2021 Czech legislative election

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The 2021 Czech legislative election was a national parliamentary vote that reshaped the country’s political landscape, leading to the defeat of Prime Minister Andrej Babiš’s ANO party and the formation of a new center-right coalition government.

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instanceOf legislative election
parliamentary election
campaignIssue COVID-19 pandemic management
corruption and conflict of interest allegations against Andrej Babiš
public finances and budget deficit
coalitionGovernment SPOLU and PirSTAN
country Czech Republic
defeatedLeader Andrej Babiš
electionDate 2021-10-08
2021-10-09
electoralBody Chamber of Deputies of the Parliament of the Czech Republic
electoralThreshold 11% for coalitions of three or more parties
5%
8% for two-party coalitions
endDate 2021-10-09
incumbentPrimeMinisterBeforeElection Andrej Babiš
ledTo Petr Fiala becoming Prime Minister
linked to: Petr Fiala

formation of a center-right coalition government
legislature Chamber of Deputies
mainOpponent ANO 2011
PirSTAN coalition
SPOLU coalition
majorParty ANO 2011
Civic Democratic Party
Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia
Czech Pirate Party
Czech Social Democratic Party
Freedom and Direct Democracy
KDU-ČSL
Mayors and Independents
TOP 09
nextElection 2025 Czech legislative election
notableOutcome Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia failed to enter parliament
Czech Social Democratic Party failed to enter parliament
end of continuous communist representation in Czech parliament since 1989
previousElection 2017 Czech legislative election
primeMinisterAfterElection Petr Fiala
result ANO 2011 remained the largest single party by votes
Freedom and Direct Democracy entered parliament
PirSTAN coalition entered parliament as a government partner
SPOLU coalition won the most seats as a bloc
opposition coalitions won a majority of seats
seatsForElection 200
secondMajorAlliance PirSTAN
startDate 2021-10-08
supervisingAuthority Czech Statistical Office
voterTurnout approximately 65.4%
votingSystem proportional representation
winningAlliance SPOLU

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TOP 09 participatedIn Czech legislative election, 2021
linked to: 2021 Czech legislative election