All 200 seats in the Chamber of Deputies 101 seats needed for a majority
Turnout
64.42% (6.47pp)
First party
Second party
Third party
Leader
Mirek Topolánek
Jiří Paroubek
Vojtěch Filip
Party
ODS
ČSSD
KSČM
Last election
24.48%, 58 seats
30.21%, 70 seats
18.51%, 41 seats
Seats won
81
74
26
Seat change
23
4
15
Popular vote
1,892,475
1,728,827
685,328
Percentage
35.38%
32.32%
12.81%
Fourth party
Fifth party
Leader
Miroslav Kalousek
Martin Bursík
Party
KDU-ČSL
SZ
Last election
14.28%, 31 seats
2.37%, 0 seats
Seats won
13
6
Seat change
18
6
Popular vote
386,706
336,487
Percentage
7.23%
6.29%
Result of election
Prime Minister before election
Jiří Paroubek
ČSSD
Prime Minister after election
Mirek Topolánek
ODS
Parliamentary elections were held in the Czech Republic on 2 and 3 June 2006 to elect the members of the Chamber of Deputies.[1]
A major scandal broke out a few days before the elections when a classified report by Jan Kubice, the head of the anti-organised crime unit, was leaked to the media, accusing the ruling Social Democratic Party (ČSSD) of corruption and interference in police investigations. The Civic Democratic Party (ODS) and the Social Democratic Party, the two largest parties, obtained their highest percentage of votes ever. Turnout increased from the previous parliamentary elections in 2002.
The elections produced an evenly balanced result. One potential coalition – the Civic Democratic Party, Christian Democrats (KDU-ČSL) and Greens – won exactly half of the 200 seats, while the Social Democratic Party and the Communists (KSČM) held the other half, meaning that either coalition would struggle to pass legislation.
Following the elections, 230 days passed without a new government being formed. Eventually, a coalition government formed of the Civic Democratic Party, KDU-ČSL and the Greens passed a confidence vote on 19 January 2007, when two Social Democrat deputies abstained.
^Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p471 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
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