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Script error: No such module "Infobox".Template:Template otherScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". KDU-ČSL (In Czech, the initials of the Christian and Democratic Union – Czechoslovak People's Party;[1] Template:Langx), often shortened to Script error: No such module "Lang". ("the populars"), is a Christian democratic[2][3] political party in the Czech Republic, led by Marek Výborný. The party has taken part in most of the Czech government coalitions since 1990, and has been represented in every parliament except for the 6th Czech parliament (2010-2013). It currently forms part of the Cabinet of Petr Fiala, as part of the Spolu electoral alliance.

History

After the German occupation of Czechoslovakia, Šrámek served as head of Czechoslovak government in exile (in the United Kingdom). After 1945, ČSL was part of the national unity government, forming its most right-wing section.[4]

Since the Velvet Revolution in 1989, the party has participated in almost every Czech government. In the June 2006 legislative election, KDU-ČSL won 7.2% of the vote and 13 out of 200 seats. However, in the 2010 election, its vote share dropped to 4.4%, and the party lost all of its seats. The party regained its parliamentary representation in the 2013 legislative election, winning 14 seats in the new parliament,[5] thus becoming the first party ever to return to the Chamber of Deputies after previously dropping out.

In 2015, the KDU-ČSL leadership established a think tank, the Institute for Christian Democratic Politics (Institut pro křesťansko-demokratickou politiku), to promote Christian Democratic political ideas.[6] The foundation's headquarters are located in the party's headquarters in Palác Charitas in Prague.[7]

On 12 April 2017, KDU-ČSL signed an agreement with STAN to participate in 2017 legislative election as a coalition. Coalition needed to get more 10% of votes get over threshold.[8] The coalition disintegrated before the election,[9] thus the party went into the elections standalone, receiving 5.8% of votes.

In March 2019 the party was officially renamed to its common abbreviation, KDU-ČSL, and Marek Výborný became the new party leader.[10] After the death of his wife, Výborný announced his resignation in November 2019 for personal reasons.[11]

Membership

KDU-ČSL had 27,662 Members in 2015, the second largest member base of any party in the Czech Republic. The number has been decreasing since the 1990s when the party had 100,000 members.[12]

1991 1992 1999 2008 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2019
95,435 88,000 60,000 40,000[13] 33,000 29,976 28,541 27,662[14] 26,420[15] 21,870

Party strongholds

KDU-ČSL is known to have very strong electoral core concentrated primarily in South Moravia. The party has very stable electoral support thanks to the rural voters in Moravia and has managed to gain seats in the Chamber of Deputies during every election cycle in the Czech Republic since 1990 with the exception of 2010.[16]

Names over time

File:Karlovo náměstí, zastávka Moráň, budova KDU-ČSL.jpg
Headquarters of KDU ČSL, Charitas Palace in Prague

Leaders

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Ex leader and mayor of Zlín region Jiří Čunek

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Young Populars

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Young Populars logo

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Symbols

KDU-ČSL had many symbols through history, with the current logo depicting a Christian cross on a linden leaf.[17]

Logos

Election results

Czechoslovakia wide elections

Legislative elections

Date Leader Votes Seats Position
# % # ± Size
1920 Collective leadership 699,728 11.3 Template:Composition bar Increase 33 2nd Opposition
1925 Jan Šrámek 691,238 9.7 Template:Composition bar Decrease 2 3rd Coalition
1929 Jan Šrámek 623,340 8.4 Template:Composition bar Decrease 6 5th Coalition
1935 Jan Šrámek 615,804 7.5 Template:Composition bar Decrease 3 6th Coalition
1946 Jan Šrámek 1,111,009 15.7 Template:Composition bar Increase 24 3rd Coalition
1948 as part of National FrontScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Template:Composition bar Decrease 23 4th Bloc
1954 Template:Composition bar Decrease 3 3rd Bloc
1960 Template:Composition bar Decrease 4 4th Bloc
1964 Template:Composition bar Increase 4 4th Bloc
1971 Template:Composition bar Decrease 12 4th Bloc
1976 Template:Composition bar Increase 3 4th Bloc
1981 Template:Composition bar Increase 1 3rd Bloc
1986 Template:Composition bar Decrease 1 4th Bloc
1990 Josef Bartončík 629,359 5.9 Template:Composition bar Decrease 2 5th Support
1992 Josef Lux 388,122 4.0 Template:Composition bar Decrease 2 7th Coalition

