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Social Democracy
Sociální demokracie
AbbreviationSOCDEM
LeaderMichal Šmarda
Senate LeaderPetr Vícha
FoundersJosef Boleslav Pecka
Ladislav Zápotocký
Founded7 April 1878; 146 years ago (1878-04-07)
HeadquartersLidový dům, Hybernská 7, Prague
Think tankMasaryk Democratic Academy
Youth wingYoung Social Democrats
Women's wingSocial Democratic Women
Religious wingChristian Social Platform
Membership (2023)7,539[1]
IdeologySocial democracy[2]
Pro-Europeanism[2]
Political positionCentre-left[2]
European affiliationParty of European Socialists
International affiliationProgressive Alliance
Socialist International
European Parliament groupProgressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats
Colours  Pastel red
SloganLidskost místo sobectví
(Humanity Instead of Selfishness)
Chamber of Deputies
0 / 200
Senate
1 / 81
European Parliament
1 / 21
Regional councils
37 / 675
Governors of the regions
1 / 13
Local councils
799 / 61,780
Party flag
Flag of the Social Democracy
Website
socdem.cz

Social Democracy (

pro-European views,[7][8] it is a member of the Party of European Socialists, the Socialist International, and the Progressive Alliance.[5] Masaryk Democratic Academy is the party-affiliated's think tank.[9]

The ČSSD was a junior coalition party within

2021 Czech legislative election, in which the party lost all of its seats after falling below 5%.[10]

History

The Social Democratic Czechoslavonic party in Austria (

Comintern, which in 1921 resulted in the fracturing of the party, with a large part of its membership then forming the new Communist Party of Czechoslovakia
.

Party membership card, 1945

During the occupation of Czechoslovakia by

re-establishment of the Czechoslovak Republic in 1945, the party returned to its pre-war structure and became a member of the National Front which formed a new governing coalition. In 1948, after the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia gained a parliamentary majority, the Czech Social Democratic Party was incorporated into the Communist Party. At the time of the Prague Spring, a reformist movement in 1968, there were talks about allowing the recreation of a social democratic party, but Soviet intervention put an end to such ideas. It was only after the Velvet Revolution of 1989 that the party was recreated. Since the dissolution of Czechoslovakia
, which came into effect on 1 January 1993, the ČSSD has been one of the major political parties of the Czech Republic, and until October 2017 was always one of the two parties with the largest number of seats in the Chamber of Deputies.

At the

Christian and Democratic Union – Czechoslovak People's Party (KDU–ČSL) and the Freedom Union – Democratic Union (US-DEU) until he was forced to resign in 2004 after the ČSSD lost in the 2004 European Parliament election in the Czech Republic
.

The next leader was

vote of confidence, allowing a coalition of the Civic Democrats
(ODS), the KDU-ČSL, and the Green Party to form a government, while the ČSSD went into opposition.

Former party leader and prime minister Bohuslav Sobotka (on the right) and the next former party leader and interior minister Jan Hamáček

At the

Christian and Democratic Union – Czechoslovak People's Party.[12] The leader of ČSSD, Bohuslav Sobotka, became the new Prime Minister of the Czech Republic.[13]

The party suffered heavy losses in the

2021 Czech legislative election, in which the party failed to meet the 5% voting threshold, Hamáček resigned as leader of the party.[10]

Organization

Names

Czech lands as part of Austria-Hungary:

  • 1878–1893: Czechoslavonic Social Democratic Party in Austria (Sociálně-demokratická strana českoslovanská v Rakousku), then part of the Social Democratic Party of Austria
  • 1893–1918: Czechoslavonic Social Democratic Workers' Party (Českoslovanská sociálně demokratická stranu dělnická), an independent party

Czechoslovakia:

Czech Republic:

  • 1993–2023: Czech Social Democratic Party (Česká strana sociálně demokratická), keeping the previous abbreviation ČSSD
  • Since June 2023: Social Democracy (Sociální demokracie), adopting the abbreviation SOCDEM.

