Chamber of Deputies of the Parliament of the Czech Republic

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Chamber of Deputies
of the Parliament of the Czech Republic
Poslanecká sněmovna
Parlamentu České republiky
7th Legislature
Coat of arms or logo
Type
Type
Leadership
Jan Hamáček, ČSSD
Since 27 November 2013
1st Vice-chairman
Jaroslava Jermanová, ANO
Since 27 November 2013
Vice-chairman
Vojtěch Filip, KSČM
Since 27 November 2013
Vice-chairman
Petr Gazdík, TOP09
Since 12 December 2013
Vice-chairman
Jan Bartošek, KDU-ČSL
Since 6 February 2014
Structure
Seats 200
CZE Chamber of Deputies September 2015.png
Political groups
 Government
  •      ČSSD (50 seats)
  •      ANO (47 seats)
  •      KDU-ČSL (14 seats)

Opposition

  •      KSČM (33 seats)
  •      TOP 09 (26 seats)
  •      ODS (16 seats)
  •      Dawn (8 seats)
  •      Independents (6 seats)
Elections
Party-list proportional representation
D'Hondt method
Last election
 25–26 October 2013
Next election
 2017 or earlier
Meeting place
Zasedací sál Poslanecké sněmovny.jpg
Thun Palace, Malá Strana, Prague
Website
www.psp.cz

Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. The Chamber of Deputies of the Parliament of the Czech Republic (Czech: Poslanecká sněmovna Parlamentu České republiky, PSP or PSP ČR) or just Chamber of Deputies is the lower house of the bicameral Parliament of the Czech Republic. The seat of the Chamber of Deputies is Thun Palace in Malá Strana, Prague.

The members of the 200-seat house serve for four-year terms and are elected using the party-list proportional representation system. Since 2002, there are 14 constituencies matching the Czech regions and the D'Hondt method has been applied.

The Government is primarily responsible to the Chamber of Deputies and the Prime Minister stays in office only as long as he or she retains the support of a majority of its members.

Electability and mandate

Every citizen of the Czech Republic aged at least 21 who has the right to vote is eligible to be elected. The Deputy may not hold the office of the Senator, the President of the Czech Republic or judge, which also applies to certain positions specified by law. The office of the Deputy expires once:

(1) a Deputy-elect refuses to take the oath or takes it with reservation
(2) the tenure expires
(3) the Deputy resigns from the office
(4) the Deputy loses eligibility to be elected
(5) the Chamber is dissolved
(6) the Deputy takes up an office incompatible with serving as the Deputy.[1]

Past elections

Members

Further reading

  • Kolář, Petr, and Petr Valenta. The Parliament of the Czech Republic - the Chamber of Deputies. Prague : Published for the Office of the Chamber of Deputies of the Parliament of the Czech Republic by Ivan Král, 2009. ISBN 978-80-87324-01-1

See also

References

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