9 October 2021

The Czech Statistical Office (CZSO) finished processing of results of the elections to the Chamber of Deputies of the Parliament of the Czech Republic by conversion of votes to seats. The voter turnout was 65.43%; the highest number of women will have a seat in the Chamber of Deputies, historically.

The total of 22 political parties, movements, and coalitions on the lists of candidates of which 5 242 candidates (3 584 men and 1 658 women) were registered, were standing in the elections. Four electoral parties in total overcame the legal threshold for the entry to the Chamber of Deputies; detailed results were published by the Czech Statistical Office on the website at volby.cz.

The average age of elected male and female deputies is 49.84 years. The oldest deputy is 77 years old; the youngest one is 27 years old. In the Chamber of Deputies, 75% of males and 25% of females will have a seat. “A quarter representation of women is record breaking. The highest number of women in the modern history of independent Czech Republic will have a seat in the Chamber of Deputies,” Eva Krumpová, the First Vice President of the CZSO, points out.

Voters in the elections to the Chamber of Deputies could give preferential votes. The highest number of preferential votes was won by Vít Rakušan (59 792), Markéta Pekarová Adamová (49 074), and Petr Fiala (38 555).

65.43% of voters came to vote in the elections. “The voter turnout exceeding 65% is the highest voter turnout ever in the elections to the Chamber of Deputies since 1998,” Marek Rojíček, President of the Czech Statistical Office, says. In the territory of the Czech Republic, the highest turnout was in the municipality of Čilá in the Rokycany District, where 100% of voters came to the elections. The lowest number of voters, 26.58%, came to vote in the municipality of Obrnice in the Most District.

The last electoral ward was processed on Saturday at 10:24 p. m.

On Monday morning, the voting results will be negotiated by the State Electoral Committee. After their approval, they will be published in the Collection of Laws of the Czech Republic.  

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