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).

Political party in Czech Republic

Spolu

English name| Together
Leader| Petr Fiala[1]
Founded| 2020
Ideology| Liberal conservatism
Christian democracy
Political position| Centre-right[2]
Colours| Blue
Member parties| ODS
KDU–ČSL
TOP 09
Chamber of Deputies|

71 / 200

Senate|

42 / 81

European Parliament|

6 / 21

Regional councils|

181 / 675

Governors of the regions|

5 / 13

Local councils|

5,974 / 61,780

Prague City Assembly|

19 / 65

Website
https://www.spolu21.cz/

* Politics of Czech Republic
* Political parties
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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.

## History

[edit]

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]

## Composition

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Name  | Ideology  | Leader/Leaders  | MPs | Senators | MEPs

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| 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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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2024 | Alexandr Vondra | 661,250  | 22.25 (#2)  |

6 / 21

| New  | ECR / EPP

### Local election

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Year  | Vote  | Vote %  | Place  | Seats

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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

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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). 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. 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). 9 December 2020.
9. ^ "Spolu vyhrálo volby. Petr Fiala může být nový český premiér". E15.cz (in Czech). 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). 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). 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.

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Political parties in the Czech Republic

* Bracketed numbers indicate numbers of seats in the respective chambers.

Chamber of Deputies
2021 (200 seats)|

* SPOLU (71)
* Civic Democratic Party (34)
* KDU-ČSL (23)
* TOP 09 (14)
* ANO 2011 (71)
* PirStan (37)
* Mayors and Independents (33)
* Czech Pirate Party (4)
* Freedom and Direct Democracy (20)
* Independent (1)

Senate
2022 (81 seats)|

* ODS-TOP 09 (35)
* Civic Democratic Party (23)
* TOP 09 (6)
* Independents (2)
* Svobodní (1)
* Mayors for the Liberec Region (1)
* ProMOST (1)
* Tábor 2020 (1)
* STAN (19)
* Mayors and Independents (15)
* Mayors for Liberec Region (2)
* Ostravak (1)
* Marek Hilšer for Senate (1)
* KDU-ČSL (12)
* ForRegion (6)
* ANO 2011 (5)
* Social Democracy (1)
* SEN 21-Pirates (6)
* SEN 21 (3)
* Czech Pirate Party (2)
* Hradec Králové Democratic Club (1)
* Independents (2)
* Independents (1)

European Parliament
2024 (21 seats)|

* ANO 2011 (7)
* SPOLU (6)
* Civic Democratic Party (3)
* TOP 09 (2)
* KDU-ČSL (1)
* Přísaha (2)
* Stačilo! (2)
* Communist Party (1)
* SD-SN (1)
* Mayors and Independents (2)
* Czech Pirate Party (1)
* Freedom and Direct Democracy (1)

Regional Assemblies
2020 (675 seats)|

* ANO 2011 (178)
* Civic Democratic Party (99)
* Czech Pirate Party (99)
* Mayors and Independents (69)
* KDU-ČSL (53)
* Social Democracy (37)
* Freedom and Direct Democracy (35)
* Mayors for Liberec Region (22)
* TOP 09 (19)
* Communist Party (13)
* Green Party (6)
* SNK European Democrats (5)
* Others (40)

Other parties

* Agrarian Democratic Party
* Alliance for the Future
* Alliance of National Forces
* Club of Committed Non-Party Members
* Conservative Party
* Czech National Social Party
* Czech Republic in First Place!
* Czech Sovereignty
* Democratic Party of Greens
* Freeholder Party of the Czech Republic
* Hlas
* Independents
* Koruna Česká
* Law, Respect, Expertise
* The Left
* Liberal Alliance of Independent Citizens
* Liberal-Environmental Party
* Moravané
* Moravian Land Movement
* Motorists for Themselves
* National Democracy
* Order of the Nation
* Party of Common Sense
* Rally for the Republic – Republican Party of Czechoslovakia
* Right Bloc
* Swiss Democracy
* United Democrats - Association of Independents
* Urza.cz
* Volt Czechia
* Workers' Party of Social Justice

Current electoral alliances

* Alliance for the Independence of the Czech Republic
* Přísaha and Motorists
* Stačilo!
* SEN 21 and Volt

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Civic Democratic Party (ODS)

Leaders|

* Václav Klaus
* Mirek Topolánek
* Petr Nečas
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* Petr Fiala

Leadership elections|

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Presidential election
primaries|

* 2012

Governments|

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Organisation|

* Blue Team
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* Current
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History and related topics|

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KDU–ČSL

Leaders|

* Jan Šrámek
* František Šabata
* Jan Šrámek
* Alois Petr
* Josef Plojhar
* Antonín Pospíšil
* Rostislav Petera
* František Toman
* Zbyněk Žalman
* Josef Bartončík
* Josef Lux
* Jan Kasal
* Cyril Svoboda
* Miroslav Kalousek
* Jan Kasal (interim)
* Jiří Čunek
* Cyril Svoboda
* Michaela Šojdrová (interim)
* Pavel Bělobrádek
* Marek Výborný
* Marian Jurečka

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Presidential candidates|

* Tomáš Masaryk
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* Antonín Novotný
* Ludvík Svoboda
* Gustáv Husák
* Václav Havel
* Petr Pithart
* Jaroslava Moserová
* Jan Sokol
* Václav Klaus
* Zuzana Roithová
* Jiří Drahoš
* Pavel Fischer
* Petr Pavel
* Danuše Nerudová

Organisation|

* Young Populars
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* New Voice
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* Current
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TOP 09

Leaders|

* Karel Schwarzenberg
* Miroslav Kalousek
* Jiří Pospíšil
* Markéta Pekarová Adamová

Leadership elections|

* 2009
* 2011
* 2013
* 2015
* 2017
* 2019
* 2021
* 2023

Presidential candidates|

* Karel Schwarzenberg
* Pavel Fischer
* Petr Pavel
* Danuše Nerudová

Organisation|

* Chamber of Deputies Caucus
* TOP Team
* TOPAZ
* Caucus of Mayors and Ostravak

Alliances|

* European People's Party
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* International Democrat Union
* SPOLU

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