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As the system in Czech repeatedly produces very weak governments ( a specific problem is that about 15 % of the electorate support the Communists, who are shunned by all the other parties ) there is constant talk about changing it but without much chance of really pushing the reform through.

An attempt to increase majority elements by tweaking the system parameters ( more smaller districts, d ' Hondt method used ) by ČSSD and ODS during their " opposition agreement " 1998 – 2002 was vehemently opposed by smaller parties and blocked by the Constitutional Court as going too much against the constitution-stated proportional principle ; only a moderated form was adopted.

This, however led to a stalemate in 2006 elections where both the left and the right each gained exactly 100 seats ; as many commenters point out, the earlier system would have given the right 3 – 4 seats majority.