Something is bubbling politically in the Czech Republic-big time
The results from the snap Czech Republic election are now in, and are quite startling to many,including myself admittedly.
One notable thing is that the Czech Green Party failed to return to the legislature, sadly, despite their previous success and comeback in the Czech local elections last year.
The Czech Pirate Party ran into a firewall, so to speak, and also failed to get enough votes to enter the Czech legislature, despite a signifcant increase in vote share from 0.8% to 2.66%.
As predicted for a long time, the Czech Social Democrats topped the poll. However, the surprise is that they have actually lost seats despite receiving the highest vote share (which turned out to be only 20.45%)-their seats were reduced to 50 from 56.
The Communists of Bohemia and Moravia also did not do as well as I hoped, as they only secured an extra 7 seats, giving them 33 in total-but thanks to the great fall of the previous governing parties, the Communists nevertheless came third.
The formerly governing Civic Democratic Party suffered a blow that even John Major would be mortally embarrassed about- their vote share fell from 20.2% with 53 seats to a dismal 7.7%, with only 5th place to boot and just 16 seats. TOP 09, their coalition partner, also suffered a notable vote share loss, but not to the same extent-its vote share decreased from 16.7% to 12%.
Two new parties who did not even run at all in the 2010 Czech elections have made spectacular gains, especially ANO (Association of Dissatisfied Citizens), an anti-corruption protest party with a few similarities to Beppe Grillo's 5 star movement ,which gained 19% of the Czech vote, and 47 seats, only 3 seats behind the Social Democrats. Dawn of Direct Democracy, a centre-right populist party with a direct democracy platform, also gained 14 seats from nowhere in this election.
Whether the Social Democrats get the support of the Communists or not in government, one thing is clear-coalition talks will be long and drawn-out and co-operation with ANO will be inevitable, given the balance of power it holds. This could mean potentially major reforms in the Czech Republic, given ANO's stance.
Let us wait and see what happens now,shall we?
Alan.
One notable thing is that the Czech Green Party failed to return to the legislature, sadly, despite their previous success and comeback in the Czech local elections last year.
The Czech Pirate Party ran into a firewall, so to speak, and also failed to get enough votes to enter the Czech legislature, despite a signifcant increase in vote share from 0.8% to 2.66%.
As predicted for a long time, the Czech Social Democrats topped the poll. However, the surprise is that they have actually lost seats despite receiving the highest vote share (which turned out to be only 20.45%)-their seats were reduced to 50 from 56.
The Communists of Bohemia and Moravia also did not do as well as I hoped, as they only secured an extra 7 seats, giving them 33 in total-but thanks to the great fall of the previous governing parties, the Communists nevertheless came third.
The formerly governing Civic Democratic Party suffered a blow that even John Major would be mortally embarrassed about- their vote share fell from 20.2% with 53 seats to a dismal 7.7%, with only 5th place to boot and just 16 seats. TOP 09, their coalition partner, also suffered a notable vote share loss, but not to the same extent-its vote share decreased from 16.7% to 12%.
Two new parties who did not even run at all in the 2010 Czech elections have made spectacular gains, especially ANO (Association of Dissatisfied Citizens), an anti-corruption protest party with a few similarities to Beppe Grillo's 5 star movement ,which gained 19% of the Czech vote, and 47 seats, only 3 seats behind the Social Democrats. Dawn of Direct Democracy, a centre-right populist party with a direct democracy platform, also gained 14 seats from nowhere in this election.
Whether the Social Democrats get the support of the Communists or not in government, one thing is clear-coalition talks will be long and drawn-out and co-operation with ANO will be inevitable, given the balance of power it holds. This could mean potentially major reforms in the Czech Republic, given ANO's stance.
Let us wait and see what happens now,shall we?
Alan.
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