The Party of Civic Rights (Czech: Strana Práv Občanů, SPO), also referred to as Zemanovci ("Zemanites"),[2] was a centre-left,[3][4][5] left-wing populist[2] social-democratic[3] political party in the Czech Republic founded in October 2009 by Miloš Zeman, the former prime minister of the Czech Republic and former leader of the Czech Social Democratic Party.[6] Zeman was elected the president of the Czech Republic in the second round of the 2013 Czech presidential election. The party advocated direct democracy[3] and the Nordic model.[7]
Party of Civic Rights Strana Práv Občanů | |
|---|---|
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| Abbreviation | SPO |
| Founder | Miloš Zeman |
| Founded | 8 December 2009 |
| Dissolved | 31 December 2022 |
| Split from | Czech Social Democratic Party |
| Membership (2016) | 2,500[1] |
| Ideology | Social democracy Left-wing populism |
| Political position | Centre-left |
| Colours | Terra cotta |
| Chamber of Deputies | 0 / 200 |
| Senate | 0 / 81 |
| European Parliament | 0 / 22 |
| Regional councils | 0 / 675 |
| Governors of the regions | 0 / 13 |
| Regional coalitions | 0 / 13 |
| Local councils | 100 / 62,178 |
| Website | |
| stranaprav | |
In 2014, Jan Veleba, elected as an independent candidate in the 2012 Czech Senate election, joined the party and became its chairman.[citation needed] In the 2014 Czech Senate election, former JZD Slusovice chairman František Čuba was elected as the party's second senator.[8] It has never won a seat in the Chamber of Deputies of the Czech Republic. In the 2016 Czech regional elections, it participated in a coalition with Okamura's Freedom and Direct Democracy party and won 16 seats.
Chairmen
edit| Person | Period | |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Miloš Zeman Honorary chairman (13 November 2010 – present) |
6 March 2010 – 29 May 2010 |
| – | Vladimír Hönig (Vice-chairman) |
29 May 2010 – 13 November 2010 |
| 2. | Vratislav Mynář | 13. November 2010 – 23 March 2013 |
| 3. | Zdeněk Štengl | 23 March 2013 – 29 March 2014 |
| 4. | Jan Veleba | 29 March 2014 – 28 March 2018 |
| 5. | Lubomír Nečas | 28 March 2018 – 7 March 2020 |
| 6. | Martin Šulc | 7 March 2020 – 31 March 2022 |
| – | Marian Kemeridský (Vice-chairman) |
31 March 2022 – 31 December 2022 |
Election results
editChamber of Deputies
edit| Year | Leader | Vote | Vote % | Seats | Place |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Miloš Zeman | 226,527 | 4.33% | 0 / 200
|
7th |
| 2013 | Zdeněk Štengl | 75,113 | 1.51% | 0 / 200
|
11th |
| 2017 | František Ringo Čech | 18,556 | 0.36% | 0 / 200
|
14th |
| 2021 | did not participate | ||||
Senate
edit| Election | First round | Second round | Seats | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | Places | Votes | % | Places | ||
| 2010 | 17,195 | 1.50 | 10th | - | - | - | 0 / 27
|
| 2012 | 10,894 | 1.24 | 8th | - | - | - | 0 / 27
|
| 2014 | 22,080 | 2.15 | 8th | 11,971 | 2.53 | 7th | 1 / 27
|
| 2016 | 4,568 | 0.52 | 24th | - | - | - | 0 / 27
|
Presidential
edit| Election | Candidate | First round result | Second round result | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | %Votes | Result | Votes | %Votes | Result | |||
| 2013 | Miloš Zeman | 1,245,848 | 24.21 | First place | 2,717,405 | 54.80 | Won | |
| 2018 | Miloš Zeman | 1,985,547 | 38.56 | First place | 2,853,390 | 51.37 | Won | |
References
edit- ^ "Místo členů nabírají některé strany registrované příznivce". Denik.cz. 21 August 2016. Retrieved 25 September 2016.
- ^ a b "Rechtspopulistische Parteien in Tschechien. - Vile Netzwerk". Vile-netzwerk.de. Archived from the original on 2017-07-29. Retrieved 11 November 2017.
die linkspopulistische Strana Práv Občanů ZEMANOVCI
- ^ a b c Jean-Michel de Waele; Fabien Escalona; Mathieu Viera, eds. (2013). The Palgrave Handbook of Social Democracy in the European Union. Palgrave Macmillan. p. 425. ISBN 978-1-137-29380-0.
- ^ "Volby 2017 - Strana práv občanů". ceskatelevize.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 26 November 2017.
- ^ "Strana práv občanů". Novinky.cz (in Czech). Archived from the original on 29 December 2017. Retrieved 26 November 2017.
- ^ Laca, Peter (10 May 2010). "Czech Social Democrats Widen Lead in Poll Before May Elections". Bloomberg News. Retrieved 14 August 2021.
- ^ Matoušek, Ondřej (28 March 2013). "Švédský sociální systém: model hodný následování?" [The Swedish social system: a model worth following?]. Hospodářské noviny (in Czech). Retrieved 14 August 2021.
- ^ "doc. Ing. František Čuba, CSc". Senat.cz. Senate of the Czech Parliament. Archived from the original on 29 July 2017. Retrieved 25 April 2017.
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