Election to the House of Representatives in the Czech Republic 2010

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Result (in%)

 %

30th

20th

10

0

22.08

20.22

16.70

11.27

10.88

4.39

4.33

3.67

6.46

ČSSD

ODS

TOP 09

KSČM

VV

KDU

SPOZ

SBB

Otherwise.

Gains and losses

compared to 2006

 % p

 18th

 16

 14th

 12

 10

   8th

   6th

   4th

   2

   0

  -2

  -4

  -6

  -8th

-10

-12

-14

-16

-10.24

-15.16

+16.70

-1.54

+10.88

-2.84

+4.33

+3.67

-5.81

ČSSD

ODS

TOP 09

KSČM

VV

KDU

SPOZ

SBB

Otherwise.

Distribution of seats

     

A total of 200 seats

• KSČM : 26
• ČSSD : 56
• VV : 24
• ODS : 53
• TOP 09 : 41

Election papers for the 2010 parliamentary elections in the Czech Republic

The 2010 parliamentary elections in the Czech Republic took place on May 28 and 29, 2010. In the election, the members of the House of Representatives were redefined.

initial situation

The government under Prime Minister Mirek Topolánek (ODS) was overthrown on March 24, 2009 by a vote of no confidence. It was replaced on May 8, 2009 by a transitional government under Jan Fischer (non-party official). The fishermen's government is made up of high officials, half of whom were appointed by the ČSSD and the other half by the previous government ( ODS , KDU-ČSL and Greens ). First, early elections were set for October 9th and 10th, 2009. On September 10, 2009, the Constitutional Court rejected the constitutional law on the implementation of early elections to the House of Representatives as unconstitutional. The election on October 9th and 10th, which was already in preparation, was thus stopped. The new date was set on May 28 and 29, 2010, which was the last possible date of the regular election period.

Electoral system

The House of Representatives was elected using proportional representation. There was a 5% threshold . The legislative period was 4 years.

Participating parties and election estimates

Election campaign poster of the ODS in Brno

The social democratic ČSSD was the favorite . At the last regional elections in autumn 2008, the Social Democrats won the upper hand in 13 of the 14 regions. Surveys between January and April 2010 saw the ČSSD around 30% (downward trend), the bourgeois democratic ODS between 20 and 25% (downward trend), the communist KSČM and the conservative TOP 09 each between 10 and 15% and the one on direct Democracy-oriented center party Věci veřejné has increased sharply since January, most recently by 10% in May 2010. The Christian Democratic People's Party KDU-ČSL , the green SZ (both members of the Topolánek government) and the newly founded left-centrist small party SPOZ around the former Prime Minister Miloš Zeman were around the five percent threshold or just below it .

The chairman of the ČSSD Jiří Paroubek had announced in advance that he would prefer a minority government. At the last election in 2006, a project by a minority government under the tolerance of the communist KSČM had failed.

