KDU-ČSL
KDU–ČSL | |
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European People's Party | |
Colors | Yellow |
Chamber of Deputies | 23 / 200 |
Senate | 12 / 81 |
European Parliament | 2 / 21 |
Regional councils | 53 / 675 |
Governors of the regions | 1 / 13 |
Local councils | 4,066 / 62,178 |
Party flag | |
Website | |
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KDU-ČSL (In
History
Towards the end of the 19th century Roman Catholics in Bohemia and Moravia joined political movements inside Cisleithanian Austria-Hungary. The Christian-Social Party was set up in September 1894 in Litomyšl, and the Catholic National Party in Moravia was set up in September 1896 in Přerov.
Československá strana lidová (ČSL) was created in January 1919 in Prague, reuniting other Catholic parties, and Jan Šrámek was selected as its chairman. In 1921, ČSL entered the government of Czechoslovakia, and was subsequently part of governing coalitions regardless of political changes.
After the
After the
In June 2002 KDU–ČSL went into the elections on a joint ballot with the
In 2003 Miroslav Kalousek was elected chairman; unlike his predecessor Cyril Svoboda he represents the right wing of KDU–ČSL favouring cooperation with ODS, which was a source of tension within the coalition. He refused to enter the government both after his election and the government's reconstruction after PM Vladimír Špidla's resignation, and finally on 19 February 2005 asked for the resignation of PM Stanislav Gross after his finance scandal broke out. Gross retaliated by threatening to remove KDU–ČSL from his cabinet; a government crisis ensued.
After the
In March 2019 the party was officially renamed to KDU-ČSL, its common abbreviation and Marek Výborný became a new party leader.[15] After the death of his wife announced Marek Výborný in November 2019 his resignation for personal reasons.[16]
Tomáš Zdechovský, Jan Bartošek and Marian Jurečka decided then to run for party leader.
Current situation
KDU–ČSL has a relatively small but stable core voter base of about 6 to 10 percent of the population. It is strongest in the traditionally Catholic rural areas in Moravia. Historically, it was a mass party with about 50,000 members (second after the Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia). However, today most members are elderly. Efforts to recruit new voters have been largely unsuccessful, with party membership continuing to decline. Nevertheless, KDU–ČSL has managed to take advantage of the fragmented Czech political party system and make itself a necessary part of any coalition, whether the winning party be left- or right-wing.
In the European Union, KDU–ČSL is a member of the European People's Party (EPP).
Internal structure
Membership
KDU-ČSL had 27,662 Members in 2015 which is the second largest member base of any party in the Czech Republic. The number is decreasing since the 1990s when the party had 100,000 Members. It is caused by high average age of members.[17]
1991 | 1992 | 1999 | 2008 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2019 |
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95,435 | 88,000 | 60,000 | 40,000[18] | 33,000 | 29,976 | 28,541 | 27,662[19] | 26,420[20] | 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.[21]
Partners
Notable partners and suborganisations of the KDU-ČSL are:
- Young Populars - youth organisation
- KDU-ČSL Women Association - women's wing
- Institute for Christian Democratic Politics - think-tank
- Economic and entrepreneurial union of KDU-ČSL - entrepreneurs' wing
- European Academy for Democracy - think-tank.
- Institute of Political and Economical Studies - think-tank
- European People's Party - European party
- Centrist Democrat International - political international
Leaders
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Symbols
The party's patron saint is Saint Wenceslaus, with Saint Wenceslas Chorale being played at party congresses. Members customarily address each other as brothers and sisters.
KDU-ČSL has had many symbols through history, with the current logo depicting a Christian cross on a linden leaf.[22]
Logos
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Party symbol, 1930's
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Party logo, 1945–1992
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Party logo, 1992–2006
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Party logo, 2006–2012
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Current logo, since 2012
Name of the party over time
- 1919–1992 The Czechoslovak People's Party (Československá strana lidová) – merger of Moravian-Silesian Christian Social Party in Moravia, Catholic-National Conservative Party in Moravia, Czech Christian Social Party in the Kingdom of Bohemia and Catholic-National Conservative Party in Bohemia, Conservative People's Party.
- 1992–2019 The Christian and Democratic Union – Czechoslovak People's Party (Křesťanská a demokratická unie – Československá strana lidová)
- Since 2019 KDU-ČSL - after renaming to party' abbreviation.
