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Poslanecká sněmovna Parlamentu České republiky
Type
Type	Lower house
Leadership
Speaker	Miloslav Vlček, (ČSSD) since 14 August 2006
Structure
Members	200
Meeting place
Prague
Website
www.psp.cz

Czech Republic

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The Chamber of Deputies of the Parliament of the Czech Republic (Czech: Poslanecká sněmovna Parlamentu České republiky, abbr. PS PČR, usually referred to as Poslanecká sněmovna) is the lower house of the Parliament of the Czech Republic; the other is the Senate.

It has 200 members, elected for a four-year term under the party-list proportional representation election system. Since the 2002 general election 14 constituencies (matching the regions) and the D'Hondt method have been used.

The seat of the Chamber of Deputies is situated in palaces of Malá Strana in Prague.

Contents 1 Members and qualifications 1.1 Qualification 1.2 Terms 2 Latest election 3 Past elections 4 See also 5 External links

[edit] Members and qualifications

[edit] Qualification

To be able to be elected a member of the Chamber, one must be a Czech citizen, and at least 21 years old.

[edit] Terms

Members serve four-year terms. Once elected, a member continues to serve until the expiry of their term, death, or resignation.

[edit] Latest election

e • d Summary of the 2-3 June, 2006 Czech Chamber of Deputies election results

Parties and coalitions			Ideology	Votes	%	Seats	Change
	Civic Democratic Party (Občanská demokratická strana)		Liberal conservatism	1,892,475	35.38	81	+23
	Czech Social Democratic Party (Česká strana sociálně demokratická)		Social democracy	1,728,827	32.32	74	+4
	Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia (Komunistická strana Čech a Moravy)		Communism	685,328	12.81	26	-15
	Christian and Democratic Union – Czechoslovak People's Party (Křesťansko-demokratická unie – Československá strana lidová)		Christian democracy	386,706	7.23	13	-9
	Green Party (Strana zelených)		Green politics	336,487	6.29	6	+6
	SNK European Democrats (SNK Evropští demokraté)		Liberal conservatism	111,724	2.09	0	–
	Others			207,429	3.88	0	-91
Total (turnout 64.47%)				5,348,976	100.00	200	–
1 Due to the Freedom Union–Democratic Union losing its nine seats.
Source: Czech Statistical Office			This box: view • talk • edit

Situation in the Chamber of Deputies reflects the result of the last election held in 2006, that ended in deadlock. Both rightists and leftists control 100 seats. However, 2 MP's elected for ČSSD were excluded from their party for having expressed confidence in the newly formed rightist government.

[edit] Past elections

• Czech legislative election, 2002
• Czech legislative election, 1998
• Czech legislative election, 1996

[edit] See also

• List of Speakers of the Chamber of Deputies of the Parliament of the Czech Republic

[edit] External links

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