Czech Social Democratic Party
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{{Infobox_Czech_Political_Party |
party_name = Czech Social Democratic Party |
party_name_czech = Česká strana sociálně demokratická |
colour_html = #BF0202 |
party_logo = [[Image:Cssd logo.jpg|160px|Red rose]] |
leader = [[Jiří Paroubek]]|
foundation = 1878 |
ideology = [[Social democracy]]<br> [[Left-wing politics|Left]] <ref> http://www.volbycr.cz/download/Dlouhodoby-program.pdf Long-term party program</ref> <br> [[Democratic Socialism]] <br><br>fiscal: [[left-wing]], <br>Social: [[left-wing]] |
international = [[Socialist International]] |
european = [[Party of European Socialists]] |
europarl = [[Party of European Socialists|PES]] |
colours = [[Orange (colour)|Orange]]|
headquarters = Hybernská 7, [[Prague]] |
website = [http://www.cssd.cz/ www.cssd.cz] |
}}The '''Czech Social Democratic Party''' ([[Czech language|Czech]]: ''Česká strana sociálně demokratická'' or ''ČSSD'') is the [[Social Democracy|Social Democratic]] [[political party]] in the [[Czech Republic]].
The party won the [[Czech legislative election, 2002|elections of 2002]] with 70 of 200 representatives in the [[Chamber of Deputies of the Czech Republic]]. Its chairman [[Vladimír Špidla]] became the [[List of Prime Ministers of the Czech Republic|prime minister]] heading a coalition with two smaller parties, the [[Christian Democratic Union - Czechoslovak People's Party]] and the [[Freedom Union-Democratic Union]] until his resignation in 2004.
The current chairman of the party is [[Jiří Paroubek]] since 2006. His predecessor was [[Stanislav Gross]] from [[26 June]], [[2004]] to [[26 April]], [[2005]]. Gross resigned after a scandal which arose due to his inability to explain the source of financial resources used to pay for his home. Gross's predecessor [[Vladimír Špidla]] was forced to resign in 2004 after the ČSSD lost in [[European Parliament election, 2004 (Czech Republic)|European Parliamentary elections]].
In the [[Czech legislative election, 2006|June 2 and 3, 2006 elections]], the party won 32.3% of the vote and 74 out of 200 seats. The election at first caused a [[stalemate]] since the right-wing parties (with [[Green Party (Czech Republic)|Green Party]]) and left-wing parties each had 100 seats. The stalemate was broken when two ČSSD deputies, [[Miloš Melčák]] and [[Michal Pohanka]] abstained during a [[vote of confidence]], allowing a coalition of the [[Civic Democratic Party|Civic Democrats]] (ODS), the [[Christian Democratic Union - Czechoslovak People's Party|Christian Democrats]] (KDU-ČSL), and the [[Green Party (Czech Republic)|Green Party]] (SZ) to form a government. Hence the ČSSD is now in opposition.
==History==
=== Overview ===
[[Czech lands]] as part of [[Austria-Hungary]]:
*1878–1893 The ''Czechoslavonic Social Democratic Party in Austria'' (''Sociálně-demokratická strana českoslovanská v Rakousku'') - part of [[Social Democratic Party of Austria]]
*1894–1918 The ''Czechoslavonic Social Democratic Workers' Party'' (''Českoslovanská sociálně demokratická stranu dělnická'') - independent party
[[Czechoslovakia]]:
*1918–1938 The ''Czechoslovak Social Democratic Worker's Party'' (''Československá sociálně demokratická strana dělnická'') - merged with [[Social Democratic Party of Slovakia|Slovak Social Democrats]]
*1938–1941 The ''National Labor Party'' (''Národní strana práce'') - united left party of Social Democrats and part of [[Czech National Social Party]]
*1945–1948 ''Czechoslovak Social Democracy'' (''Československá sociální demokracie'')
*1948–1989 - merged with the [[Communist Party of Czechoslovakia]], concurrenty existed as an exile party with its headquarters in [[London]]
*1990–1993 ''Czechoslovak Social Democracy'' (''Československá sociální demokracie'')
Czech Republic:
*since 1993 Czech Social Democratic Party (''Česká strana sociálně demokratická'')
===Election results===
*[[Czechoslovak legislative election, 1920|1920 National Assembly]]: 25.7% - 74 seats
*[[Czechoslovak legislative election, 1925|1925 National Assembly]]: 8.9% - 29 seats
*[[Czechoslovak legislative election, 1929|1929 National Assembly]]: 13% - 39 seats
*[[Czechoslovak legislative election, 1935|1935 National Assembly]]: 12.6% - 38 seats
*[[Czechoslovak parliamentary election, 1946|1946 National Assembly]]: 12.1% (15.6%) - 37 seats
==== Since 1990 ====
*[[Czech legislative election, 1990|1990 Czech National Council]]: 4.1% - no seat
*[[Czech legislative election, 1992|1992 Czech National Council]]: 6.5% - 16 seats
*[[Czech legislative election, 1996|1996 Chamber of Deputies]]: 26.4% - 61 seats
*1996 Senate: 25 seats (whole Senate elected, only one third in next elections)
*[[Czech legislative election, 1998|1998 Chamber of Deputies]]: 32.1% - 74 seats
*1998 Senate: 3 seats
*2000 Senate: 1 seat
*[[Czech legislative election, 2002|2002 Chamber of Deputies]]: 30.2% - 70 seats
*2002 Senate: 7 seats
*2004 Senate: no seat
*[[European Parliament election, 2004 (Czech Republic)|2004 European Parliament:]] 8.8% - 2 seats
*[[Czech legislative election, 2006|2006 Chamber of Deputies]]: 32.3% - 74 seats
*2006 Senate: 6 seats
==Chairmen of the Czech Social Democratic Party==
=== Czechoslavonic Social Democratic Workers' Party ===
*[[Antonín Němec]] (1904-1915)
*[[Bohumír Šmeral]] (1916-1917)
=== Czechoslovak Social Democratic Worker's Party ===
*Antonín Němec (1917-1925)
*[[Antonín Hampl]] (1925-1938)
=== Czechoslovak Social Democracy ===
*[[Zdeněk Fierlinger]] (1945-1947)
*[[Bohumil Laušman]] (1947-1948)
=== Czechoslovak Social Democracy in exile ===
*[[Blažej Vilím]] (1948)
*[[Václav Majer]] (1948-1972)
*[[Vilém Bernard]] (1972-1989)
*[[Karel Hrubý]]
=== Czechoslovak Social Democracy ===
*[[Jiří Horák]] (1989 - 1993)
=== Czech Social Democratic Party ===
*[[Miloš Zeman]] ([[28 February]] [[1993]] - April 2001)
*[[Vladimír Špidla]] (April [[2001]] - [[26 June]] [[2004]])
*[[Stanislav Gross]] ([[26 June]] [[2004]] - [[26 April]] [[2005]])
**[[Bohuslav Sobotka]] (temporary) (2005 - 2006)
*[[Jiří Paroubek]] (2006 - Present)
==See also==
*[[Politics of the Czech Republic]]
*[[List of political parties in the Czech Republic]]
*[[Elections in the Czech Republic]]
*[[Bohumil Laušman]]
== Rererences ==
<References/>
==External links==
*[http://www.cssd.cz/english-version Party basic data in English]
*[http://www.cssd.cz/ ČSSD official website]
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