Zmiana systemu partyjnego Republiki Czeskiej po wyborach do Izby Poselskiej w 2013 roku
Changing of the Czech party system after the elections for the Chamber of deputies in 2013

Summary/Abstract: Since the first election for the Chamber of Deputies (1996) in the Czech Republic there has remained stable multi-party system with two dominant parties – left-wing ČSSD and right-wing ODS, the communist party as a third force in the Chamber and with two or three smaller right or centre-right wing parties. Seven parties received seats as a result of the early legislative election held on 25 and 26 October. The election resulted in a change of the existing party system – the ODS was amongst the three parties with the smallest number of deputies and the two winning parties did not hold more than half of the seats in the Chamber for the first time. It was important that the two populist parties, which occurred shortly before the election, ANO and Úsvit, entered into the Chamber of Deputies. The greatest success was achieved by the party ANO, which is the second force in the Chamber and has only 3 seats fewer than the winning Social-Democratic Party. ANO and Úsvit can be regarded as anti-system parties, since their election strategy was based on opposition to the existing party system in the Republic and both consistently refused to identify themselves on the left/right line. The coalition created by left-wing ČSSD, populist ANO and centrist, christian-democratic and agrarian party (KDU– ČSL) was not based on the proximity of ideals and the Social Democrats would not be able to carry out most important changes announced during the campaign, which was strengthening social protection of citizens and the changes in the law on the restitution of church property.

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