Survey

Institute	date	ČSSD	ODS	TOP 09	KSČM	KDU-ČSL	VV	SZ	SPOZ	Others
CVVM	05/19/2010	30.5%	19.0%	14.0%	13.0%	3.5%	11.5%	4.5%	2.0%	2.0%
ppm factum	05/12/2010	26.3%	22.9%	10.9%	13.1%	5.5%	12.6%	2.5%	2.6%	3.6%
ppm factum	04/28/2010	27.5%	21.7%	11.1%	13.9%	5.0%	11.0%	2.9%	3.2%	3.5%
CVVM	04/21/2010	30.0%	22.5%	11.5%	13.0%	4.0%	9.0%	4.0%	3.0%	3.0%
CVVM	03/08/2010	32.0%	25.5%	10.0%	12.0%	4.5%	7.0%	4.5%	3.0%	1.5%
ppm factum	04/08/2010	29.5%	22.3%	11.6%	13.9%	5.5%	8.9%	2.6%	2.7%	3.0%
ppm factum	03/03/2010	27.4%	23.0%	11.8%	14.4%	6.2%	7.8%	4.7%	-	4.7%
CVVM	02/19/2010	33.0%	20.5%	12.5%	14.5%	5.0%	6.0%	5.0%	2.0%	1.5%
ppm factum	02/03/2010	31.0%	25.1%	11.3%	13.5%	6.2%	5.2%	2.2%	-	5.5%
ppm factum	02/01/2010	31.8%	25.5%	11.4%	13.3%	6.6%	4.6%	2.0%	-	4.8%
CVVM	01/27/2010	28.0%	25.5%	13.0%	12.0%	7.0%	4.0%	6.0%	1.5%	3.0%
Older polls Institute date ČSSD ODS TOP 09 KSČM KDU-ČSL VV SZ Others CVVM December 17, 2009 34.0% 24.0% 13.5% 12.5% 4.0% 4.5% 4.5% 3.0% CVVM 11/19/2009 34.5% 26.5% 12.0% 11.0% 5.0% 3.5% 4.0% 3.5% ppm factum 11/11/2009 29.1% 26.7% 11.6% 12.9% 5.5% 3.8% 3.6% 6.8% CVVM October 21, 2009 32.0% 26.0% 14.0% 15.0% 5.5% 1.5% 4.0% 2.0% CVVM 08/10/2009 32.0% 28.5% 12.5% 12.0% 6.0% 3.0% 3.0% 3.0% ppm factum 09/30/2009 27.2% 27.5% 10.4% 15.2% 7.3% 2.4% 3.5% 6.5% ppm factum 09/02/2009 32.6% 27.2% 11.9% 13.8% 4.6% 3.5% 3.0% 3.4% CVVM 08/19/2009 33.0% 31.0% 9.5% 13.5% 5.0% 1.5% 3.0% 3.5% ppm factum 08/05/2009 29.5% 27.9% 11.4% 13.4% 6.6% 3.4% 2.9% 4.9% ppm factum 07/22/2009 29.2% 31.8% 5.2% 13.6% 7.7% - 3.7% 8.8% CVVM 06/25/2009 30.0% 35.0% 2.0% 16.0% 6.5% - 5.5% 5.0% European elections 06.2009 22.4% 31.5% - 14.2% 7.6% - 2.6% 21.7% CVVM 05/19/2009 38.0% 29.0% - 15.0% 6.5% - 7.0% 4.5% CVVM April 15, 2009 37.5% 28.0% - 15.5% 7.0% - 7.0% 5.0% CVVM 03/18/2009 36.0% 31.5% - 16.0% 5.0% - 7.0% 4.5% CVVM 02/18/2009 38.5% 29.0% - 15.5% 7.0% - 6.0% 4.0% CVVM 28/01/2009 41.0% 29.0% - 14.0% 5.5% - 7.0% 3.5% CVVM December 17, 2008 44.5% 27.0% - 14.0% 6.0% - 6.0% 2.5% CVVM 11/21/2008 43.0% 27.5% - 11.5% 8.0% - 6.5% 3.5% CVVM October 19, 2008 40.0% 26.5% - 14.5% 8.5% - 7.0% 3.5% CVVM 09/17/2008 34.0% 29.0% - 16.0% 7.5% - 10.0% 3.5% CVVM 06/18/2008 37.0% 27.5% - 15.5% 7.5% - 10.5% 2.0% CVVM 05/28/2008 38.0% 26.5% - 16.0% 7.5% - 9.0% 3.0%
House of Representatives election	06.2006	32.3%	35.4%	-	12.8%	7.2%	-	6.3%	-	5.5%

Election result

Strongest party by district:

ČSSD (Social Democrats)

ODS (Liberal Conservatives)

TOP 09 (Conservatives)

Turnout by district ( Prague-West 71.69%, Sokolov 50.89%)

The winner of the parliamentary elections was the social democratic ČSSD, but with significantly fewer votes than predicted by the forecasts. The bourgeois ODS and the communist KSČM roughly achieved their expectations. In addition, the newly founded TOP 09 (which formed an alliance with Starostové a nezávislí, among others ) and VV entered parliament. The KDU-ČSL and SZ, last represented in an elected government, missed the five percent threshold, as did the newly founded SPOZ. Due to the poor performance of the ČSSD, KDU-ČSL, SZ and SPOZ, the respective party leaders of these four parties resigned.

