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Women in Parliament
Chamber of Deputies
The Constitution of the Czech Republic states that the deputies to the Chamber of Deputies are elected on the basis of an universal, equal and direct franchise by secret ballot, according to the principles of a proportional representation. The Chamber has 200 seats. After 2006 election there have been 31 women in the Chamber; due to replacements there are 35 women now (17.5 %).
The list of women deputies and sentors can be found here.
See also the analysis of nomination for the chamber of deputies election 2006.
Senate
According to the Constitution of the Czech Republic the Senate is permanently active, the term of election is six years and every two years one third of the senato
rs is elected. In the Senate there are 81 seats.
After the 2008 elections all supporters of higher representation of women in politics can be delighted: there will be three female senators more in the upper house of the parliament. Instead of current 11 seats women politicians will obtain 14 seats in the newly elected Senate. The representation of women will increase from 13.5 % to 17 % which is even better score than the Chamber of Deputies can boast about. And this is despite the fact that political researches show that the majority system used for election to Senate is more disadvantageous that the proportional system used in election to the Chamber of Deputies.
Five women were elected in total: Marta Bayerová for KSČM in Znojmo (obtained record-breaking 69 % of votes), Alena Gajdůšková for ČSSD successfully sustained her mandate in Zlín (64 % of votes), Eva Richtrová for ČSSD in Frýdek-Místek (68 %), Dagmar Zvěřinová for ČSSD in Žďár nad Sázavou ( 59 % of votes) and Hana Doupovcová as well for ČSSD in Uherské Hradiště (51 % of votes). Another advocating woman senator Václava Domšová unfortunately did not advance from the second round.
Moreover, w
omen were more successful than men in the election. Out of 34 candidates five were elected which makes 14.7 %. On the contrary out of 116 male candidates 22 were elected, successful ones formed 13.3 %. Yet we have not taken into account the fact that there were no women candidates in six regions which significantly worsened their chances.
It is clear that voters support women in politics. If women politicians candidate individually and are not pushed to posterior eligible places on lists of candidates as happens in election to the Parliament they have good chances to succeed. The question is when this matter of fact will be taken into consideration by political parties.
See also the analysis of nomination for the senate election 2008.
The list of women deputies and sentors can be found here.
For detailed information about the Parliament click here.
The Constitution of the Czech Republic states that the deputies to the Chamber of Deputies are elected on the basis of an universal, equal and direct franchise by secret ballot, according to the principles of a proportional representation. The Chamber has 200 seats. After 2006 election there have been 31 women in the Chamber; due to replacements there are 35 women now (17.5 %).The list of women deputies and sentors can be found here.
See also the analysis of nomination for the chamber of deputies election 2006.
Senate
According to the Constitution of the Czech Republic the Senate is permanently active, the term of election is six years and every two years one third of the senato
rs is elected. In the Senate there are 81 seats.After the 2008 elections all supporters of higher representation of women in politics can be delighted: there will be three female senators more in the upper house of the parliament. Instead of current 11 seats women politicians will obtain 14 seats in the newly elected Senate. The representation of women will increase from 13.5 % to 17 % which is even better score than the Chamber of Deputies can boast about. And this is despite the fact that political researches show that the majority system used for election to Senate is more disadvantageous that the proportional system used in election to the Chamber of Deputies.
Five women were elected in total: Marta Bayerová for KSČM in Znojmo (obtained record-breaking 69 % of votes), Alena Gajdůšková for ČSSD successfully sustained her mandate in Zlín (64 % of votes), Eva Richtrová for ČSSD in Frýdek-Místek (68 %), Dagmar Zvěřinová for ČSSD in Žďár nad Sázavou ( 59 % of votes) and Hana Doupovcová as well for ČSSD in Uherské Hradiště (51 % of votes). Another advocating woman senator Václava Domšová unfortunately did not advance from the second round.
Moreover, w
omen were more successful than men in the election. Out of 34 candidates five were elected which makes 14.7 %. On the contrary out of 116 male candidates 22 were elected, successful ones formed 13.3 %. Yet we have not taken into account the fact that there were no women candidates in six regions which significantly worsened their chances.It is clear that voters support women in politics. If women politicians candidate individually and are not pushed to posterior eligible places on lists of candidates as happens in election to the Parliament they have good chances to succeed. The question is when this matter of fact will be taken into consideration by political parties.
See also the analysis of nomination for the senate election 2008.
The list of women deputies and sentors can be found here.
For detailed information about the Parliament click here.
