Green Party (Czech Republic)

The Green Party (Czech: Strana zelených, literally Party of Greens) is a green[2] political party in the Czech Republic.

Green Party

Strana zelených
AbbreviationZelení
LeaderMichal Berg
Magdalena Davis
Founded1990
HeadquartersNám. Winstona Churchilla 2, Prague
Membership (2016)1,274[1]
IdeologyGreen politics[2]
Social liberalism[2]
Pro-Europeanism[3]
Political positionCentre-left[4]
European affiliationEuropean Green Party
International affiliationGlobal Greens
Colours     Green
Chamber of Deputies
0 / 200
Senate
4 / 81
European Parliament
0 / 22
Regional Assemblies
9 / 675
Local Assemblies
323 / 62,178
Party flag
Website
www.zeleni.cz

The party held a single seat (Jaromír Štětina) in the Senate (upper house of the Parliament of the Czech Republic) between 2004 and 2010. In the 2006 legislative election the party received 6.3% of the vote and won six seats in the lower house – the Chamber of Deputies. This subsequently led to taking part in the governing coalition, together with the Civic Democrats (ODS) and the Populars (KDU–ČSL) from January 2007 to March 2009 (for more details see Mirek Topolánek's Second Cabinet). However the Green Party was unable to repeat its success in 2010 elections, losing all seats in both chambers.

Election results

Chamber of deputies of the Czech Republic
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Green politics
Year Leader Vote Vote % Seats Place Government
1990 Jan Martin Ječmínek 295,844 4.1
0 / 200
 7th extra-parliamenary
1992[5] František Trnka 421,988 6.52
3 / 200
 4th No
1998 Emil Zeman 67,143 1.12
0 / 200
 9th extra-parliamenary
2002 Miroslav Rokos 112,929 2.36
0 / 200
 6th extra-parliamenary
2006 Martin Bursík 336,487 6.29
6 / 200
 5th Yes
2010 Ondřej Liška 127,831 2.44
0 / 200
 9th extra-parliamenary
2013 Ondřej Liška 159,025 3.19
0 / 200
 8th extra-parliamenary
2017 Matěj Stropnický 74,335 1.46
0 / 200
 11th extra-parliamenary

Senate
  • 1996 Senate: no seats
  • 1998 Senate: no seats
  • 2000 Senate: no seats
  • 2002 Senate: no seats
  • 2004 Senate: 1 seat (Jaromír Štětina)
  • 2006 Senate: no seats
  • 2008 Senate: no seats
  • 2010 Senate: no seats
  • 2012 Senate: 1 seat separately (Eliška Wagnerová) and 1 seat together with Pirates and Christian Democrats (Libor Michálek)
  • 2014 Senate by-election: 1 seat (Ivana Cabrnochová) together with Social Democrats
  • 2014 Senate: 3 seats together with Christian Democrats (Václav Hampl, Václav Láska, Jitka Seitlová)
  • 2016 Senate: 1 seats, 1 together with Christian Democrats (Petr Orel) and 1 together with Pirates and local Prague movement HPP11 (Ladislav Kos)

Presidential
Indirect Election Candidate First round result Second round result Third round result
Votes %Votes Result Votes %Votes Result Votes %Votes Result
2008 Jan Švejnar 128 49.10 Runner-up 141 47.19 Runner-up 111 44.05 Lost
Direct Election Candidate First round result Second round result
Votes %Votes Result Votes %Votes Result
2013 Táňa Fischerová[6] 166,211 3.23 7th supported Karel Schwarzenberg

European parliament

See also

Footnotes
  1. "Místo členů nabírají některé strany registrované příznivce". Denik.cz. 21 August 2016. Retrieved 25 September 2016.
  2. Nordsieck, Wolfram (2010). "Czech Republic". Parties and Elections in Europe. Archived from the original on 29 July 2013.
  3. "Zelení: Evropa musí zahájit jednání o své federalizaci – Strana zelených". zeleni.cz. 24 June 2016. Archived from the original on 4 September 2016. Retrieved 13 October 2016.
  4. "Strana zelených". idnes.cz. Retrieved 13 October 2016.
  5. As part of Liberal Social Union
  6. "Na Hrad nepatří Fischer, ale Fischerová, řekli zelení. Sbírají podpisy". iDNES.cz. 27 September 2012. Retrieved 15 February 2017.


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