Czech Republic Elections

[Bono]

Civic Democratic Party (Občanská demokratická strana)       35.4    
Czech Social Democratic Party (Česká strana sociálně demokratická)       32.3    


Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia (Komunistická strana Čech a Moravy)       12.8    
Christian Democratic Union - Czechoslovak People's Party (Křesťansko-demokratická unie - Československá strana lidová)       7.2    
Green Party (Strana zelených)       6.3    


Civic Democratic Party takes most votes, but I bet the coalitions will screw it.

[Upsilon]

Left block :

KSCM (communist) : 26 seats
CSSD (social-democratic) : 74 seats

Total left : 100 seats

Center-right block :

SZ (greens) : 6 seats
KDU-CSL (christian-democratic) : 13 seats
ODS (nationalist-conservative) : 81 seats

Total center-right : 100 seats

(Total number of seats : 200)

[Ben.]

I must admit to rather liking the ODS, at least from what i've heard - they seem a pretty progressive party, in comparison to many christian-democrats in the rest of europe at least.

[Bono]

I must admit to rather liking the ODS, at least from what i've heard - they seem a pretty progressive party, in comparison to many christian-democrats in the rest of europe at least.

ODS aren't Christian-Democrats.

[Bono]

Left block :

KSCM (communist) : 26 seats
CSSD (social-democratic) : 74 seats

Total left : 100 seats

Center-right block :

SZ (greens) : 6 seats
KDU-CSL (christian-democratic) : 13 seats
ODS (nationalist-conservative) : 81 seats

Total center-right : 100 seats

(Total number of seats : 200)

Isn't KDU-CSL in coalition with the lefties?
Doesn't that put them in the Left Block?

[Bono]

Wiki article says:
"The Social Democratic leader, Jiří Paroubek, is talking of challenging the result and suggesting that democracy is in as much danger as in 1948 (when the Communists seized power)."

Wow, that guy's a total looney.

[Colin]

Left block :

KSCM (communist) : 26 seats

The Communists are part of no block. No one ever, including the Social Democrats, would coalition with them. They would rather coalition with the Civic Democrats before they would ever coalition with the unreformed commies.

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Greens in the Centre-right block? I believe that the KDU-CSL is currently coalitioning with the Social Democrats.

What happened to Freedom Union? They didn't seem to run in this election for some odd reason.

[Upsilon]

Freedom Union has disappeard in this election : (0.3 %)

Usually, in Czech Republic, the center parties (Greens and christian-democrats in 2006) make a coalition with the party with most seats : in 2002 it was the social-dems, now it is the ODS.

With the results of 2006, except a big coalition (social dems + ODS), no coalition is possible without the communists.

[minionofmidas]

Unreformed Communists that no one would coalesce with in Czechya?

Ah, I guess I confused them with the Slovak ones... they're better I think.

Anyways, funny result.

[Ben.]

I must admit to rather liking the ODS, at least from what i've heard - they seem a pretty progressive party, in comparison to many christian-democrats in the rest of europe at least.

ODS aren't Christian-Democrats.

I know it's nice to see a progressive right of Centre Party is what i mean.