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Czech Republic

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Chamber of Deputies

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Political system Political systems: Presidential, Parliamentary, Presidential-Parliamentary, Monarchy, Communist, Transitional.
Parliamentary system
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Structure of parliament Structure of parliament: Unicameral, bicameral
Bicameral
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IPU membership Current membership status
Yes
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Data on women

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Basic information > About parliament

Speaker

Speaker
Radek Vondracek (Male)
Year of birth
1973

Secretary general

Secretary General
Jan Moravek (Male)
Notes Additional information about the Secretary General, in particular regarding their term.
Appointed on 1 July 2017.

Members

Current number of members, by sex
Men The number of male parliamentarians who currently hold seats in parliament.
155
Women The number of female parliamentarians who currently hold seats in parliament.
45
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Percentage of women Calculated by dividing the current number of women by the current number of members.
22.5% See historical data for this field.

Age

Average age of all members
Not available
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Youngest member (years) Age at the time of the last election or renewal.
21
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Youngest member
Dominik Feri; Frantisek Kopriva (Male)
Oldest member (years) Age at the time of the last election or renewal.
79
Oldest member
Karel Swchwarzenberg (Male)
Total number of MPs, 45 years of age or younger
59
Total number of MPs, 46 years of age or older
141
Total per sex
Total of male
160
Total of female
40
Total per age interval
18-20
0
21-30
4
31-40
30
41-45
25
46-50
30
51-60
75
61-70
33
71-80
3
81-90
0
91 and over
0
Number of members, by age
Breakdown of members by age and gender
18 - 20 21 - 30 31 - 40 41 - 45 46 - 50 51 - 60 61 - 70 71 - 80 81 - 90 91 and over Totals per gender
Totals per age interval 0 4 30 25 30 75 33 3 0 0
Total <= 45: 59 Total >= 46: 141
Male 0 2 24 22 22 60 28 2 0 0 160
Female 0 2 6 3 8 15 5 1 0 0 40
Percentage of members, by age
Age as last election or renewalOverallMaleFemale
Percentage of MPs 30 years of age or younger2%1%1%
Percentage of MPs 40 years of age or younger17%13%4%
Percentage of MPs 45 years of age or younger29.5%24%5.5%

Reserved seats and quotas

Electoral quota for women Quotas to promote the representation of women in parliament.
Yes
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Notes
Voluntary political party quotas
Elections > Election results

Candidates

Total number of candidates Total number of people who registered as candidates for election. Does not include people who stood as candidates to become "substitute members".
7,524
Number of female candidates Number of female candidates
2,154
Percentage of women candidates The percentage is calculated by dividing the number of women candidates by the total number of candidates.
28.63%
Number of candidates, by sex
Number of female candidates Number of female candidates
2154
Percentage of women candidates The percentage is calculated by dividing the number of women candidates by the total number of candidates.
28.63%

Results

Members elected, by sex
Number of men elected
156
Number of women elected
44
Percentage of women elected The percentage is calculated by dividing the number of women elected in the election and the number of seats at stake at the election.
22%
Number of women after election or renewal, by mode of designation
Women Directly Elected
44

New legislature

Total number of men after the election The total number of male parliamentarians in this parliament/chamber following the election or renewal, regardless of their modes of designation.
156
Total number of women after the election The total number of female parliamentarians in this parliament/chamber following the election or renewal, regardless of their modes of designation.
44
First Speaker of the new legislature
First Speaker of the new legislature First name of the Speaker of the new legislature following the election or renewal.
Radek Vondracek (Male)
Political party
ANO
Date of election
22.11.2017
Elections > Historical data on women

Women's suffrage

Date of independence For countries that become independent after 1940
1992
Women’s right to vote
Women’s right to vote Year in which women obtained the right to vote
1993
National or local Suffrage: National or Local
National
Restricted or unrestricted suffrage Suffrage: Restricted or Universal
Universal
Notes Suffrage: Additional Notes on right of suffrage
Prior to the separation of the Czech Republic and Slovakia,women were granted full universal suffrage in Czechoslovakia on 29 February 1920.
Women’s right to stand for election
Women's right to stand for election Year in which women obtained the right to stand for election
1920
First woman in parliament
First woman in parliament Year in which first woman entered parliament
1992