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Spolu (Czech Republic)

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This article is about the Czech electoral alliance. For the Slovak party formerly known as Spolu, see Democrats (Slovakia).

Spolu (lit. 'Together') is a Czech centre-right political alliance formed for the 2021 legislative election, composed of the Civic Democratic Party, KDU-ČSL, and TOP 09. As of the 2021 Czech election it governs the Czech Republic in a coalition with the Pirates and Mayors alliance.

Spolu
English nameTogether
LeaderPetr Fiala[1]
Founded2020
IdeologyLiberal conservatism
Christian democracy
Political positionCentre-right[2]
ColoursBlue
Member partiesODS
KDU–ČSL
TOP 09
Chamber of Deputies
71 / 200
Senate
38 / 81
European Parliament
6 / 21
Regional councils
181 / 675
Governors of the regions
2 / 13
Local councils
5,974 / 61,780
Prague City Assembly
19 / 65
Website
https://www.spolu21.cz/

History

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Following the 2020 regional elections, the Civic Democratic Party (ODS), KDU-ČSL and TOP 09 began negotiations about a potential centre-right electoral alliance for the 2021 legislative election.[3]

The ODS leadership agreed to form an alliance with the other parties on 25 October 2020.[4] Two days later party leaders Petr Fiala, Marian Jurečka and Markéta Pekarová Adamová signed a memorandum and announced that ODS, KDU-ČSL and TOP 09 would form an electoral alliance for the next legislative election, with ODS leader Fiala as the alliance's candidate for prime minister.[5] On 11 November 2020, the parties agreed that ODS would nominate the leaders of the election lists in nine regions, KDU-ČSL in three regions, and TOP 09 in two regions.[6] The alliance was known by media as the Three Coalition, but on 9 December 2020 the parties announced that they would run under the name Spolu (lit. 'Together').[7]

Spolu introduced its electoral programme and campaign on 9 December 2020.[8] Ahead of the election, opinion polls suggested that ANO would win, but in an electoral upset Spolu won the highest number of votes, and opposition parties won a majority of seats in the Chamber of Deputies.[9] The opposition parties signed a memorandum agreeing to nominate Spolu leader Petr Fiala for the position of prime minister.[10] On 9 November, President Miloš Zeman formally asked Fiala to form a new government.[11] On 17 November 2021, Fiala introduced Zeman to his proposed cabinet and Zeman agreed to appoint Fiala as the new prime minister on 26 November 2021.[12]

In November 2021, Fiala said he would like to continue with the Spolu coalition into the 2022 Senate and municipal elections.[13] On 14 June 2022, Spolu announced that the coalition would nominate 19 candidates in the senate elections.[14] Spolu also collaborated in municipal elections in some cities and towns, including Prague, Ostrava and Plzeň.[15]

In the 2023 Czech presidential election, Spolu endorsed three candidates: Petr Pavel, Danuše Nerudová, and Pavel Fischer.[16]

On 28 October 2024, party leaders signed a memorandum and announced that ODS, KDU-ČSL and TOP 09 would continue as an electoral alliance for the next legislative election.[17]

Composition

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Name Ideology Leader/Leaders MPs Senators MEPs
Civic Democratic Party Liberal conservatism Petr Fiala
34 / 200
23 / 81
4 / 21
KDU-ČSL Christian democracy Marian Jurečka
23 / 200
12 / 81
2 / 21
TOP 09 Liberal conservatism Markéta Pekarová Adamová
14 / 200
6 / 81
2 / 21

Regional leaders in the 2021 election

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Region Leader[6] Election result
Name Party Votes Seats
Prague Markéta Pekarová Adamová TOP 09 40.0%
11 / 23
Central Bohemian Jan Skopeček ODS 28.7%
10 / 26
South Bohemian Jan Bauer [cs] ODS 29.1%
5 / 13
Plzeň Martin Baxa ODS 26.6%
4 / 11
Karlovy Vary Jan Bureš ODS 20.2%
1 / 5
Ústí nad Labem Karel Krejza [cs] ODS 19.8%
3 / 14
Liberec Petr Beitl [cs] ODS 22.8%
2 / 8
Hradec Králové Ivan Adamec [cs] ODS 28.6%
4 / 11
Pardubice Pavel Svoboda TOP 09 28.5%
4 / 10
Vysočina Vít Kaňkovský KDU-ČSL 28.0%
4 / 10
South Moravian Petr Fiala ODS 30.0%
9 / 23
Olomouc Marian Jurečka KDU-ČSL 24.5%
4 / 12
Zlín Ondřej Benešík KDU-ČSL 27.8%
4 / 12
Moravian-Silesian Zbyněk Stanjura ODS 20.6%
6 / 22

Election results

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Chamber of Deputies

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Year Leader Vote Vote % Seats +/- Place Position
2021 Petr Fiala 1,493,905 27.79
71 / 200
   29 1st Government

Senate

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Election Candidates First round Second round Seats Total Seats Notes
Votes % Runners-up Place* Votes % Place*
2022 31 360,539 32.40
19 / 27
 1st 233,294 47.80 1st
19 / 27
42 / 81
 Including Tábor 2020 candidate who ran under Spolu.

