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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