Blogging the democratic revolution
Elections to the lower house of the Czech Parliament, the Chamber of Deputies, begin at 2:00 PM on June 2 and end at 2:00 PM on June 3. The Chamber of Deputies is the more important part of the bicameral Czech Parliament. The Chamber of Deputies has 200 members, elected for four year terms. A party needs 5% of the vote to be represented in the government. In the election four years ago the Czech Social Democratic Party (center-left) received 30.2% of the votes and they currently hold 70 seats, the Civic Democratic Party (center-right) received 24.5% and hold 58…