Logos

  • Party logo, 1945–1948 1990–1992 (1948–1990 in-exile)
    Party logo, 1945–1948 1990–1992
    (1948–1990 in-exile)
  • Party logo, 1992–1998
    Party logo, 1992–1998
  • Party logo, 1998–2011
    Party logo, 1998–2011
  • Party logo, 2011–2021
    Party logo, 2011–2021
  • Party logo, 2021–2023
    Party logo, 2021–2023
  • Party logo, 2023–
    Party logo, 2023–
  • Electoral logo for 2017 elections
    Electoral logo for 2017 elections
  • Electoral logo for 2020 elections
    Electoral logo for 2020 elections
  • Electoral logo for 2021 elections
    Electoral logo for 2021 elections

Policy positions

In economic matters, the ČSSD party platform is typical of Western European social democratic parties. It supports a

progressive taxation. In foreign policy, it supports European integration, including joining the Eurozone, and is critical of the foreign policy of the United States, especially when in opposition, though it does not oppose membership of the Czech Republic in NATO
.

Membership

After 1989[18]
1990 12,954
1991 Decrease12,468
1992 Decrease11,797
1993 Decrease11,031
1994 Decrease10,482
1995 Increase11,757
1996 Increase13,043
1997 Increase14,121
1998 Increase17,343
1999 Increase18,762
2000 Decrease17,079
2001 Decrease16,300
2002 Increase17,026
2003 Increase17,913
2004 Decrease16,658
2005 Increase16,750
2006 Increase17,650
2007 Increase18,354
2008 Increase20,684
2009 Increase24,497
2010 Decrease24,486
2011 Decrease24,000
2012 Decrease23,802
2013 Decrease22,881
2014 Increase23,202
2015 Decrease21,501
2016 Decrease20,349
2017 Decrease19,477
2018 Decrease17,208
2019 Decrease13,845
2020 Decrease13,139
2021 Decrease11,531
2022 Decrease9,403
2023 Decrease7,539
Before 1948[19][20]
1913 169,279
1932 Increase194,857
1935 Increase210,898
Further references

[21][22][23][24][25][26][27][28]

Election results

Cisleithanian elections

Imperial Council elections

Date Leader Votes Seats Position
No. % No. ± Size
1907 Antonín Němec 389,960 8.5
22 / 516
 Increase 22 6th Opposition
1911 Antonín Němec 357,234 7.9
25 / 516
 Increase 3 4th Opposition

Czechoslovakia wide elections

Legislative elections

Date Leader Votes Seats Position
No. % No. ± Size
1920 Antonín Němec 1,590,520 25.7
74 / 300
 Increase 74 1st Coalition
1925 Antonín Hampl 632,403 8.9
25 / 300
 Decrease 45 4th Coalition
1929 Antonín Hampl 963,462 13
39 / 300
 Increase 10 2nd Opposition
1935 Antonín Hampl 1,032,773 12.6
38 / 300
 Decrease 1 3rd Coalition
1946 Zdeněk Fierlinger 855,771 12.1
37 / 300
 Decrease 1 5th Coalition
1948 as part of National Front
23 / 300
 Decrease 14 3rd Bloc
1954 Illegal. Merged into Communist Party. De jure in-exile.
1960
1964
1971
1976
1981
1986
1990 Jiří Horák 342,455 3.2
0 / 150
 Steady 0 9th No seats
1992 Valtr Komárek
Alexander Dubček 		648,125 6.8
10 / 150
 Increase 10 4th Opposition

Devolved assembly elections

Czech assembly elections

Date Leader Votes Seats Position
No. % No. ± Size
1990
 Jiří Horák 296,165 4.11
0 / 200
 Steady 0 6th No seats
1992
 Jiří Horák 422,736 6.53
16 / 200
 Increase 16 3rd Opposition

