Green Party (Czech Republic)

Green Party

Strana zelených
Green Party Strana zelených
Abbreviation	Zelení
Leaders	Matěj Pomahač; Gabriela Svárovská [cs]
Founded	1990; 34 years ago
Headquarters	Nám. Winstona Churchilla 2, Prague
Youth wing	Young Greens (formerly)
Membership (2019)	1,201
Ideology	Green politics; Social liberalism
Political position	Centre-left
European affiliation	European Green Party
International affiliation	Global Greens
Colours	Green
Chamber of Deputies	0 / 200
Senate	0 / 81
European Parliament	0 / 21
Regional assemblies	7 / 675
Local assemblies	323 / 61,900
Website
	www.zeleni.cz
	Politics of the Czech Republic; Political parties; Elections;

The Green Party (Czech: Strana zelených, lit. 'Party of Greens') is a green^[2] political party in the Czech Republic.

History

The Green party was founded in 1990 following the return to liberal democracy in Czechia following the Velvet Revolution. However, the party remained on the political margins until Jaromír Štětina was able to capture a seat in the Senate (upper house of the Parliament of the Czech Republic) in 2004. It was during this time that the Greens campaigned on pacificism (rejecting the idea that any foreign military power should have military bases in the Czech Republic) and greater incorporation of grassroots democracy in the country.^[4]

Under new leader Marin Bursík, the Greens adopted a more pragmatic approach to politics and in the subsequent 2006 legislative election the party received 6.3% of the vote and won six seats in the lower house – the Chamber of Deputies. This resulted in the party taking part in the governing coalition, together with the Civic Democrats (ODS) and KDU–ČSL from January 2007 to March 2009 (for more details see Mirek Topolánek's Second Cabinet). During their stint in government, the Greens promoted pro-European policies such as supporting the Lisbon Treaty. They also suggested that European based defence alliance could be an alternative option to Czech membership of NATO. However, following the installation of a new American radar system in the Czech Republic there were tensions within the party over foreign policy. The party was also a supporter of minority rights, immigrants rights and gender rights.^[4]

The Green Party was unable to repeat its success in 2010 elections, losing all seats in both chambers.

In the party's 2022 leadership election the incumbent co-leaders, Magdalena Davis and Michal Berg, were elected for another term.^[5]

In the party's 2024 November leadership election, Gabriela Svárovská and Matěj Pomahač, were elected.^[6]

Election results

Chamber of Deputies of the Czech Republic

Year	Leader	Vote	Vote %	Seats	Place	Government
1990	Jan Martin Ječmínek	295,844	4.1	0 / 200	7th	No seats
1992	František Trnka	421,988	6.52	3 / 200	4th	Opposition
1992	Part of Liberal-Social Union, which won 16 seats in total
1996	did not participate
1998	Emil Zeman	67,143	1.12	0 / 200	9th	No seats
2002	Miroslav Rokos	112,929	2.36	0 / 200	6th	No seats
2006	Martin Bursík	336,487	6.29	6 / 200	5th	Coalition
2010	Ondřej Liška	127,831	2.44	0 / 200	9th	No seats
2013	Ondřej Liška	159,025	3.19	0 / 200	8th	No seats
2017	Matěj Stropnický	74,335	1.46	0 / 200	11th	No seats
2021	Michal Berg & Magdalena Davis	53,334	0.99	0 / 200	10th	No seats

Senate

1996 Senate: no seats
1998 Senate: no seats
2000 Senate: no seats
2002 Senate: no seats
2004 Senate: 1 seat (Jaromír Štětina)
2006 Senate: no seats
2008 Senate: no seats
2010 Senate: no seats
2012 Senate: 1 seat separately (Eliška Wagnerová) and 1 seat together with Pirates and Christian Democrats (Libor Michálek)
2014 Senate by-election: 1 seat (Ivana Cabrnochová) together with Social Democrats
2014 Senate: 2 seats
2016 Senate: 1 seat, 1 together with Christian Democrats (Petr Orel) and 1 together with Pirates and local Prague movement HPP11 (Ladislav Kos)
2018 Senate: 1 seat
2020 Senate: 1 seat
2022 Senate: 0 seats
2024 Senate: 1 seat, 1 together with TOP 09, ODS and Pirates (Břetislav Rychlík)

Presidential

Indirect Election	Candidate		First round result			Second round result			Third round result
Indirect Election	Candidate		Votes	%Votes	Result	Votes	%Votes	Result	Votes	%Votes	Result
2008		Jan Švejnar	128	49.10	Runner-up	141	47.19	Runner-up	111	44.05	Lost

Direct Election	Candidate		First round result			Second round result
Direct Election	Candidate		Votes	%Votes	Result	Votes	%Votes	Result
2013		Táňa Fischerová^[7]	166,211	3.23	7th	supported Karel Schwarzenberg

European Parliament

Election	List leader	Votes	%	Seats	+/−	EP Group
2004	Unclear	73,932	3.16 (#7)	0 / 21	New	−
2009	Jan Dusík	48,621	2.06 (#9)	0 / 21	0
2014	Ondřej Liška	57,240	3.78 (#9)	0 / 21	0
2019^[a]	Jiří Pospíšil	276,220	11.65 (#4)	0 / 21	0
2024	Johanna Nejedlová	46,127	1.55 (#11)	0 / 21	0