7,533 candidates, of whom more than 30% are women, from 31 parties and political groupings are participating in the election. And so the electoral campaign started very early, ten months before the vote. On 28 December 2020, and unusually early, the President of the Czech Republic, Milos Zeman (Citizens' Rights Party, SPOZ), announced that the next general elections: will be held on 8 and 9 October 2021.