Election results
Czechoslovakia wide elections
Legislative elections
Date | Leader | Votes | Seats | Position | |||
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# | % | # | ± | Size | |||
1920 | Collective leadership | 699,728 | 11.3 | 33 / 281
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33 | 2nd | Opposition |
1925 | Jan Šrámek | 691,238 | 9.7 | 31 / 300
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2 | 3rd | Coalition |
1929 | Jan Šrámek | 623,340 | 8.4 | 25 / 300
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6 | 5th | Coalition |
1935 | Jan Šrámek | 615,804 | 7.5 | 22 / 300
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3 | 6th | Coalition |
1946 | Jan Šrámek | 1,111,009 | 15.7 | 46 / 300
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24 | 3rd | Coalition |
1948 | as part of National Front | 23 / 300
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23 | 4th | Bloc | ||
1954 | 20 / 368
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3 | 3rd | Bloc | |||
1960 | 16 / 300
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4 | 4th | Bloc | |||
1964 | 20 / 300
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4 | 4th | Bloc | |||
1971 | 8 / 200
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12 | 4th | Bloc | |||
1976 | 11 / 200
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3 | 4th | Bloc | |||
1981 | 13 / 200
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2 | 3rd | Bloc | |||
1986 | 11 / 200
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2 | 4th | Bloc | |||
1990 | Josef Bartončík | 629,359 | 5.9 | 9 / 150
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2 | 5th | Coalition |
1992 | Josef Lux | 388,122 | 4.0 | 7 / 150
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2 | 7th | Coalition |
Devolved assembly elections
Czech assembly elections
Date | Leader | Votes | Seats | Position | |||
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# | % | # | ± | Size | |||
1968
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as part of National Front | 16 / 200
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16 | 3rd | Bloc | ||
1971
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15 / 200
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1 | 2nd | Bloc | |||
1976
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12 / 200
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3 | 3rd | Bloc | |||
1981
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14 / 200
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2 | 2nd | Bloc | |||
1986
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14 / 200
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0 | 2nd | Bloc | |||
1990
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Josef Bartončík | 607,134 | 8.42 | 20 / 200
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6 | 4th | Coalition |
1992
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Josef Lux | 406,341 | 6.28 | 15 / 200
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5 | 5th | Coalition |
Slovak assembly elections
Date | Leader | Votes | Seats | Position | |||
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# | % | # | ± | Size | |||
1928 | Martin Mičura | 43,689 | 3.31 | 2 / 54
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2 | 8th | – |
1935 | Martin Mičura | – | 3.0 | 1 / 54
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1 | 8th | – |
Czech Republic wide elections
Legislative elections
Date | Leader | Votes | Seats | Position | |||
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# | % | # | ± | Size | |||
1996
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Josef Lux | 489,349 | 8.08 | 18 / 200
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3 | 4th | ODS–KDU-ČSL–ODA |
1998
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Josef Lux | 537,013 | 8.99 | 20 / 200
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2 | 4th | Opposition |
2002
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Cyril Svoboda | 680,670 | 14.27 | 22 / 200
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11 | 4th | ČSSD–KDU-ČSL–US-DEU
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Part of Coalition, which won 31 seats in total | |||||||
2006
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Miroslav Kalousek | 386,706 | 7.23 | 13 / 200
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18 | 4th | ODS–KDU-ČSL–SZ |
2010
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Cyril Svoboda | 229,717 | 4.39 | 0 / 200
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13 | 6th | No seats |
2013
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Pavel Bělobrádek | 336.970 | 6.78 | 14 / 200
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14 | 7th | ČSSD–ANO–KDU-ČSL |
2017
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Pavel Bělobrádek | 293,643 | 5.80 | 10 / 200
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4 | 7th | Opposition |
2021
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Marian Jurečka | 1,493,701 | 27.79 | 23 / 200
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13 | 2nd | SPOLU – PirStan |
Part of SPOLU coalition, which won 71 seats in total
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Senate elections
Election | First round | Second round | Seats gained | ||||
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Votes | % | Places* | Votes | % | Places* | ||
1996** | 274,316 | 9.9 | 4th | 247,819 | 10.7 | 3rd | 13 / 81
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1998*** | 255,785 | 26.6 | 2nd | 166,483 | 31.0 | 2nd | 5 / 27
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2000 | 121,355 | 14.1 | 4th | 137,515 | 24.4 | 2nd | 8 / 27
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2002 | 58,858 | 8.8 | 4th | 47,049 | 5.7 | 4th | 1 / 27
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2004 | 97,956 | 13.5 | 3rd | 54,501 | 11.4 | 3rd | 3 / 27
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2006 | 125,388 | 11.8 | 4th | 59,603 | 10.4 | 3rd | 4 / 27
