Party of Civic Rights

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
Logo of Party of Civic Rights
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.cz
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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

	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

Chamber of Deputies

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

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

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

1. "Místo členů nabírají některé strany registrované příznivce". Denik.cz. 21 August 2016. Retrieved 25 September 2016.
2. "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. 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.