seats in the Chamber of Deputies
101 seats needed for a majority
Opinion polls
Turnout65.39% (Increase 4.60 pp)
  First party Second party
 
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Petr Fiala 2019 Praha.jpg
Leader Andrej Babiš Petr Fiala
Party ANO ODS
Alliance – SPOLU
Last election 29.64%, 78 seats 22.44%, 42 seats
Seats won 72 71[a]
Seat change Decrease 6 Increase 29
Popular vote 1,458,140 1,493,905
Percentage 27.13% 27.79%
Swing Decrease 2.51 pp Increase5.35pp
  Third party Fourth party
 
Ivan Bartoš 8 May 2021.jpg
Tomio Okamura portrét (cropped).jpg
Leader Ivan Bartoš Tomio Okamura
Party Pirates SPD
Alliance Pirates and Mayors –
Last election 15.98%, 28 seats 10.64%, 22 seats
Seats won 37[b] 20
Seat change Increase 9 Decrease 2
Popular vote 839,776 513,910
Percentage 15.62% 9.56%
Swing Decrease0.36pp Decrease1.08pp
Prime Minister before election

Andrej Babiš
ANO

Prime Minister after election

Petr Fiala
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.

Babiš ran again as leader of ANO, and the main opposition parliamentary parties formed two electoral alliances, SPOLU and Pirates and Mayors (abbreviated to PirStan or PaS). ANO was front runner of the election, as it was polling first ahead of SPOLU and PirStan prior to the election.[1][2][3] The result was a surprise victory for the liberal conservative alliance SPOLU, which received the highest number of votes, while the populist ANO received the highest number of seats.[4] No opinion poll placed Spolu in the first place prior to the vote.[5] It was the closest parliamentary election in the history of Czech Republic.[6]

The opposition parties won a majority in the Chamber of Deputies and agreed to form a coalition government with SPOLU leader Petr Fiala as the new prime minister.[7][8][9] Traditional left-wing parties ČSSD and KSČM failed to reach the 5% threshold to win any seats in the Chamber of Deputies for the first time since the dissolution of Czechoslovakia in 1993.[10] The Pirates, which were one of the leading opposition parties, were heavily defeated due to preferential votes and won just 4 seats in the Chamber of Deputies.[11] Petr Fiala was appointed as the new prime minister on 28 November 2021 while rest of the new cabinet was appointed on 17 December 2021.


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  2. ^ "Vyhrálo by hnutí ANO, favorité voleb mírně oslabili, říká poslední průzkum". Mladá fronta Dnes (in Czech). 4 October 2021. Retrieved 13 October 2021.
  3. ^ "Volby 2021: Favoritem je Babiš před koalicí Spolu a Piráty se Starosty". newsbox.cz (in Slovak). Retrieved 13 October 2021.
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  5. ^ "Proč nikdo neřekl, že vyhraje Fiala? Průzkumy nestihly volební finiš". Seznam Zprávy (in Czech). Retrieved 13 October 2021.
  6. ^ "Czech PM's party loses election to liberal-conservative coalition". The Guardian. 9 October 2021. Retrieved 10 October 2021.
  7. ^ Mastrini, John; McKenzie, Sheena (9 October 2021). "Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babiš's populist party loses grip on power in nail-bitingly close election". CNN. Retrieved 9 October 2021.
  8. ^ "Online: Nečekaný triumf koalice Spolu. V posledním momentu přeskočila ANO a vyhrála sněmovní volby". Czech Radio (in Czech). 9 October 2021. Retrieved 9 October 2021.
  9. ^ "Koalice se dohodly, chtějí pro Fialu pověření od prezidenta". Novinky.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 9 October 2021.
  10. ^ "Populist Czech PM Babis's party narrowly loses election in surprise result". France 24. 9 October 2021. Archived from the original on 9 October 2021. Retrieved 10 October 2021. Both the Social Democrats and the Communists, the country's traditional parliamentary parties, failed to win seats in parliament for the first time since the split of Czechoslovakia in 1993.
  11. ^ "Starostové kroužkováním zmasakrovali Piráty". Novinky.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 9 October 2021.