Rally for the Republic – Republican Party of Czechoslovakia

The Rally for the Republic – Republican Party of Czechoslovakia (Template:Langx, abbreviated to Republikáni or SPR–RSČ) is a minor political party in the Czech Republic, strongly opposed to the EU, NATO and immigration. The party and its leader Miroslav Sládek are particularly known for their radical attitudes towards Roma people (antiziganism) and Germans.

History

The party was founded on December 30, 1989 as one of the first political parties in post-communist Czechoslovakia. It peaked in the 1996 Czech legislative election with 8% of the vote (485,072 electors, 18 seats in the 200-seat Chamber of Deputies) but declined after that, and in 2001 disbanded due to financial irregularities – specifically the theft of party funds by the chairman, who used the money to fund his luxury lifestyle.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

The party was reestablished in 2001 as Republicans of Miroslav Sládek (RMS, Republikáni Miroslava Sládka). Sládek immediately set up a new party; to distinguish it from the other "republican" parties his name was added. The new party failed to attract a significant number of votes (0.9% during 2002 Czech legislative election was the highest). For the 2006 elections RMS joined with the National Party, which obtained 0.1% of votes. The number of active members was estimated to be in the dozens at most.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

On May 17, 2008 this new party merged with five other minor parties to form the SPR–RSČ. The renewed party chose Sládek as chairman, yet even after the merger the party failed to gain political traction. For non-compliance with statutory obligations, the Supreme Administrative Court of the Czech Republic (acting on a Czech government proposal) decided in December 2010 to temporarily suspend the Republican party's activities. Finally, on 15 May 2013, the Court ordered its complete dissolution.

The party was reestablished once again in February 2016 under the name Rally for the Republic – Republican Party of Czechoslovakia 2016.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Election results

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  1996
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  1998

Czech National Council

Year	Vote	Vote %	Seats	Place
1990	72,048	1.00	Template:Composition bar	10th
1992	387,026Template:Increase	5.98Template:Increase	Template:Composition bar	6th

Slovak National Council

Year	Vote	Vote %	Seats	Place
1990	7,023	0.21	Template:Composition bar	13th
1992	10,069Template:Increase	0.33Template:Increase	Template:Composition bar	16th

Chamber of Deputies

Year	Vote	Vote %	Seats	Place
1996	485,072Template:Increase	8.01Template:Increase	Template:Composition bar	5thTemplate:Increase
1998	232,965Template:Decrease	3.90Template:Decrease	Template:Composition bar	6thTemplate:Decrease
2002	46,325Template:Decrease	0.97Template:Decrease	Template:Composition bar	7thTemplate:Decrease
2006<ref>joined National Party</ref>	9,341Template:Decrease	0.18Template:Decrease	Template:Composition bar	15thTemplate:Decrease
2010	1,993Template:Decrease	0.03Template:Decrease	Template:Composition bar	19thTemplate:Decrease
2017	9,857Template:Increase	0.19Template:Increase	Template:Composition bar	17thTemplate:Increase

European Parliament

Year	Vote	Vote %	Seats	Place
2004	15,767	0.67	Template:Composition bar	11th
2009	7,492 Template:Decrease	0.32 Template:Decrease	Template:Composition bar	19th Template:Decrease
2019	4,284 Template:Increase	0.18 Template:Increase	Template:Composition bar	24th Template:Increase

Presidential

Indirect Election	Candidate	First round result			Second round result			Third round result
		Votes	%Votes	Result	Votes	%Votes	Result	Votes	%Votes	Result
1993	Miroslav Sládek	14	8.1	3rd place	—
1998	Miroslav Sládek	23	12.5	3rd place	—

External links

• Official website Template:In lang