2017 Czech parliamentary election
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The next Czech legislative elections are expected to be held in October 2017.[1][2] All 200 members of the Chamber of Deputies will be elected and the leader of the resultant government will become the Prime Minister.
Background
The Czech Social Democratic Party (ČSSD), which emerged as the largest party in the 2013 elections, negotiated with ANO 2011 and the Christian and Democratic Union – Czechoslovak People's Party (KDU–ČSL) to form a government.[3] The three parties reached an agreement on December 21 2013, and officially signed a coalition pact on January 6 2014.[4][5] Bohuslav Sobotka became prime minister, and Andrej Babiš became finance minister.[5]
Electoral system
The 200 members of the Chamber of Deputies are elected from 14 multi-member constituencies using open list proportional representation, in which they can give preferential votes for up to four candidates on their chosen list. Seats are allocated using the d'Hondt method, with an electoral threshold of single 5% for parties, 10% for two-party alliances, 15% for three-party alliances and 20% for alliances of four or more parties. Candidates who receive preferential votes from more than 5% of voters are moved to the top of their list, and in cases where more than one candidate receives over 5% of the preferential votes, they are ranked in order of votes received.[6]
Opinion polls
| Date | Polling Firm | ČSSD | ANO | KSČM | TOP 09 | ODS | ÚSVIT | KDU-ČSL | SZ | PIRÁTI | SVOBODNÍ | SPD | Others | Turnout |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7-12 Jul | Sanep | 21.2 | 22.8 | 13.6 | 6.0 | 11.1 | 1.4 | 6.3 | — | 4.0 | 4.6 | 4.9 | 4.1 | 53.8 |
| 27 Jun-1 Jul | TNS Aisa | 18.5 | 28.5 | 9.0 | 8.5 | 9.5 | 2.0 | 7.0 | — | 4.0 | 2.5 | 3.5 | 7.0 | 66.0 |
| 13-21 Jun | STEM | 18.4 | 29.1 | 13.6 | 5.8 | 7.1 | 1.6 | 6.5 | 2.5 | 4.7 | 2.4 | 4.5 | 3.7 | 57.0 |
| 3–20 Jun | CVVM | 24.5 | 23.5 | 16.0 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 1.5 | 9.0 | 2.5 | 2.5 | — | 4.0 | 2.5 | 59.0 |
| 5 May–7 Jun | Median | 22.0 | 25.5 | 14.0 | 8.5 | 8.5 | 2.5 | 7.0 | 3.5 | 2.5 | 1.5 | 2.0 | 2.5 | 59.5 |
| 1–10 May | Phoenix Research | 18.0 | 23.4 | 12.5 | 4.5 | 10.2 | 5.0 | 5.5 | 1.4 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 5.8 | 55.4 |
| 17–29 Mar | ppm Factum | 20.0 | 19.9 | 14.9 | 10.1 | 7.0 | 3.1 | 8.2 | 2.4 | 4.8 | 1.3 | 3.4 | 4.9 | 53.0 |
References
- ^ Šídlo, Jindřich (4 January 2016). "Čechům začíná nejdelší volební maraton v historii. Vyberou si novou vládu i prezidenta". Hospodářské Noviny (in Czech). Retrieved 10 July 2016.
- ^ Pergler, Tomáš (23 January 2016). "Blokování EET? Opozice může nechtěně nahrát Babišovi - Echo24.cz". Echo24 (in Czech). Retrieved 10 July 2016.
- ^ "President asks ČSSD leader to form new government (in English)". Prague Daily Monitor. 22 November 2013. Retrieved 23 November 2013.
- ^ "Coalition gov't pact to be signed 6 January (in English)". Prague Daily Monitor. 22 December 2013. Retrieved 23 December 2013.
- ^ a b "Czech parties seal deal on centre-left coalition government (in English)". Radio Prague. 6 January 2014. Retrieved 7 January 2014.
- ^ Electoral system IPU
