2013 Czech parliamentary election

2013 Czech parliamentary election

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All 200 seats in the Chamber of Deputies 101 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	59.44% (3.11pp)
First party Second party Third party   Leader Bohuslav Sobotka Andrej Babiš Vojtěch Filip Party ČSSD ANO KSČM Last election 22.09%, 56 seats Did not exist 11.27%, 26 seats Seats won 50 47 33 Seat change 6 New 7 Popular vote 1,016,829 927,240 741,044 Percentage 20.46% 18.66% 14.91% Swing 1.63pp New 3.64pp   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Leader Karel Schwarzenberg Miroslava Němcová Tomio Okamura Party TOP 09 ODS Dawn Last election 16.71%, 41 seats 20.22%, 53 seats Did not exist Seats won 26 16 14 Seat change 15 37 New Popular vote 596,357 384,174 342,339 Percentage 12.00% 7.73% 6.89% Swing 4.71pp 12.49pp New   Seventh party   Leader Pavel Bělobrádek Party Lidovci Last election 4.39%, 0 seats Seats won 14 Seat change 14 Popular vote 336,970 Percentage 6.78% Swing 2.39pp
Result of election
Prime Minister before election Jiří Rusnok Independent Prime Minister after election Bohuslav Sobotka ČSSD

Early parliamentary elections were held in the Czech Republic on 25 and 26 October 2013, seven months before the constitutional expiry of the elected parliament's four-year legislative term.

The government elected in May 2010 led by Prime Minister Petr Nečas was forced to resign on 17 June 2013, after a corruption and bribery scandal. A caretaker government led by Prime Minister Jiří Rusnok was then appointed by the President, but narrowly lost a vote of confidence on 7 August, leading to its resignation six days later.^[1] The Chamber of Deputies then passed a motion of dissolution on 20 August, requiring new elections to be called within 60 days of presidential assent.^[2][3] The President gave his assent on 28 August, scheduling the elections for 25 and 26 October 2013.^[4]

The two parties gaining the most seats were the Czech Social Democratic Party (ČSSD) (50 seats) and the new party ANO 2011 (47 seats). The Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia came third, with an increase in vote share of 3.6%. The two parties from the previous coalition government who were contesting the election, TOP 09 and the Civic Democratic Party (ODS), lost substantial numbers of seats, to finish fourth and fifth, respectively. Two other parties (re)entered the parliament, the new party Dawn of Direct Democracy, and the Christian and Democratic Union – Czechoslovak People's Party.