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2008 | 82,870 | 7.9 | - | 42,225 | 5.13 | - | 0 / 27
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2010 | 87,182 | 7.6 | 4th | 42,990 | 6.32 | 4th | 2 / 27
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2012 | 61,006 | 6.94 | 4th | 14,995 | 2.92 | 4th | 1 / 27
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2014 |
84,328 | 8.21 | 5th | 77,103 | 16.27 | 2nd | 4 / 27
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2016 | 74,709 | 8.48 | 5th | 78,448 | 18.50 | 2nd | 6 / 27
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2018 | 99,383 | 9.12 | 4th | 34,833 | 8.33 | 5th | 2 / 27
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2020 | 82,814 | 8.30 | 4th | 65,397 | 14.47 | 3rd | 3 / 27
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* 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 | |||||||
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Votes | %Votes | Result | Votes | %Votes | Result | Votes | %Votes | Result | |||
1993 | Václav Havel | 109 | 63.37 | Won | — | ||||||
1998 | Václav Havel | 130 | 70.65 | Runner-up | 146 | 52.3 | Won | — | |||
2003 | (Petr Pithart) | 128 | 46.55 | Runner-up | 129 | 48.13 | Runner-up | 124 | 46.6 | Lost | |
2008 | Václav Klaus[23] | 141 | 50.90 | Runner-up | 141 | 52.81 | Runner-up | 141 | 55.95 | Won |
Direct Election | Candidate | First round result | Second round result | |||||
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Votes | %Votes | Result | Votes | %Votes | Result | |||
2013 | Zuzana Roithová | 255,045 | 4.95 | 6th | supported Karel Schwarzenberg | |||
2018 | Jiří Drahoš | 1,369,601 | 26.60 | Runner-up | 2,701,206 | 48.63 | Lost | |
2023[a] | Petr Pavel | 1,975,056 | 35.40 | Runner-up | 3,358,926 | 58.33 | Won | |
Danuše Nerudová | 777,080 | 13.93 | 3rd place | supported Petr Pavel | ||||
Pavel Fischer | 376,705 | 6.75 | 4th place | supported Petr Pavel |
European Parliament
Election | Votes | Share of votes in % | Seats obtained | Place |
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223,383 |
9.57 |
2 / 24 |
4th
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180,451 |
7.64 |
2 / 22 |
4th
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150,792 |
9.95 |
3 / 21 |
5th
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171,723 |
7.24 |
2 / 21 |
6th
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Local elections
Year | Vote | Vote % | Seats |
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1990 | 8,845,562 | 11,5 | 8,083 |
1994 | 9,260,542 | 7.23 | 7,616 |
1998 | 7,206,346 | 11.18 | 7,119 |
2002 | 7,728,402 | 9.58 | 6,013 |
2006 | 6,263,980 | 5.76 | 5,049 |
2010 | 4,938,960 | 5.47 | 3,738 |
2014 | 4,865,956 | 4.91 | 3,792 |
2018 | 5,599,336 | 5.02 | 3,633 |
Regional elections
Year | Vote | Vote % | Seats | Places |
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2000 | 537,012 | 22.86 | 72 / 675
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2nd |
2004 | 226,016 | 10.67 | 84 / 675
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4th |
2008 | 193,911 | 6.65 | 56 / 675
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4th |
2012 | 261,724 | 9.87 | 61 / 675
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4th |
2016 | 159,610 | 6.30 | 61 / 675
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5th |
2020 | 252,598 | 9.12 | 53 / 675
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5th |
2020 Czech regional election results[24]
Region | Coalition partner | # of overall votes |
% of overall vote |
Seats | Governance[25] | ||
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# | ± | Position | |||||
Central Bohemian | STAN | 92,903 | 22.21 | 2 / 65
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2 | 5th | Voice
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South Bohemian | TOP 09 | 20,798 | 10.45 | 4 / 55
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6th | ODS– ČSSD –JIH12
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Plzeň | ADS and Non-Partisians | 7,588 | 4.36 | — | 2 | 11th | ODS+TOP 09–STAN–Pirates |
Karlovy Vary | ODS | 5,870 | 7.35 | 2 / 45
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1 | 8th | STAN+TOP 09-Pirates-ODS+KDU ČSL-Local movements |
Ústí nad Labem | ODS | 24,739 | 12.37 | 1 / 55
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1 | 8th | ANO–ODS–TOP 09+Greens |
Liberec | TOP 09 | 5,328 | 3.83 | — | 7th | Mayors for Liberec Region–Pirates –ODS
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Hradec Králové | VPM and Non-Partisians | 14,738 | 8.32 | 4 / 45
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5th | ODS++HDK | |
Pardubice | SNK-ED and Non-Partisians | 22,280 | 13.41 | 4 / 45
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1 | 5th | KDU-ČSL–STAN
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Vysočina
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— | 19,082 | 11.96 | 6 / 45
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1 | 3rd | ODS+STO– ČSSD–STAN
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South Moravian | — | 56,423 | 15.54 | 11 / 65
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2nd | ||
Olomouc | TOP 09 and Greens | 34,519 | 18.43 | 6 / 55
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1 | 4th | KDU-ČSL+TOP 09 –ODS
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Zlín | — | 35,782 | 18.62 | 9 / 45
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3 | 2nd | ČSSD
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Moravian-Silesian | — | 30,190 | 9.57 | 7 / 65
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1 | 4th | ČSSD
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Further reading
- Brenner, Christiane (2004). Michael Gehler; Wolfram Kaiser (eds.). A Missed Opportunity to Oppose State Socialism?: The People's Party in Chechoslavakia. Routledge. pp. 151–168. )
- Suppan, Arnold (2004). Catholic People's Parties in East Central Europe: The Bohemian Lands and Slovakia. Vol. 1. Routledge. pp. 178–192.
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