Czech political party
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]
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
Election results
Chamber of Deputies
Senate
Election
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First round
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Second round
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Seats
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Votes
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%
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Places
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Votes
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%
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Places
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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
Election
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Candidate
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First round result
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Second round result
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Votes
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%Votes
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Result
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Votes
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%Votes
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Result
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2013
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Miloš Zeman
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1,245,848
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24.21
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First place
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2,717,405
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54.80
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Won
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2018
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Miloš Zeman
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1,985,547
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38.56
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First place
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2,853,390
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51.37
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Won
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