2006 Czech legislative election

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The 2006 Czech legislative election was a parliamentary vote in the Czech Republic that resulted in a highly polarized and nearly evenly split Chamber of Deputies, leading to a prolonged political deadlock over government formation.

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instanceOf legislative election
parliamentary election
affectedOffice Prime Minister of the Czech Republic
causeOfDeadlock even balance of seats between left and right
constitutionalBodyInvolved President of the Czech Republic
continent Europe
country Czech Republic
electionDate 2–3 June 2006
electoralBody Chamber of Deputies of the Parliament of the Czech Republic
electoralThreshold 5%
endDate 2006-06-03
fifthLargestParty Green Party (Czech Republic)
linked to: Czech Green Party
fourthLargestParty Christian and Democratic Union – Czechoslovak People’s Party
governmentFormationDifficulty lengthy coalition negotiations
governmentFormationOutcome Mirek Topolánek’s first cabinet
incumbentPrimeMinisterBefore Jiří Paroubek
language Czech
leaderOfWinningParty Mirek Topolánek
leadingParty Civic Democratic Party
legislatureTerm Chamber of Deputies 2006–2010 term
location Czech Republic
mainIssue government formation deadlock
majorBloc centre-left bloc (ČSSD, KSČM)
centre-right coalition (ODS, KDU-ČSL, Greens)
nextElection 2010 Czech legislative election
numberOfPartiesInChamber 5
parliament Parliament of the Czech Republic
linked to: Czech Parliament
partOf political history of the Czech Republic
politicalContext polarization between centre-right and centre-left blocs
presidentAtTime Václav Klaus
previousElection 2002 Czech legislative election
region Central Europe
result highly polarized Chamber of Deputies
hung parliament
prolonged political deadlock
seatDistributionCharacteristic 100–100 split between left and right blocs
seatsForElection 200
secondLargestParty Czech Social Democratic Party
startDate 2006-06-02
thirdLargestParty Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia
timePeriod 21st century
totalSeats 200
turnout about 64%
votingSystem proportional representation
winningPartyByVotes Civic Democratic Party

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ODS participatedIn 2006 Czech legislative election
2010 Czech legislative election previousElection 2006 Czech legislative election