Slovak assembly elections

Date Leader Votes Seats Position
No. % No. ± Size
1928 Ivan Dérer 96,901 7.33
4 / 54
 Increase 4 4th –
1935 Ivan Dérer – 11.3
4 / 54
 Steady 0 5th –

Czech Republic wide elections

Pre-election meeting of 2018
Election poster with the text "Poor quality food has to get out of the game" in 2019

Legislative elections

Date Leader Votes Seats Position
No. % No. ± Size
1996
 Miloš Zeman 1,602,250 26.4
61 / 200
 Increase 45 2nd External support
1998
 Miloš Zeman 1,928,660 32.3
74 / 200
 Increase 13 1st Minority
2002
 Vladimír Špidla 1,440,279 30.2
70 / 200
 Decrease 4 1st Coalition
2006
 Jiří Paroubek 1,728,827 32.3
74 / 200
 Increase 4 2nd Opposition (2006–2009)
Coalition (2009–2010)
2010
 Jiří Paroubek 1,155,267 22.1
56 / 200
 Decrease 18 1st Opposition
2013
 Bohuslav Sobotka 1,016,829 20.5
50 / 200
 Decrease 6 1st Coalition
2017
 Lubomír Zaorálek 368,347 7.3
15 / 200
 Decrease 35 6th Opposition (2017–2018)
Coalition (2018–2021)
2021
 Jan Hamáček 250,397 4.7
0 / 200
 Decrease 15 6th No seats

Senate elections

Election First round Second round Seats Total seats Notes
Votes % Runners-up Place* Votes % Place*
1996 559,304 20.3
48 / 81
 2nd 733,713 31.8 2nd
25 / 81
25 / 81
 The whole Senate was elected. Only one third of Senate was elected in all subsequent elections.
1998 208,845 21.7
5 / 27
 3rd 121,700 22.7 3rd
3 / 27
23 / 81
1999 327 1.0
0 / 1
 5th  
0 / 1
23 / 81
 By-election in Prague 1 district.
2000 151,943 17.7
5 / 27
 3rd 53,503 9.5 5th
1 / 27
15 / 81
2002 122,397 18.4
14 / 27
 2nd 224,386 27.3 2nd
7 / 27
11 / 81
2003 2,424 6.8
0 / 2
 6th  
0 / 2
11 / 81
 By-elections in Strakonice and Brno-city district.
2004 5,203 14.7
1 / 2
 3rd 5,358 20.51 3rd
0 / 2
11 / 81
 By-elections in Prague 4 and Znojmo districts.
2004 90,446 12.5
3 / 27
 4th 24,923 5.2 4th
0 / 27
7 / 81
2006 204,573 19.2
11 / 27
 2nd 120,127 20.9 2nd
6 / 27
13 / 81
2007 6,456 21.66
1 / 2
 1st 4,338 21.54 2nd
1 / 2
13 / 81
 By-elections for Chomutov and Přerov
2008 347,759 33.2
26 / 27
 1st 459,829 55.9 1st
23 / 27
29 / 81
2010 290,090 25.3
22 / 27
 1st 299,526 44.0 1st
12 / 27
41 / 81
2011 12,088 44.3
1 / 1
 1st 13,505 65.1 1st
1 / 1
41 / 81
 By-election in Kladno district
2012 199,957 22.7
23 / 27
 1st 207,064 40.3 1st
13 / 27
46 / 81
2014 3,695 16.1
0 / 1
 3rd  
0 / 1
46 / 81
 By-election in Zlín district
2014 226,239 22.0
19 / 27
 1st 165,629 35.0 1st
10 / 27
33 / 81
2014 2,092 16.8
1 / 1
 1st 3,664 50.9 1st
1 / 1
33 / 81
 By-election in Prague 10 district, Ivana Cabrnochová was a Green Party candidate supported by ČSSD
2016 128,875 14.6
9 / 27
 2nd 55,622 13.1 3rd
2 / 27
25 / 81
2018 1,294 5.7
0 / 1
 6th  
0 / 1
25 / 81
 By-election in Trutnov district.
2018 1,270 7.5
0 / 1
 6th  
0 / 1
25 / 81
 By-election in Zlín district.
2018 100,478 9.2
5 / 27
 3rd 33,887 8.10 6th
1 / 27
13 / 81
2019 2,674 13.9
0 / 1
 3rd  
0 / 1
13 / 81
 By-election in Prague 9 district, Petr Daubner was a Czech Pirate Party candidate supported by ČSSD
2020 81,105 8.1
3 / 27
 5th 18,175 4.0 8th
0 / 27
3 / 81
2022 43,870 3.9
1 / 27
 7th 10,344 2.2 9th
0 / 27
1 / 81
Notes
  • In 1996, the whole Senate elected (81 seats), while in next elections only one third of seats is to be contested.