Devolved assembly elections

Czech assembly elections

Date Leader Votes Seats Position
# % # ± Size
1968 as part of National FrontScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Template:Composition bar Increase 25 3rd Bloc
1971 Template:Composition bar Decrease 10 2nd Bloc
1976 Template:Composition bar Decrease 1 3rd Bloc
1981 Template:Composition bar Steady 0 2nd Bloc
1986 Template:Composition bar Steady 0 2nd Bloc
1990 Josef Bartončík 607,134 8.42 Template:Composition bar Increase 6 4th Coalition
1992 Josef Lux 406,341 6.28 Template:Composition bar Decrease 5 5th Coalition

Slovak assembly elections

Date Leader Votes Seats Position
# % # ± Size
1928 Martin Mičura 43,689 3.31 Template:Composition bar Increase 2 8th –
1935 Martin Mičura – 3.0 Template:Composition bar Decrease 1 8th –

Czech Republic wide elections

Legislative elections

Date Leader Votes Seats Position
# % # ± Size
1996 Josef Lux 489,349 8.08 Template:Composition bar Increase 3 4thIncrease ODS–KDU-ČSL–ODA
1998 Josef Lux 537,013 8.99 Template:Composition bar Increase 2 4th Opposition
2002 Cyril Svoboda 680,670 14.27 Template:Composition bar Increase 11 4th ČSSD–KDU-ČSL–US-DEU
Part of Coalition, which won 31 seats in total
2006 Miroslav Kalousek 386,706 7.23 Template:Composition bar Decrease 18 4th ODS–KDU-ČSL–SZ
2010 Cyril Svoboda 229,717 4.39 Template:Composition bar Decrease 13 6thDecrease No seats
2013 Pavel Bělobrádek 336.970 6.78 Template:Composition bar Increase 14 7thDecrease ČSSD–ANO–KDU-ČSL
2017 Pavel Bělobrádek 293,643 5.80 Template:Composition bar Decrease 4 7th Opposition
2021 Marian Jurečka 1,493,701 27.79 Template:Composition bar Increase 13 2nd SPOLU – PirStan
Part of Spolu coalition, which won 71 seats in total

Senate elections

Election First round Second round Seats gained
Votes % Places* Votes % Places*
1996** 274,316 9.9 4th 247,819 10.7 3rd Template:Composition bar
1998*** 255,785 26.6 2nd 166,483 31.0 2nd Template:Composition bar
2000 121,355 14.1 4th 137,515 24.4 2nd Template:Composition bar
2002 58,858 8.8 4th 47,049 5.7 4th Template:Composition bar
2004 97,956 13.5 3rd 54,501 11.4 3rd Template:Composition bar
2006 125,388 11.8 4th 59,603 10.4 3rd Template:Composition bar
2008 82,870 7.9 - 42,225 5.13 - Template:Composition bar
2010 87,182 7.6 4th 42,990 6.32 4th Template:Composition bar
2012 61,006 6.94 4th 14,995 2.92 4th Template:Composition bar
2014 84,328 8.21 5th 77,103 16.27 2nd Template:Composition bar
2016 74,709 8.48 5th 78,448 18.50 2nd Template:Composition bar
2018 99,383 9.12 4th 34,833 8.33 5th Template:Composition bar
2020 82,814 8.30 4th 65,397 14.47 3rd Template:Composition bar
2022 120,972 10.87 3rd 74,696 15.57 3rd Template:Composition bar
2024 46,518 5.86 4th 15,635 4.00 5th Template:Composition bar

* Places are by number of votes gained.
** The whole Senate was elected. Only one third of Senate was elected in all subsequent elections.
***Participated as Part of Four-Coalition

Presidential

Indirect Election Candidate First round result Second round result Third round result
Votes %Votes Result Votes %Votes Result Votes %Votes Result
1993 style="background-color: Template:Party color" width="2px"| Václav Havel 109 63.37 Won —
1998 style="background-color: Template:Party color" width="2px"| Václav Havel 130 70.65 Runner-up 146 52.3 Won —
2003 style="background-color: Template:Party color" width="2px"| (Petr Pithart)

Jan Sokol

128 46.55 Runner-up 129 48.13 Runner-up 124 46.6 Lost
2008 style="background-color: Template:Party color" width="2px"| Václav Klaus[18] 141 50.90 Runner-up 141 52.81 Runner-up 141 55.95 Won
Direct Election Candidate First round result Second round result
Votes %Votes Result Votes %Votes Result
2013 style="background-color: Template:Party color" width="2px"| Zuzana Roithová 255,045 4.95 6th supported Karel Schwarzenberg
2018 style="background-color: Template:Party color" width="2px"| Jiří Drahoš 1,369,601 26.60 Runner-up 2,701,206 48.63 Lost
2023Template:Efn style="background-color: Template:Party color" width="2px"| Petr Pavel 1,975,056 35.40 Runner-up 3,358,926 58.33 Won
style="background-color: Template:Party color" width="2px"| Danuše Nerudová 777,080 13.93 3rd place supported Petr Pavel
style="background-color: Template:Party color" width="2px"| Pavel Fischer 376,705 6.75 4th place supported Petr Pavel

