Party of Civic Rights

The Party of Civic Rights – Zeman's people (Czech: Strana Práv Občanů - Zemanovci, SPOZ), also known as Zemanovci, formerly Party of Civic Rights (Czech: Strana Práv Občanů, SPO) is a political party in the Czech Republic founded in October 2009 by Miloš Zeman, former Prime Minister and former leader of the Czech Social Democratic Party.[7] Zeman was elected President of the Czech Republic in the second round of the 2013 presidential election.

Party of Civic Rights Strana Práv Občanů
Logo of Party of Civic Rights
Leader	Martin Šulc
Founded	8 December 2009
Headquarters	Vršovická 64, Prague
Membership (2016)	2,500[1]
Ideology	Social democracy[2] Direct democracy[2] Nordic model[3] Left-wing populism[4]
Political position	Centre-left[5][6][2]
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
www.stranaprav.cz
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In Spring 2014, Senator Jan Veleba, elected as an independent candidate in 2012, joined the Party of Civic Rights and became its chairman. In Senate elections in October 2014, former chairman of JZD Slusovice, František Čuba, was elected as the party's second Senator.[8] It has never won a seat in the Chamber of Deputies.

In the 2016 regional elections, the SPO participated in a coalition with Okamura's Freedom and Direct Democracy party and won 16 seats.

Chairman

	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 – present

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

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. 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.
3. https://ihned.cz/c1-59596050-svedsky-socialni-system-model-hodny-nasledovani
4. "Rechtspopulistische Parteien in Tschechien. - Vile Netzwerk". Vile-netzwerk.de. Retrieved 11 November 2017.
5. "Volby 2017 - Strana práv občanů". ceskatelevize.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 26 November 2017.
6. "Strana práv občanů". Novinky.cz (in Czech). Archived from the original on 29 December 2017. Retrieved 26 November 2017.
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.