Civic Democratic Alliance
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Civic Democratic Alliance Občanská demokratická aliance | |
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| Founded | 5 March 1990 |
| Dissolved | 13 July 2007 |
| Preceded by | Civic Forum |
| Headquarters | U Společenské zahrady 6 140 00 Prague 4 |
| Newspaper | Zpravodaj |
| Youth wing | Conservative Club of Young |
| Membership (2007) | 300[1] |
| Ideology | Conservative liberalism |
| Political position | Centre-right |
| European affiliation | European Liberal Democrat and Reform Party |
| Colours | Blue |
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The Civic Democratic Alliance (Czech: Občanská demokratická aliance, ODA) was a conservative-liberal[2][3] political party in the Czech Republic, active between 1989 and 2007. ODA was part of government coalitions until 1997 and participated in the transformation of the Czech economy. The party was supported by president Václav Havel, who voted for it in the 1992 and 1996 elections.[4]
History
[edit]ODA was established as a conservative-liberal party in 1989, shortly after the Velvet revolution. In the 1992 legislative election, ODA received over 300,000 votes (5.93%) and won 14 seats in the Czech National Council. It became part of the first right-wing coalition led by Václav Klaus, together with the Civic Democratic Party (ODS), Christian and Democratic Union (KDU–ČSL) and Christian Democratic Party (KDS).
In the 1996 legislative election, ODA received 6.36% of the vote, and formed another coalition with ODS and KDU–ČSL. However, this government did not have a majority in the Chamber of Deputies, and was therefore reliant on the support of the centre-left Social Democrats (ČSSD). Following financial scandals within ODS, the coalition fell apart, and both ODS and KDU-ČSL participated in the caretaker government of Josef Tošovský.
ODA did not participate in the 1998 legislative election, in order to avoid splitting the right-wing vote.[citation needed] ODA formed the Four-Coalition with KDU–ČSL, Freedom Union and Democratic Union, in opposition to the grand coalition of ODS and ČSSD. However, ODA became the coalition's weakest member, and partly as a result of financial difficulties, began to fade out of the Czech political scene, with only one senator remaining, Karel Schwarzenberg. The party ceased activity on 31 December 2007.
Czech billionaire Pavel Sehnal announced in December 2016 that he had established a new Civic Democratic Alliance, without the involvement of the original ODA leadership.[5]
Election results
[edit]Chamber of Deputies
[edit]| Year | Vote | Vote % | Seats | Place | Govt? |
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| 1990 | ... | ... | 11 / 200 [6]
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6th | Yes |
| 1992 | 383,705 | 5.93% | 14 / 200
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7th | Yes |
| 1996 | 385,369 | 6.36% | 13 / 200
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6th | Yes |
| 1998 | did not contest | ... | ... | ... | No |
| 2002 | 24,278 | 0.5% | 0 / 200
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13th | No |
Seats in the Chamber of Deputies
Senate
[edit]| Year | Seats |
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| 1996 | 7 / 81
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| 1998 | 4 / 27
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| 2000 | 1 / 27
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| 2002 | 0 / 27
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| 2004 | 1 / 27
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| 2006 | 0 / 27
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Seats in the Senate
Presidential
[edit]| 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 | — | |||
European Parliament
[edit]| Year | Vote | Vote % | Seats |
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| 2004 | 39 655 | 1.69% | 0 |
Leaders
[edit]- Pavel Bratinka (1989-1992)
- Jan Kalvoda (1992-1997)
- Michael Žantovský (1997)
- Jiří Skalický (1997-1998)
- Daniel Kroupa (1998-2001)
- Michael Žantovský (2001-2002)
- Jiřina Nováková (2002-2007)
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Výslech předsedkyně ODA - On-line rozhovor - iDNES.cz". Lidovky.cz. Retrieved 26 March 2017.
- ^ Hans Slomp (2000). European Politics Into the Twenty-first Century: Integration and Division. Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 55. ISBN 978-0-275-96800-7.
- ^ Tadeusz Buksiński (2009). Democracy in Western and Postcommunist Countries: Twenty Years After the Fall of Communism. Peter Lang. p. 240. ISBN 978-3-631-58543-6.
- ^ "Před 25 lety vznikla strana ODA. Vzpomínáte na Kalvodu, Dlouhého, Žantovského?". www.parlamentnilisty.cz. Retrieved 14 June 2016.
- ^ "Miliardář Sehnal obnovuje ODA. Kdysi slavná značka se vrací - Seznam Zprávy". www.seznam.cz. Archived from the original on 29 December 2016. Retrieved 28 December 2016.
- ^ elected as candidates of Civic Forum
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