2006 Czech legislative election

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The 2006 Czech legislative election was a parliamentary vote in the Czech Republic that resulted in a highly polarized and nearly evenly split Chamber of Deputies, leading to a prolonged political deadlock over government formation.

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2006 Czech legislative election canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf legislative election ⓘ
parliamentary election ⓘ
affectedOffice Prime Minister of the Czech Republic ⓘ
causeOfDeadlock even balance of seats between left and right ⓘ
constitutionalBodyInvolved President of the Czech Republic ⓘ
continent Europe ⓘ
country Czech Republic ⓘ
electionDate 2–3 June 2006 ⓘ
electoralBody Chamber of Deputies of the Parliament of the Czech Republic ⓘ
electoralThreshold 5% ⓘ
endDate 2006-06-03 ⓘ
fifthLargestParty Green Party (Czech Republic) ⓘ
linked to: Czech Green Party
fourthLargestParty Christian and Democratic Union – Czechoslovak People’s Party ⓘ
governmentFormationDifficulty lengthy coalition negotiations ⓘ
governmentFormationOutcome Mirek Topolánek’s first cabinet ⓘ
incumbentPrimeMinisterBefore Jiří Paroubek ⓘ
language Czech ⓘ
leaderOfWinningParty Mirek Topolánek ⓘ
leadingParty Civic Democratic Party ⓘ
legislatureTerm Chamber of Deputies 2006–2010 term ⓘ
location Czech Republic ⓘ
mainIssue government formation deadlock ⓘ
majorBloc centre-left bloc (ČSSD, KSČM) ⓘ
centre-right coalition (ODS, KDU-ČSL, Greens) ⓘ
nextElection 2010 Czech legislative election ⓘ
numberOfPartiesInChamber 5 ⓘ
parliament Parliament of the Czech Republic ⓘ
linked to: Czech Parliament
partOf political history of the Czech Republic ⓘ
politicalContext polarization between centre-right and centre-left blocs ⓘ
presidentAtTime Václav Klaus ⓘ
previousElection 2002 Czech legislative election ⓘ
region Central Europe ⓘ
result highly polarized Chamber of Deputies ⓘ
hung parliament ⓘ
prolonged political deadlock ⓘ
seatDistributionCharacteristic 100–100 split between left and right blocs ⓘ
seatsForElection 200 ⓘ
secondLargestParty Czech Social Democratic Party ⓘ
startDate 2006-06-02 ⓘ
thirdLargestParty Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia ⓘ
timePeriod 21st century ⓘ
totalSeats 200 ⓘ
turnout about 64% ⓘ
votingSystem proportional representation ⓘ
winningPartyByVotes Civic Democratic Party ⓘ

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ODS → participatedIn → 2006 Czech legislative election ⓘ
2010 Czech legislative election → previousElection → 2006 Czech legislative election ⓘ