2010 Czech legislative election

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The 2010 Czech legislative election was a parliamentary vote that reshaped the Czech political landscape, leading to significant gains for center-right parties and the formation of a new coalition government.

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instanceOf legislative election
affectedLegislature 6th term of the Chamber of Deputies
affectedOffice Prime Minister of the Czech Republic
campaignCharacteristic strong focus on austerity and budget cuts by center-right parties
use of anti-corruption rhetoric by new parties
coalitionType center-right coalition
country Czech Republic
electoralSystem proportional representation
electoralThreshold 5%
endDate 2010-05-29
languageOfCampaign Czech
largestPartyByVotes Czech Social Democratic Party
location Czech Republic
mainIssue corruption
economic crisis
public finance and budget deficit
mediaDescription “election earthquake” in Czech politics
nextElection 2013 Czech legislative election
numberOfSeatsContested 200
oversawGovernmentChange from caretaker government of Jan Fischer to Petr Nečas cabinet
parliament Chamber of Deputies of the Parliament of the Czech Republic
partyFormingGovernment Civic Democratic Party
Public Affairs
TOP 09
partyParticipating Christian and Democratic Union – Czechoslovak People's Party
Civic Democratic Party
Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia
Czech Social Democratic Party
Green Party (Czech Republic)
linked to: Czech Green Party

Public Affairs
TOP 09
partyWinningMostVotes Czech Social Democratic Party
previousElection 2006 Czech legislative election
primeMinisterAfterElection Petr Nečas
primeMinisterBeforeElection Jan Fischer
region Central Europe
resultedIn center-right coalition government
government led by Petr Nečas
seatChange entry of Public Affairs into parliament
entry of TOP 09 into parliament
gains for Civic Democratic Party compared to polls
losses for Czech Social Democratic Party compared to expectations
significance marked decline of traditional left-right dominance by ČSSD and ODS
reshaped Czech party system toward the right
startDate 2010-05-28
timePeriod May 2010
voterTurnout 62.6%

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ODS participatedIn 2010 Czech legislative election
TOP 09 participatedIn Czech legislative election, 2010
linked to: 2010 Czech legislative election