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
AbbreviationSPO
FounderMiloš Zeman
Founded8 December 2009
Dissolved31 December 2022
Split fromCzech Social Democratic Party
Membership (2016)2,500[1]
IdeologySocial democracy
Left-wing populism
Political positionCentre-left
Colours  Terra cotta
Chamber of Deputies
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Senate
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European Parliament
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Regional councils
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Governors of the regions
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Regional coalitions
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Local councils
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Website
stranaprav.cz

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

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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

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Chamber of Deputies

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Year Leader Vote Vote % Seats Place
2010 Miloš Zeman 226,527 4.33%
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7th
2013 Zdeněk Štengl 75,113 1.51%
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11th
2017 František Ringo Čech 18,556 0.36%
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14th
2021 did not participate

Senate

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Election First round Second round Seats
Votes % Places Votes % Places
2010 17,195 1.50 10th - - -
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2012 10,894 1.24 8th - - -
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2014 22,080 2.15 8th 11,971 2.53 7th
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2016 4,568 0.52 24th - - -
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Presidential

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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

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  1. ^ "Místo členů nabírají některé strany registrované příznivce". Denik.cz. 21 August 2016. Retrieved 25 September 2016.
  2. ^ 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
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ "Volby 2017 - Strana práv občanů". ceskatelevize.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 26 November 2017.
  5. ^ "Strana práv občanů". Novinky.cz (in Czech). Archived from the original on 29 December 2017. Retrieved 26 November 2017.
  6. ^ Laca, Peter (10 May 2010). "Czech Social Democrats Widen Lead in Poll Before May Elections". Bloomberg News. Retrieved 14 August 2021.
  7. ^ 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.
  8. ^ "doc. Ing. František Čuba, CSc". Senat.cz. Senate of the Czech Parliament. Archived from the original on 29 July 2017. Retrieved 25 April 2017.