Presidential

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Election Candidate First round result Second round result
Votes % Result Votes % Result
2023[a] Petr Pavel 1,975,056 35.40 1st place 3,358,926 58.33 Won
Danuše Nerudová 777,080 13.93 3rd place supported Petr Pavel
Pavel Fischer 376,705 6.75 4th place supported Petr Pavel
  1. ^ The coalition supported 3 independent candidates for this election.

European Parliament

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Election List leader Votes % Seats +/– EP Group
2024 Alexandr Vondra 661,250 22.25 (#2)
6 / 21
 New ECR / EPP

Local election

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Year Vote Vote % Place Seats
2022 13,362,433 21.76 1st
5,974 / 61,780

Prague municipal elections

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Year Leader Vote Vote % Seats +/− Place Position
2022 Bohuslav Svoboda 5,828,523 24.7
19 / 65
  4 1st Coalition

References

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  1. ^ "Kandidát ODS, TOP 09 a KDU-ČSL na premiéra je Fiala, strany zachovají kluby". Mladá fronta Dnes (in Czech). 16 December 2020.
  2. ^ "Czech election: Opposition wins surprise majority". Deutsche Welle. 9 October 2021.
  3. ^ "Námluvy pokročily. Jak se pečou koalice proti Babišovi do velkých voleb?". CNN Prima News (in Czech). Retrieved 26 October 2020.
  4. ^ "Pravicové strany směřují k očekávané volební koalici. V úterý mají podepsat memorandum". Lidové noviny (in Czech). Mafra. 25 October 2020. Retrieved 26 October 2020.
  5. ^ "ODS, TOP 09 a KDU-ČSL půjdou do voleb společně. Chtějí je vyhrát". ČT24. Czech Television. Retrieved 28 October 2020.
  6. ^ a b "Trojkoalice si rozdělila lídry. ODS 9, lidovci 3, topka 2". Novinky.cz. Borgis. Retrieved 11 November 2020.
  7. ^ "ODS, KDU-ČSL a TOP 09 jdou do voleb jako koalice Spolu. Daly 17 slibů". Seznam Zprávy (in Czech). Retrieved 9 December 2020.
  8. ^ "Pravicová trojkoalice ukázala předvolební kampaň. Jdeme do toho spolu, hlásí". Aktuálně.cz (in Czech). Economia. 9 December 2020.
  9. ^ "Spolu vyhrálo volby. Petr Fiala může být nový český premiér". E15.cz (in Czech). Czech News Center. Retrieved 10 October 2021.
  10. ^ "Czech opposition parties form majority alliance, sign memorandum for new government". Expats.cz. 10 October 2021.
  11. ^ Mortkowitz, Siegfried (9 November 2021). "Czech president taps Petr Fiala to lead new government". Politico Europe. Retrieved 10 November 2021.
  12. ^ "Fiala bude premiérem 26. listopadu, Zemanovi představil jména ministrů". Mladá fronta Dnes (in Czech). Mafra. 17 November 2021. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
  13. ^ "Fiala chce udržet koalici Spolu i pro komunální a senátní volby v roce 2022". ČT24 (in Czech). Czech Television. Retrieved 22 November 2021.
  14. ^ "Koalice Spolu nasadí do senátních voleb celkem 19 společných kandidátů". Mladá fronta Dnes (in Czech). Mafra. 14 June 2022. Retrieved 15 June 2022.
  15. ^ "Spolu, ale jen někde. ODS, TOP 09 a lidovci nepůjdou do voleb dohromady ani v polovině krajských měst". Czech Radio (in Czech). Retrieved 15 June 2022.
  16. ^ "Spolu Coalition Will Not Nominate Its Own Candidate For The Presidency". Brno Daily. Czech News Agency. 4 October 2022. Retrieved 6 February 2023.
  17. ^ Svorník, Petr (28 October 2024). "Fiala, Pekarová a Výborný stvrdili společnou kandidátku, chtějí porazit „levicový populismus"". Novinky.cz (in Czech). Borgis. Retrieved 28 October 2024.
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