Party of Civic Rights explained

Party of Civic Rights
Native Name:Strana Práv Občanů
Native Name Lang:ce
Split:Czech Social Democratic Party
Abbreviation:SPO
Foundation:8 December 2009
Dissolution:31 December 2022
Founder:Miloš Zeman
Membership Year:2016
Membership:2,500[1]
Ideology:Social democracy
Left-wing populism
Position:Centre-left
Colours: Terra cotta
Seats1 Title:Chamber of Deputies
Seats2 Title:Senate
Seats3 Title:European Parliament
Seats4 Title:Regional councils
Seats5 Title:Governors of the regions
Seats6 Title:Regional coalitions
Seats7 Title:Local councils
Country:the Czech Republic

The Party of Civic Rights (Czech: Strana Práv Občanů, SPO), also referred to as Zemanovci ("Zemanites"), was a centre-left,[2] [3] left-wing populist[4] social-democratic[5] 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[5] 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. 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

PersonPeriod
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 Mynář13. November 2010 – 23 March 2013
3.Zdeněk Štengl23 March 2013 – 29 March 2014
4.Jan Veleba29 March 2014 – 28 March 2018
5.Lubomír Nečas28 March 2018 – 7 March 2020
6.Martin Šulc7 March 2020 – 31 March 2022
Marian Kemeridský
(Vice-chairman)
31 March 2022 – 31 December 2022

Election results

Chamber of Deputies

YearLeaderVoteVote %SeatsPlace
2010Miloš Zeman226,5274.33%7th
2013Zdeněk Štengl75,1131.51%11th
2017František Ringo Čech18,556 0.36%14th
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Senate

ElectionFirst roundSecond roundSeats
Votes%PlacesVotes%Places
17,195 1.50 10th - - -
10,894 1.24 8th - - -
22,080 2.15 8th 11,971 2.53 7th
4,568 0.52 24th - - -

Presidential

ElectionCandidateFirst round resultSecond round result
Votes%VotesResultVotes%VotesResult
2013Miloš Zeman1,245,84824.212,717,40554.80
2018Miloš Zeman1,985,54738.562,853,39051.37

Notes and References

  1. News: Místo členů nabírají některé strany registrované příznivce. Denik.cz. 25 September 2016. 21 August 2016.
  2. Web site: Volby 2017 - Strana práv občanů. ceskatelevize.cz. cs. 26 November 2017.
  3. Web site: Strana práv občanů. Novinky.cz. cs. 26 November 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20171229025525/https://tema.novinky.cz/spoz-zemanovci. 29 December 2017. dead.
  4. Web site: Rechtspopulistische Parteien in Tschechien. - Vile Netzwerk . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20170729051816/https://vile-netzwerk.de/rechtspopulismus-in-europa/articles/rechtspopulistische-parteien-in-tschechien.html . 2017-07-29 . 11 November 2017 . Vile-netzwerk.de . die linkspopulistische Strana Práv Občanů ZEMANOVCI.
  5. Book: Jean-Michel de Waele. Fabien Escalona. Mathieu Viera. The Palgrave Handbook of Social Democracy in the European Union. 2013. Palgrave Macmillan. 978-1-137-29380-0. 425.
  6. News: Laca. Peter. 10 May 2010. Czech Social Democrats Widen Lead in Poll Before May Elections. Bloomberg News. 14 August 2021.
  7. News: Matoušek. Ondřej. 28 March 2013. Švédský sociální systém: model hodný následování?. The Swedish social system: a model worth following?. Hospodářské noviny. cs. 14 August 2021.
  8. Web site: doc. Ing. František Čuba, CSc.. Senat.cz. Senate of the Czech Parliament. 25 April 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170729054821/http://www.senat.cz/senatori/index.php?par_3=292. 29 July 2017. dead.