Result of the House of Representatives election in the Czech Republic 2010

Political party		be right			Seats
		number	%	+/-	number	+/-
	Czech Social Democratic Party (ČSSD)	1,155,267	22.08	−10.24	56	−18
	Democratic Citizens Party (ODS)	1,057,792	20.22	−15.16	53	−28
	Tradition, responsibility, prosperity (TOP 09)	873.833	16.70	New	41	New
	Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia (KSČM)	589.765	11.27	−1.54	26th	-
	Public Affairs (VV)	569.127	10.88	New	24	New
	Christian and Democratic Union - Czechoslovak People's Party (KDU-ČSL)	229.717	4.39	−3.33	-	−13
	Civil Rights Party (SPOZ)	226,527	4.33	New	-	New
	Sovereignty - Jana Bobošíková Block (SBB)	192.145	3.67	New	-	New
	Party of the Greens (SZ)	127,831	2.44	−3.85	-	−6
	Workers' Party of Social Justice (DSSS)	59,888	1.14	New	-	New
	Czech Pirate Party (ČPS)	42,323	0.80	New	-	New
	Free Citizens Party (Svobodní)	38,894	0.74	New	-	New
	Right block (PB)	24,750	0.47	+0.09	-	-
	Bürger.cz	13,397	0.25	New	-	New
	Moravané (M)	11,914	0.22	−0.01	-	-
	Conservative Party (KONS)	4,232	0.08	New	-	New
	Czech crown ("KČ")	4,024	0.07	−0.06	-	-
	STOP	3,155	0.06	New	-	New
	Coalition for the Republic - Republican Party of Czechoslovakia (SPR-RSČ)	1.993	0.03	−0.12	-	-
	Czech National Socialist Party (ČSNS 2005)	1,371	0.02	-	-	-
	Key movement (KH)	1,099	0.02	New	-	New
	Humanist Party (HS)	552	0.01	-	-	-
	European Center (ES)	522	0.00	New	-	New
	Czech National Social Party (ČSNS)	295	0.00	-	-	-
	Liberal Reform Party (LIB)	260	0.00	-	-	-
	National prosperity (NP)	186	0.00	New	-	New
total		5,230,859	100.00		200
Valid votes		5,230,859	99.37	−0.27
Invalid votes		32,963	0.63	+0.27
voter turnout		5,263,822	62.60	−1.87
Non-voters		3,152,070	37.40	+1.87
Eligible voters		8,415,892
Source: Czech Statistical Office

