2010 Czech legislative election

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The 2010 Czech legislative election was a parliamentary vote that reshaped the Czech political landscape, leading to significant gains for center-right parties and the formation of a new coalition government.

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instanceOf legislative election ⓘ
affectedLegislature 6th term of the Chamber of Deputies ⓘ
affectedOffice Prime Minister of the Czech Republic ⓘ
campaignCharacteristic strong focus on austerity and budget cuts by center-right parties ⓘ
use of anti-corruption rhetoric by new parties ⓘ
coalitionType center-right coalition ⓘ
country Czech Republic ⓘ
electoralSystem proportional representation ⓘ
electoralThreshold 5% ⓘ
endDate 2010-05-29 ⓘ
languageOfCampaign Czech ⓘ
largestPartyByVotes Czech Social Democratic Party ⓘ
location Czech Republic ⓘ
mainIssue corruption ⓘ
economic crisis ⓘ
public finance and budget deficit ⓘ
mediaDescription “election earthquake” in Czech politics ⓘ
nextElection 2013 Czech legislative election ⓘ
numberOfSeatsContested 200 ⓘ
oversawGovernmentChange from caretaker government of Jan Fischer to Petr Nečas cabinet ⓘ
parliament Chamber of Deputies of the Parliament of the Czech Republic ⓘ
partyFormingGovernment Civic Democratic Party ⓘ
Public Affairs ⓘ
TOP 09 ⓘ
partyParticipating Christian and Democratic Union – Czechoslovak People's Party ⓘ
Civic Democratic Party ⓘ
Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia ⓘ
Czech Social Democratic Party ⓘ
Green Party (Czech Republic) ⓘ
linked to: Czech Green Party

Public Affairs ⓘ
TOP 09 ⓘ
partyWinningMostVotes Czech Social Democratic Party ⓘ
previousElection 2006 Czech legislative election ⓘ
primeMinisterAfterElection Petr Nečas ⓘ
primeMinisterBeforeElection Jan Fischer ⓘ
region Central Europe ⓘ
resultedIn center-right coalition government ⓘ
government led by Petr Nečas ⓘ
seatChange entry of Public Affairs into parliament ⓘ
entry of TOP 09 into parliament ⓘ
gains for Civic Democratic Party compared to polls ⓘ
losses for Czech Social Democratic Party compared to expectations ⓘ
significance marked decline of traditional left-right dominance by ČSSD and ODS ⓘ
reshaped Czech party system toward the right ⓘ
startDate 2010-05-28 ⓘ
timePeriod May 2010 ⓘ
voterTurnout 62.6% ⓘ

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ODS → participatedIn → 2010 Czech legislative election ⓘ
TOP 09 → participatedIn → Czech legislative election, 2010 ⓘ
linked to: 2010 Czech legislative election