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European Parliament

Election List leader Votes % Seats +/– EP Group
2004 Zuzana Roithová 223,383 9.57 (#4) Template:Composition bar New EPP-ED
2009 180,451 7.64 (#4) Template:Composition bar Steady 0 EPP
2014 Pavel Svoboda 150,792 9.95 (#5) Template:Composition bar Increase 1
2019 171,723 7.24 (#6) Template:Composition bar Decrease 1
2024Template:Efn Alexandr Vondra 661,250 22.27 (#2) Template:Composition bar Decrease 1

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Local elections

Year Vote Vote % Seats
1990 8,845,562 11,5 8,083
1994 9,260,542 Increase 7.23 Decrease 7,616Decrease
1998 7,206,346Decrease 11.18Increase 7,119Decrease
2002 7,728,402Increase 9.58Decrease 6,013Decrease
2006 6,263,980Decrease 5.76Decrease 5,049Decrease
2010 4,938,960Decrease 5.47Decrease 3,738Decrease
2014 4,865,956Decrease 4.91Decrease 3,792Increase
2018 5,599,336Increase 5.02Increase 3,633Decrease

Regional elections

Year Vote Vote % Seats Places
2000 537,012 22.86 Template:Composition bar 2nd
2004 226,016Decrease 10.67Decrease Template:Composition bar 4thDecrease
2008 193,911Decrease 6.65Decrease Template:Composition bar 4thSteady
2012 261,724Increase 9.87Increase Template:Composition bar 4thSteady
2016 159,610Decrease 6.30Decrease Template:Composition bar 5thDecrease
2020 252,598Increase 9.12Increase Template:Composition bar 5thDecrease

2020 Czech regional election results

Region[19] Coalition partner # of
overall votes 		% of
overall vote 		Seats Governance[20]
# ± Position
Central Bohemian STAN 92,903 22.21 Template:Composition bar Increase 2 Increase 5th STAN–ODS–Pirates–TOP 09+Greens-Voice
South Bohemian TOP 09 20,798 10.45 Template:Composition bar Steady Decrease 6th ODS–KDU-ČSL+TOP 09–ČSSD–JIH12
Plzeň ADS and Non-Partisans 7,588 4.36 Template:N/A Decrease 2 Decrease 11th ODS+TOP 09–STAN–Pirates
Karlovy Vary ODS 5,870 7.35 Template:Composition bar Increase 1 Increase 8th STAN+TOP 09-Pirates-ODS+KDU ČSL-Local movements
Ústí nad Labem ODS 24,739 12.37 Template:Composition bar Increase 1 Increase 8th ANO–ODS–TOP 09+Greens
Liberec TOP 09 5,328 3.83 Template:N/A Steady Increase 7th Mayors for Liberec Region–Pirates–ODS
Hradec Králové VPM and Non-Partisans 14,738 8.32 Template:Composition bar Steady Decrease 5th ODS+STAN+VČ–KDU-ČSL–Pirates–TOP 09+HDK
Pardubice SNK-ED and Non-Partisans 22,280 13.41 Template:Composition bar Decrease 1 Decrease 5th ČSSD–ODS+TOP 09–KDU-ČSL–STAN
Vysočina Template:N/A 19,082 11.96 Template:Composition bar Decrease 1 Steady 3rd ODS+STO–Pirates–KDU-ČSL–ČSSD–STAN
South Moravian Template:N/A 56,423 15.54 Template:Composition bar Steady Steady 2nd KDU-ČSL–Pirates–ODS–STAN
Olomouc TOP 09 and Greens 34,519 18.43 Template:Composition bar Decrease 1 Steady 4th STAN+Pirates–KDU-ČSL+TOP 09–ODS
Zlín Template:N/A 35,782 18.62 Template:Composition bar Decrease 3 Decrease 2nd ANO–Pirates–ODS–ČSSD
Moravian-Silesian Template:N/A 30,190 9.57 Template:Composition bar Decrease 1 Steady 4th ANO–ODS+TOP 09–KDU-ČSL–ČSSD

Further reading

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Notes

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References

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External links

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