Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia
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Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia Komunistická strana Čech a Moravy | |
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Slogan | "S lidmi pro lidi!" "With the people for the people!" |
Chamber of Deputies | 0 / 200 |
Senate | 0 / 81 |
European Parliament | 1 / 21 |
Regional councils | 13 / 675 |
Local councils | 466 / 62,300 |
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The Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia (
For most of the first two decades after the
History
The party was formed in 1989 by a congress of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia (KSČ), which decided to create a party for the territories of Bohemia and Moravia (including Czech Silesia), the areas that were to become the Czech Republic. The new party's organization was significantly more democratic and decentralized than the previous party, and gave local district branches of the party significant autonomy.[18]
In 1990, KSČ was reorganized as a federation of KSČM and the
During 1991 and 1992, factional tensions increased, with the party's conservative,
The party's second congress, held in
In 1993, Svoboda attempted to expel the members of the "For Socialism" platform, a group in the party that wanted a restoration of the pre-1989
The expelled members of "For Socialism" formed the Party of Czechoslovak Communists, later renamed the
In November 2008, the
After the party's poor performance in the
Ideology
As a
Leaders
# | Name (Born–Died) |
Portrait | Term of Office | |
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1 | Jiří Machalík (1945–2014) |
31 March 1990 | 13 October 1990 | |
2 | Jiří Svoboda (b. 1945) |
13 October 1990 | 25 June 1993 | |
3 | Miroslav Grebeníček (b. 1947) |
25 June 1993 | 1 October 2005 | |
4 | Vojtěch Filip (b. 1955) |
1 October 2005 | 9 October 2021 | |
5 | Kateřina Konečná (b. 1981) |
23 October 2021 | present |
Electoral results
KSČM's strongest bases of support are in the regions hit by deindustrialization, particularly in the Karlovy Vary and Ústí nad Labem regions. In 2012, the party won a regional election for the first time in Ústí nad Labem. Its regional leader Oldřich Bubeníček subsequently became the first communist regional governor in the history of Czech Republic.[35] The party is stronger among older than younger voters, with the majority of its membership over 60.[36] The party is also stronger in small and medium-sized towns than in big cities.[37]
Parliament
Chamber of Deputies
Chamber of Deputies of the Parliament of the Czech Republic
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Year | Leader | Votes | % | Seats | ± | Place | Position |
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1990
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Jiří Machalík | 954,690 | 13.2 | 33 / 200
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New | 2nd | Opposition |
1992
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Jiří Svoboda
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909,490 | 14.0[a] | 35 / 200
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2 | 2nd | Opposition |
1996
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Miroslav Grebeníček | 626,136 | 10.3 | 22 / 200
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13 | 3rd | Opposition |
1998
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Miroslav Grebeníček | 658,550 | 11.0 | 24 / 200
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2 | 3rd | Opposition |
2002
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Miroslav Grebeníček | 882,653 | 18.5 | 41 / 200
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17 | 3rd | Opposition |
2006
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Vojtěch Filip | 685,328 | 12.8 | 26 / 200
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15 | 3rd | Opposition |
2010
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Vojtěch Filip | 589,765 | 11.3 | 26 / 200
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0 | 4th | Opposition |
2013
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Vojtěch Filip | 741,044 | 14.9 | 33 / 200
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7 | 3rd | Opposition |
2017
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Vojtěch Filip | 393,100 | 7.8 | 15 / 200
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18 | 5th | Confidence and supply |
2021
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Vojtěch Filip | 193,817 | 3.6 | 0 / 200
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15 | 7th | No seats |
- Notes
Senate
Senate of the Parliament of the Czech Republic
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Year | First round | Second round | No. of seats won | No. of overall seats won |
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Votes | % | Votes | % | ||||
1996 | 393,494 | 14.3 | 45,304 | 2.0 | 2 / 81
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2 / 81
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New |
1998 | 159,123 | 16.5 | 31,097 | 5.8 | 2 / 27
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4 / 81
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2 |
2000 | 152,934 | 17.8 | 73,372 | 13.0 | 0 / 27
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3 / 81
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1 |
2002 | 110,171 | 16.5 | 57,434 | 7.0 | 1 / 27
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3 / 81
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0 |
2004 | 125,892 | 17.4 | 65,136 | 13.6 | 1 / 27
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2 / 81
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1 |
2006 | 134,863 | 12.7 | 26,001 | 4.5 | 0 / 27
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2 / 81
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0 |
2008 | 147,186 | 14.1 | did not make it | did not make it | 1 / 27
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3 / 81
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1 |
2010 | 117,374 | 10.2 | did not make it | did not make it | 0 / 27
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2 / 81
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1 |
2012 | 153,335 | 17.4 | 79,663 | 15.5 | 1 / 27
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2 / 81
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0 |
2014 | 99,973 | 9.74 | did not make it | did not make it | 0 / 27
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1 / 81
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1 |
2016 | 83,741 | 9.50 | 5,737 | 1.35 | 0 / 27
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1 / 81
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0 |
2018 | 80,371 | 7.38 | 3,578 | 0.86 | 0 / 27
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0 / 81
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1 |
2020 | 40,994 | 4.11 | did not make it | did not make it | 0 / 27
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0 / 81
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0 |
2022 | 17,612 | 1.6 | did not make it | did not make it | 0 / 27
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0 / 81
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0 |
European Parliament
European Parliament | |||||
Year | Votes | % | Seats | ± | |
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2004 | 472,862 | 20.3 | 6 / 24
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New | |
2009 | 334,577 | 14.2 | 4 / 22
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2 | |
2014 | 166,478 | 11.0 | 3 / 21
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1 | |
2019 | 164,624 | 6.9 | 1 / 21
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2 |
Local councils
Year | Votes | % | Seats |
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1994 | 17,413,545 | 13.6 | 5,837 / 62,160
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1998 | 10,703,975 | 13.7 | 5,748 / 62,920
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2002 | 11 696 976 | 14.5 | 5,702 / 62,494
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2006 | 11,730,243 | 10.8 | 4,268 / 62,426
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2010 | 8,628,685 | 9.6 | 3,189 / 62,178
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2014 | 7,730,503 | 7.8 | 2,510 / 62,300
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2018 | 5,416,907 | 4.9 | 1,426 / 62,300
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2022 | 466 / 62,300
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Regional councils
Year | Votes | % | Seats | ± | Place |
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2000 | 496,688 | 21.1 | 161 / 675
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New | 3rd |
2004 | 416,807 | 19.7 | 157 / 675
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2nd | |
2008 | 438,024 | 15.0 | 114 / 675
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3rd | |
2012 | 538,953 | 20.4 | 182 / 675
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2nd | |
2016 | 267,047 | 10.6 | 86 / 675
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3rd | |
2020 | 131,770 | 4.8 | 13 / 675
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9th |
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Bibliography
- Bozóki, András; Ishiyama, John (2002). The Communist Successor Parties of Central and Eastern Europe. Routledge. ISBN 9780765609861.
Further reading
- Hough, Dan; Paterson, William E.; Sloam, James, eds. (2005). Learning from the West? Policy Transfer and Programmatic Change in the Communist Successor Parties of East Central Europe. Routledge. ISBN 9780415373166.