Civic Democratic Alliance

Template:Distinguish Template:More footnotes Template:Infobox political party Template:Politics of the Czech Republic The Civic Democratic Alliance (Template:Langx, ODA) was a conservative-liberal<ref name="Slomp2000">Template:Cite book</ref><ref name="Buksiński2009">Template:Cite book</ref> 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.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

History

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.Template:Cn 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.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Election results

Chamber of Deputies

Year	Vote	Vote %	Seats	Place	Govt?
1990	...	...	Template:Composition bar<ref>elected as candidates of Civic Forum</ref>	6th	Yes
1992	383,705	5.93%	Template:Composition bar	7th	Yes
1996	385,369	6.36%	Template:Composition bar	6th	Yes
1998	did not contest	...	...	...	No
2002	24,278	0.5%	Template:Composition bar	13th	No

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Senate

Year	Seats
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Presidential

Indirect Election	Candidate		First round result			Second round result			Third round result
			Votes	%Votes	Result	Votes	%Votes	Result	Votes	%Votes	Result
1993		Václav Havel	109	63.37	Template:Yes2	—
1998		Václav Havel	130	70.65	Template:Depends	146	52.3	Template:Yes2	—

European Parliament

Year	Vote	Vote %	Seats
2004	39 655	1.69%	0

Leaders

• 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

• Liberalism
• Liberalism worldwide
• List of liberal parties
• Liberalism in the Czech lands

External links

• Civic Democratic Alliance official site
• Short history in narrative form (in Czech)