Presidential elections

Indirect election Candidate First round result Second round result Third round result
Votes % Result Votes % Result Votes % Result
1998 Václav Havel 130 70.65 Runner-up 146 52.3 Won —
2003
Jaroslav Bureš 46 17.04 Eliminated —
Miloš Zeman 83 30.18 Eliminated —
Jan Sokol 128 46.55 Runner-up 129 48.13 Runner-up 124 46.6 Lost
2008 Jan Švejnar 138 49.82 Runner-up 135 48.74 Runner-up 113 44.84 Lost
128 49.10 Runner-up 141 47.19 Runner-up 111 44.05 Lost
Direct election Candidate First round result Second round result
Votes % Result Votes % Result
2013 Jiří Dienstbier Jr. 829,297 16.12 4th Supported Miloš Zeman
2018 No candidate
2023 Josef Středula withdrawn

European Parliament elections

Election Votes % Seats obtained Place
2004
204,903
8.78
2 / 25
5th
2009
528,132Increase
22.39Increase
7 / 22
2ndIncrease
2014
214,800Decrease
14.17Decrease
4 / 21
3rdDecrease
2019
93,664Decrease
3.95Decrease
0 / 21
8thDecrease

Regional elections

Election
 Votes % Councillors
2000 344,441 14.67
112 / 675
2004 297,083 14.03
105 / 675
2008 1,044,719 35.86
280 / 675
2012 621,961 23.58
205 / 675
2016 386,150 15.25
125 / 675
2020 185,714 6.71
37 / 675

Local elections

Election
 % Councillors
1994 8.7 1,628
1998 17.54 4,259
2002 15.57 4,664
2006 16.61 4,331
2010 19.68 4,584
2014 12.65 3,773
2018 5.17 1,882
2022 2.49 799

Prague municipal elections

Year Leader Vote % Seats +/− Place Position
1990 484,484 5.6
5 / 76
 4th Opposition
1994 Jiří Paroubek 2,435,279 8.6
5 / 55
 Steady 4th Opposition
1998 Jiří Paroubek 363,917 17.5
10 / 55
 Increase5 3rd Coalition
2002 Jiří Paroubek 656,936 14.7
12 / 70
 Increase2 3rd Coalition
2006 Petra Buzková 4,197,631 15.9
12 / 70
 Steady 2nd Opposition
2010 Jiří Dienstbier Jr. 615,209 17.9
19 / 65
 Increase7 2nd Coalition
2014 Miloslav Ludvík 2,160,963 10.4
8 / 65
 Decrease11 5th Coalition
2018 Jakub Landovský 727,826 2.9
0 / 65
 Decrease8 8th No seats

Chairmen

Former leader Jan Hamáček
Milos Zeman
, the president of the Czech Republic

Czechoslovak Social Democratic Party in Austria

Czechoslavonic Social Democratic Workers' Party

Czechoslovak Social Democratic Workers' Party

Czechoslovak Social Democracy

Czechoslovak Social Democracy in-exile

Czechoslovak Social Democracy

Czech Social Democratic Party

See also

Notes

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