The 2021 elections to the Chamber of Deputies of the Parliament of the Czech Republic were parliamentary elections whose results were processed and published by the Czech Statistical Office (CSU). The office completed the recalculation of votes into seats on 9 October 2021.[1]
Turnout and candidates
Twenty-two political parties, movements and coalitions took part in the elections. Their candidate lists included 5,242 candidates, of whom 3,584 were men and 1,658 were women. Four electoral parties passed the legal threshold for entering the Chamber of Deputies.[1]
Voter turnout reached 65.43 percent. According to CSU chairman Marek Rojíček, this was the highest turnout in Chamber of Deputies elections since 1998. The highest turnout was recorded in the village of Čilá in the Rokycany area, where 100 percent of voters cast their ballots, while the lowest was in the village of Obrnice in the Most area, with 26.58 percent. The last polling district was processed on Saturday at 10:24 p.m.[1]
Elected deputies
The average age of the elected deputies is 49.84 years, with the oldest being 77 and the youngest 27. The Chamber of Deputies will be composed of 75 percent men and 25 percent women. According to CSU first deputy chairwoman Eva Krumpová, this quarter share of women is a record and the highest proportion of women in the modern history of the independent Czech Republic.[1]
Voters were able to use preferential votes. The most were received by Vít Rakušan (59,792), Markéta Pekarová Adamová (49,074) and Petr Fiala (38,555).[1]
Next steps
The results were due to be discussed by the State Election Commission on Monday morning. Once approved, they are published in the Collection of Laws.[1]
Czech Television coverage
Czech Television organized, ahead of the elections, a debate among seven candidates for prime minister and discussions among seven leading candidates in the Central Bohemian Region, in Prague, in the Moravian-Silesian Region and in the South Moravian Region. From its election studio, it broadcast ongoing and final vote-counting results as well as reactions from the parties' campaign teams. The science desk broadcast a special program featuring, among others, political scientist Tomáš Lebeda, cybernetics expert Michal Pěchouček, CSU chairman Marek Rojíček, and lawyer and sociologist Jiří Přibáň. Special ČT24 coverage followed on the day after the election.[2]
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Chronology
- — The Speaker of the Senate, Miloš Vystrčil (ODS), presented silver commemorative medals to seventeen public figures, among them the economist Jan Švejnar and the ice hockey players David Pastrňák and Jakub Voráček. ČTK / České noviny ČT24