Civic Democratic Party

Czech political party

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2024 ODS returned to a stronger performance in European Parliament elections with Alexandr Vondra as list leader, winning 22.27% of votes and 1 seat.
2024 Competed in Senate elections, again finishing second with 15.81% in the first round and 23.66% in the second round.
2023 Petr Pavel won the presidential election, securing 58.33% in the second round after being a runner-up in the first round with 35.40% of votes. The party also supported other candidates like Danuše Nerudová and Pavel Fischer in earlier rounds.
June 5 2023 Veronika Vrecionová becomes Chairman of the European Parliament Caucus
2022 Party continued its performance, securing 12.1% of votes and maintaining 2nd place in the election.
2022 Participated in Senate elections, finishing second with 13.7% in the first round and 23.2% in the second round.
April 9 2022 An unnamed Vice-chairman joins the party leadership
2021 A bill supporting the right to keep and bear arms for national security purposes was passed, which the ODS party, particularly defense expert Jana Černochová, had been a key supporter of after a previous amendment failed in the Senate.
2021 Civic Democratic Party (ODS) formed a coalition government with STAN, KDU-ČSL, TOP 09, and Piráti following the Czech parliamentary election. Petr Fiala of ODS was appointed as the new prime minister.
2021 ODS secured 34 seats in the Chamber of Deputies, becoming the second strongest party following the election.
2020 Civic Democratic Party (ODS) participated in regional elections across multiple Czech regions, forming coalition partnerships with various local parties such as STAN, TOP 09, Pirates, KDU-ČSL, and others. The party achieved multiple 2nd place finishes and was involved in governance in several regions including Central Bohemia, South Bohemia, Plzeň, Hradec Králové, and Moravian-Silesian regions.
December 9 2020 ODS, KDU-ČSL, and TOP 09 launched their alliance 'Spolu' (Together), announcing Petr Fiala as their candidate for prime minister.
October 19 2020 Zdeněk Nytra becomes Chairman of the Senate Caucus
January 19 2020 Zbyněk Stanjura becomes 1st Vice-chairman of the Civic Democratic Party
2019 ODS improved its European Parliament election performance, securing 14.55% of votes and 2 seats.
2018 Under Bohuslav Svoboda's leadership, the Civic Democratic Party rebounds to 17.9% of votes and 6 seats, placing 1st in the opposition.
2018 Party recovered some support, gaining 11.1% of votes and returning to 2nd place in the election.
2018 Mirek Topolánek ran for president, receiving 4.30% of votes and finishing 6th place. The party supported Jiří Drahoš in the election.
2018 Won multiple Senate electoral contests, including a by-election in Trutnov district with Jan Sobotka (a STAN candidate supported by ODS) winning with 67.11% in the second round.
2018 ODS won the Senate election, confirming its position as the main right-wing party.
January 13 2018 Martin Baxa becomes Vice-chairman of the Civic Democratic Party
2017 Petr Fiala leads ODS in coalition with Soukromníci, winning 11.3% of votes and 9 seats, remaining in 2nd place in the opposition.
2017 ODS partly recovered in the legislative election, securing 25 seats and becoming the second strongest party in the Chamber of Deputies.
May 29 2017 ODS launched its campaign for the 2017 legislative election, inspired by the British Conservative Party's campaign.
April 22 2017 ODS held Conference 'Strong program for Strong Czechia', presenting their election manifesto and candidates.
April 19 2017 ODS introduced its tax program, proposing to lower taxes and decrease social benefits and subsidies.
February 2017 ODS launched campaign called 'We create program', involving tours to Czech regions to discuss election priorities with supporters and potential voters.
2016 Civic Democratic Party drops to 4th place in elections, with 9.5% of the vote, performing in 3 regions at 3rd place, 4 regions at 4th place, 4 regions at 5th place, 2 regions at 6th place, and 1 region at 7th place.
2016 After the British EU referendum, ODS leader Petr Fiala called for the Czech Republic to reconsider its priorities and strategy within the European Union, suggesting potential renegotiation of treaty conditions.
2016 ODS participated in regional and Senate elections, receiving about 10% of votes and securing candidates in all regions. Six ODS candidates qualified for the Senate second round, with four eventually being elected.
January 16 2016 Petr Fiala was re-elected as Leader of the ODS party.
2015 New party logo introduced at a congress in Prague, designed by Libor Jelínek. The bird design was updated to fly upwards instead of to the left.
May 2015 Party membership stabilized at 14,771 members according to party leaders.
2014 Bohuslav Svoboda continues to lead the party, but experiences a decline to 11.0% of votes and 12 seats, placing 4th and moving to opposition status.
2014 Party experienced a significant decline, obtaining 9.01% of votes and finishing 3rd in the election.
2014 ODS significantly declined in European Parliament elections, winning only 7.68% of votes and reducing its seats from 9 to 2.
2014 ODS lost elections for the European Parliament, Senate, and municipal elections.
January 18 2014 Alexandr Vondra becomes Vice-chairman of the Civic Democratic Party
January 18 2014 Martin Kupka becomes Vice-chairman of the Civic Democratic Party
January 18 2014 Petr Fiala becomes Chairman of the Civic Democratic Party
2013 Party membership rapidly declined to 17,994 members prior to the election.
2013 Přemysl Sobotka runs for president, receiving only 2.46% of votes and failing to qualify for the second round. The party's leadership subsequently supports Karel Schwarzenberg of TOP 09 in the second round.
October 25 2013 Early elections held where ODS suffered heavy losses, gaining only 16 seats and finishing 5th in the electoral results.
July 17 2013 Petr Nečas ends his leadership of the party
2012 Civic Democratic Party achieves 3rd place in elections, securing 1 region in 1st place, 3 regions in 3rd place, 7 regions in 4th place, and 2 regions in 5th place, with 12.3% of the vote.
2012 ODS holds presidential primaries, which Přemysl Sobotka wins.
2010 Bohuslav Svoboda leads the Civic Democratic Party, achieving 21.1% of votes and winning 22 seats, placing 2nd in the election and forming a coalition.
2010 Party membership peaked at 31,011 members, representing the height of the party's membership base.
2010 ODS lost 28 seats in the legislative election but still formed a centre-right government with Petr Nečas as prime minister.
June 20 2010 Petr Nečas becomes the third leader of the Civic Democratic Party

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