In place of the expected left-wing government, talks began shortly after the election to form a center-right government. After the formation of a stable coalition of ODS, TOP 09 and VV had emerged, President Václav Klaus appointed the chairman of the ODS, Petr Nečas , as the new Prime Minister on June 28, 2010 and charged him with forming a government. The well-educated Petr Nečas government did not survive the legislative period despite an initially quite large majority. The VV resigned from the government in April 2012, although the spin-off LIDEM - liberální democé initially secured a majority for it. However, after Prime Minister Petr Nečas resigned in June 2013 and in connection with the formation of the successor government, Jiří Rusnok, it became apparent that there was no longer a stable majority for a government alliance in parliament after various factions left and excluded, the House of Representatives dissolved with 140 to 7 votes (of 200 MPs) on August 20, 2013 and cleared the way for early elections .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Officials of the 2010 House of Representatives elections, Czech Statistical Office (English)
2. ↑ Parliamentary elections on October 9 and 10 derStandard.at , July 1, 2009
3. ↑ Czechs to go to polls in general elections on last weekend of May Radio Praha , February 5, 2010 (English)
4. ↑ Overview of the election predictions ( memento of July 26, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Lidovky.cz (Czech)
5. ↑ Election estimate January to April 2010 STEM on novinky.cz (Czech)
6. ↑ Election estimates up to April 2010 ( Memento from March 20, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) CVVM (Czech)
7. ↑ Election estimates up to April 2010 ( Memento from June 2, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) (PDF; 1.2 MB) Median (Czech)
8. ↑ Election estimate January to April 2010 Factum Invenio on Novinky.cz (Czech)
9. ↑ ČSSD prý do koalice s komunisty nepůjde, říká Paroubek Lidovky.cz (Czech)
10. ↑ Parliament rejects new cabinet SPIEGEL ONLINE , October 3, 2006
11. ↑ Stranické preference a volební model v kvetnu 2010 ( Memento from February 3, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) CVVM , PDF file (Czech)
12. ↑ Šest stran, pravostředová většina ppm factum (Czech)
13. ↑ Podpora Věcí veřejných nadále roste ppm factum (Czech)
14. ↑ Stranické preference a volební model v dubnu 2010 ( Memento from February 3, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) CVVM , PDF file (Czech)
15. ↑ Survey Stranické preference a volební model v breznu 2010 ( Memento from February 3, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) CVVM , PDF file (Czech)
16. ↑ Malé změny velkého významu ppm factum (Czech)
17. ↑ Tvorba možných koalic se kompikuje ppm factum (Czech)
18. ↑ Stranické preference a volební model v únoru 2010 ( Memento from February 3, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) CVVM , PDF file (Czech)
19. ↑ Šest stran nad pětiprocentní hranicí ppm factum (Czech)
20. ↑ Factum Invenio nepotvrzuje překvapivé výsledky ppm factum (Czech)
21. ↑ Stranické preference a volební model v lednu 2010 ( Memento from February 3, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) CVVM , PDF file (Czech)
22. ↑ Stranické preference a volební model v prosinci 2009 ( Memento from February 3, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) CVVM , PDF file (Czech)
23. ↑ Stranické preference a volební model v listopadu 2009 ( Memento from February 3, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) CVVM , PDF file (Czech)
24. ↑ Volby by vyhrála ČSSD, TOP09 "dotahuje" KSČM ppm factum (Czech)
25. ↑ Stranické preference a volební model v ríjnu 2009 ( Memento from February 3, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) CVVM , PDF file (Czech)
26. ↑ Stranické preference a volební model na konci zárí 2009 ( Memento from February 3, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) CVVM , PDF file (Czech)
27. ↑ Posun vlevo se zastavil, středo-pravá většina je ppm factum (Czech)
28. ↑ Posouvají se čeští voliči vlevo? ppm factum (Czech)
29. ↑ Stranické preference a volební model v srpnu 2009 ( Memento from February 3, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) CVVM , PDF file (Czech)
30. ↑ Parliament: pět stran, těsná levicová většina ppm factum (Czech)
31. ↑ Parliament: pět stran, levicová většina ppm factum (Czech)
32. ↑ Stranické preference a volební model v červnu 2009 ( Memento from February 3, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) CVVM , PDF file (Czech)
33. ↑ Stranické preference a volební model v květnu 2009 ( Memento from February 3, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) CVVM , PDF file (Czech)
34. ↑ Stranické preference a volební model v dubnu 2009 ( Memento from December 6, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) CVVM , PDF file (Czech)
35. ↑ Stranické preference a volební model v březnu 2009 ( Memento from December 6, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) CVVM , PDF file (Czech)
36. ↑ Stranické preference a volební model v únoru 2009 ( Memento from December 6, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) CVVM , PDF file (Czech)
37. ↑ Stranické preference a volební model v lednu 2009 ( Memento from December 6, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) CVVM , PDF file (Czech)
38. ↑ Stranické preference a volební model v prosinci 2008 ( Memento from December 6, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) CVVM , PDF file (Czech)
39. ↑ Stranické preference a volební model v listopadu 2008 ( Memento from December 6, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) CVVM , PDF file (Czech)
40. ↑ Stranické preference a volební model v říjnu 2008 ( Memento from December 6, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) CVVM , PDF file (Czech)
41. ↑ Stranické preference a volební model v září 2008 ( Memento from December 6, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) CVVM , PDF file (Czech)
42. ↑ Stranické preference a volební model v červnu 2008 ( Memento from December 6, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) CVVM , PDF file (Czech)
43. ↑ Stranické preference a volební model v květnu 2008 ( Memento from December 6, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) CVVM , PDF file (Czech)
44. ^ ^{A b} Majority in favor of the center-right Swiss Radio DRS , May 30, 2010
45. ↑ ^{a b} Party leaders step down STERN.DE , May 30, 2010
46. ^ Klaus appoints Necas as the new Prime Minister FAZ , June 28, 2010
47. ^ Radio Prague - Czech House of Representatives clears the way for new elections . radio.cz. August 20, 2013. Retrieved February 1, 2014.

Web links

Commons : Parliamentary Elections in the Czech Republic 2010  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

 Wikinews: Parliamentary elections in the Czech Republic end in surprise  - news

• Article on the elections in the Czech Republic 2010 ( Memento from May 31, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) on Tagesschau.de
• Volby.cz - results of all elections from the Czech Statistical Office (Czech, English)