Chamber of Deputies of the Parliament of the Czech Republic

Chamber of Deputies of the Parliament of the Czech Republic Poslanecká sněmovna Parlamentu České republiky
7th Legislature
Type
Type	Lower house
Leadership
Chairman	Jan Hamáček, ČSSD Since 27 November 2013
1st Vice-chairman	Jaroslava Jermanová, ANO Since 27 November 2013
Vice-chairman	Vojtěch Filip, KSČM Since 27 November 2013
Vice-chairman	Petr Gazdík, TOP09 Since 12 December 2013
Vice-chairman	Jan Bartošek, KDU-ČSL Since 6 February 2014
Structure
Seats	200
Political groups	Government      ČSSD (50 seats)      ANO (47 seats)      KDU-ČSL (14 seats) Opposition      KSČM (33 seats)      TOP 09 (26 seats)      ODS (16 seats)      Dawn (8 seats)      Independents (6 seats)
Elections
Voting system	Party-list proportional representation D'Hondt method
Last election	25–26 October 2013
Next election	2017 or earlier
Meeting place
Thun Palace, Malá Strana, Prague
Website
www.psp.cz

The Chamber of Deputies of the Parliament of the Czech Republic (Czech: Poslanecká sněmovna Parlamentu České republiky, PSP or PSP ČR) or just Chamber of Deputies is the lower house of the bicameral Parliament of the Czech Republic. The seat of the Chamber of Deputies is Thun Palace in Malá Strana, Prague.

The members of the 200-seat house serve for four-year terms and are elected using the party-list proportional representation system. Since 2002, there are 14 constituencies matching the Czech regions and the D'Hondt method has been applied.

The Government is primarily responsible to the Chamber of Deputies and the Prime Minister stays in office only as long as he or she retains the support of a majority of its members.

Electability and mandate

Every citizen of the Czech Republic aged at least 21 who has the right to vote is eligible to be elected. The Deputy may not hold the office of the Senator, the President of the Czech Republic or judge, which also applies to certain positions specified by law. The office of the Deputy expires once:

(1) a Deputy-elect refuses to take the oath or takes it with reservation

(2) the tenure expires

(3) the Deputy resigns from the office

(4) the Deputy loses eligibility to be elected

(5) the Chamber is dissolved

(6) the Deputy takes up an office incompatible with serving as the Deputy.

Past elections

• Czech legislative election, 2013
• Czech legislative election, 2010
• Czech legislative election, 2006
• Czech legislative election, 2002
• Czech legislative election, 1998
• Czech legislative election, 1996

Members

• List of members of the Chamber of Deputies of the Czech Republic, 1996–1998
• List of members of the Chamber of Deputies of the Czech Republic, 1998–2002
• List of members of the Chamber of Deputies of the Czech Republic, 2002–2006
• List of members of the Chamber of Deputies of the Czech Republic, 2006–2010
• List of current members of the Chamber of Deputies of the Czech Republic

Further reading

• Kolář, Petr, and Petr Valenta. The Parliament of the Czech Republic - the Chamber of Deputies. Prague : Published for the Office of the Chamber of Deputies of the Parliament of the Czech Republic by Ivan Král, 2009. ISBN 978-80-87324-01-1

See also

• List of Speakers of the Chamber of Deputies of the Parliament of the Czech Republic

External links

• Official website (Czech)
• Official website (English)