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{{Distinguish|Civic Democratic Alliance (2016)}}
{{more footnotes |date=September 2014}}
{{Infobox political party
|country = the Czech Republic
|name = Civic Democratic Alliance
|leader = 
|foundation = 5 March 1990
|dissolved = 13 July 2007
|native_name   = {{nowrap|Občanská demokratická aliance}}
|colorcode     = {{party color|Civic Democratic Alliance}}
|logo = File:ODA-Logo_(Tschechien).png
|predecessor = [[Civic Forum]]
|ideology = [[Conservative liberalism]]
|position = [[Centre-right politics|Centre-right]]
|youth_wing    = Conservative Club of Young
|membership_year = 2007
|membership     = 300<ref>{{cite web|title=Výslech předsedkyně ODA - On-line rozhovor - iDNES.cz|url=http://www.lidovky.cz/odpovedi.aspx?t=NOVAKOVA|website=Lidovky.cz|accessdate=26 March 2017}}</ref>
|newspaper    = Zpravodaj
|international = 
|european = [[Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe Party|European Liberal Democrat and Reform Party]]
|europarl =
|colours = Blue
|headquarters = U Společenské zahrady 6
140 00 Prague 4
|website = 
}}
{{Politics of the Czech Republic}}
The '''Civic Democratic Alliance''' ({{langx|cs|Občanská demokratická aliance}}, ODA) was a [[Conservative liberalism|conservative-liberal]]<ref name="Slomp2000">{{cite book|author=Hans Slomp|title=European Politics Into the Twenty-first Century: Integration and Division|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BIJH_mHgI68C&pg=PA55|year=2000|publisher=Greenwood Publishing Group|isbn=978-0-275-96800-7|page=55}}</ref><ref name="Buksiński2009">{{cite book|author=Tadeusz Buksiński|title=Democracy in Western and Postcommunist Countries: Twenty Years After the Fall of Communism|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bP5FC_sK-hAC&pg=PA240|year=2009|publisher=Peter Lang|isbn=978-3-631-58543-6|page=240}}</ref> [[list of political parties in the Czech Republic|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>{{cite web|title=Před 25 lety vznikla strana ODA. Vzpomínáte na Kalvodu, Dlouhého, Žantovského?|url=http://www.parlamentnilisty.cz/arena/monitor/-Pred-25-lety-vznikla-strana-ODA-Vzpominate-na-Kalvodu-Dlouheho-Zantovskeho-350364|website=www.parlamentnilisty.cz|accessdate=14 June 2016}}</ref>

==History==
ODA was established as a [[conservative liberalism|conservative-liberal]] party in 1989, shortly after the [[Velvet revolution]]. In the [[1992 Czech legislative election|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 (Czech Republic)|Civic Democratic Party]] (ODS), [[Christian and Democratic Union – Czechoslovak People's Party|Christian and Democratic Union]] (KDU–ČSL) and [[Christian Democratic Party (Czech Republic)|Christian Democratic Party]] (KDS).

In the [[1996 Czech legislative election|1996 legislative election]], ODA received 6.36% of the vote, and formed [[Second cabinet of Václav Klaus|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 [[Czech Social Democratic Party|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 Czech legislative election|1998 legislative election]], in order to avoid splitting the right-wing vote.{{cn|date=July 2025}} ODA formed the [[Four-Coalition]] with KDU–ČSL, [[Freedom Union – Democratic Union|Freedom Union]] and [[Freedom Union – Democratic Union|Democratic Union]], in opposition to the [[Opposition agreement|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>{{cite web|title=Miliardář Sehnal obnovuje ODA. Kdysi slavná značka se vrací - Seznam Zprávy|url=https://www.seznam.cz/zpravy/clanek/miliardar-sehnal-obnovuje-oda-kdysi-slavna-znacka-se-vraci-7945|website=www.seznam.cz|accessdate=28 December 2016|archive-date=29 December 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161229033232/https://www.seznam.cz/zpravy/clanek/miliardar-sehnal-obnovuje-oda-kdysi-slavna-znacka-se-vraci-7945|url-status=dead}}</ref>

==Election results==

===Chamber of Deputies===
{| class="wikitable"
! Year
! Vote
! Vote %
! Seats
! Place
! Govt?
|-
| [[1990 Czech legislative election|1990]]
| ...
| ...
| {{Composition bar|11|200|hex=#0000FF}}<ref>elected as candidates of Civic Forum</ref>
| 6th
| style="background-color:#77EE77" | Yes
|-
| [[1992 Czech legislative election|1992]]
| 383,705
| 5.93%
| {{Composition bar|14|200|hex=#0000FF}}
| 7th
| style="background-color:#77EE77" | Yes
|-
| [[1996 Czech legislative election|1996]]
| 385,369
| 6.36%
| {{Composition bar|13|200|hex=#0000FF}}
| 6th
| style="background-color:#77EE77" | Yes
|-
| [[1998 Czech legislative election|1998]]
| did not contest
|...
|...
|...
| style="background-color:#EE7777" | No
|-
| [[2002 Czech legislative election|2002]]
| 24,278
| 0.5%
| {{Composition bar|0|200|hex=#0000FF}}
| 13th
| style="background-color:#EE7777" | No
|}

'''Seats in the Chamber of Deputies'''
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===Senate===
{| class="wikitable"
! Year
! Seats
|-
|[[1996 Czech Senate election|1996]]
| {{Composition bar|7|81|hex=#0000FF}}
|-
|[[1998 Czech Senate election|1998]]
| {{Composition bar|4|27|hex=#0000FF}}
|-
|[[2000 Czech Senate election|2000]]
| {{Composition bar|1|27|hex=#0000FF}}
|-
|[[2002 Czech Senate election|2002]]
| {{Composition bar|0|27|hex=#0000FF}}
|-
|[[2004 Czech Senate election|2004]]
| {{Composition bar|1|27|hex=#0000FF}}
|-
|[[2006 Czech Senate election|2006]]
| {{Composition bar|0|27|hex=#0000FF}}
|}
'''Seats in the Senate'''
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===Presidential===
{| class="wikitable"
!width="120" rowspan="2"|Indirect Election
!width="180" rowspan="2" colspan=2|Candidate
!width="200" colspan=3|First round result
!width="200" colspan=3|Second round result
!width="200" colspan=3|Third round result
|-
!width="100"|Votes
!width="100"|%Votes
!Result
!width="100"|Votes
!width="100"|%Votes
!Result
!width="100"|Votes
!width="100"|%Votes
!Result
|-
|[[1993 Czech presidential election|1993]]
| bgcolor="grey" |
| [[Václav Havel]]
| 109
| 63.37
| {{yes2|Won}}
|colspan=6 align=center|—
|-
|[[1998 Czech presidential election|1998]]
| bgcolor="grey" |
| [[Václav Havel]]
| 130
| 70.65
| {{depends|Runner-up}}
| 146
| 52.3
| {{yes2|Won}}
|colspan=3 align=center|—
|}

===European Parliament===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Year
! Vote
! Vote %
! Seats
|-
| [[2004 European Parliament election in the Czech Republic|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]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*[http://www.oda.cz/ Civic Democratic Alliance] official site
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20050321042209/http://www.arts.gla.ac.uk/Slavonic/staff/ODA.html Short history in narrative form (in Czech)]
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