Democratic Union (Czech Republic)

Political party in the Czech Republic

Democratic Union Demokratická unie

Founded	1994
Dissolved	2002
Merged into	Freedom Union – Democratic Union
Ideology	Liberalism
Political position	Centre-right
Colours	Dark red
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Democratic Union (abbreviated DEU) was a liberal political party in the Czech Republic. It existed since 1994 and was dissolved in 2002 when it merged with Freedom Union.

History

The party first participated in 1996 legislative election but failed to reach 5% threshold. The party later joined Four-Coalition.

DEU merged with Freedom Union in 2000, and Freedom Union changed its name to Freedom Union – Democratic Union. Members of DEU founded a relatively independent platform, whose members later tried, unsuccessfully, to take over the leadership. Platform then left the party and established Democratic Union of the Czech Republic (DEU ČR).

Election results

Chamber of deputies of the Czech Republic

Year	Vote	Vote %	Seats	Place	Government
1996	169,796	2.80	0 / 200	8th	No
1998	86,431	1.44	0 / 200	8th	No

References

"DEMOKRATICKÁ UNIE (DEU)". Zpravodajstvi.ecn.cz. Retrieved 28 December 2017.
Charvát, Jakub (2013). Politika volebních reforem v ČR po roce 1989 (in Czech). Grada Publishing a.s. ISBN 9788024747002.
"Unie svobody schválila sloučení s DEU". iDNES.cz. 15 December 2001. Retrieved 28 December 2017.
"Majzlík se pokusil o vnitrostranický puč v US-DEU, neuspěl!". Radio.cz (in Czech). 8 December 2003. Retrieved 28 December 2017.
"Majzlík: Lepší nespokojený člověk než spokojený čuník". iDNES.cz. 11 December 2003. Retrieved 28 December 2017.

v t e Freedom Union – Democratic Union (US–DEU)
Leaders	Jan Ruml Karel Kühnl Hana Marvanová Ivan Pilip (interim) Petr Mareš Pavel Němec Jan Černý
Leadership elections	1998 1999 2000 2001 2003 2005 2006 2007
Presidential candidates	Václav Havel Petr Pithart Jaroslava Moserová Jan Sokol (philosopher)
Alliances	Four-Coalition Union of Liberal Democrats
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v t e Political parties in the Czech Republic
Bracketed numbers indicate numbers of seats in the respective chambers.
Chamber of Deputies 2021 (200 seats)	SPOLU (71) Civic Democratic Party (34) KDU-ČSL (23) TOP 09 (14) ANO 2011 (71) PirStan (37) Mayors and Independents (33) Czech Pirate Party (4) Freedom and Direct Democracy (20) Independent (1)
Senate 2022 (81 seats)	ODS-TOP 09 (35) Civic Democratic Party (23) TOP 09 (6) Independents (2) Svobodní (1) Mayors for the Liberec Region (1) ProMOST (1) Tábor 2020 (1) STAN (19) Mayors and Independents (15) Mayors for Liberec Region (2) Ostravak (1) Marek Hilšer for Senate (1) KDU-ČSL (12) ForRegion (6) ANO 2011 (5) Social Democracy (1) SEN 21-Pirates (6) SEN 21 (3) Czech Pirate Party (2) Hradec Králové Democratic Club (1) Independents (2) Independents (1)
European Parliament 2024 (21 seats)	ANO 2011 (7) SPOLU (6) Civic Democratic Party (3) TOP 09 (2) KDU-ČSL (1) Přísaha (2) Stačilo! (2) Communist Party (1) SD-SN (1) Mayors and Independents (2) Czech Pirate Party (1) Freedom and Direct Democracy (1)
Regional Assemblies 2020 (675 seats)	ANO 2011 (178) Civic Democratic Party (99) Czech Pirate Party (99) Mayors and Independents (69) KDU-ČSL (53) Social Democracy (37) Freedom and Direct Democracy (35) Mayors for Liberec Region (22) TOP 09 (19) Communist Party (13) Green Party (6) SNK European Democrats (5) Others (40)
Other parties	Agrarian Democratic Party Alliance for the Future Alliance of National Forces Club of Committed Non-Party Members Conservative Party Czech National Social Party Czech Republic in First Place! Czech Sovereignty Democratic Party of Greens Freeholder Party of the Czech Republic Generation Movement Hlas Independents Koruna Česká Law, Respect, Expertise The Left Liberal Alliance of Independent Citizens Liberal-Environmental Party Moravané Moravian Land Movement Motorists for Themselves National Democracy Order of the Nation Rally for the Republic – Republican Party of Czechoslovakia Right Bloc Swiss Democracy United Democrats - Association of Independents Urza.cz Volt Czechia Workers' Party of Social Justice
Current electoral alliances	Alliance for the Independence of the Czech Republic Přísaha and Motorists Stačilo! SEN 21 and Volt
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