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Christian and Democratic Union – Czechoslovak People's Party Křesťanská a demokratická unie – Československá strana lidová
AbbreviationLidovci
LeaderMarek Výborný
Deputy LeadersPavel Bělobrádek
Monika Brzesková [cs]
Jiří Horák
Eduard Hulicius
Václav Pláteník
Secretary GeneralPavel Hořava
Chamber of Deputies LeaderAleš Dufek
Senate LeaderJosef Klement
MEP LeaderTomáš Zdechovský
FounderJan Šrámek
Founded3 January 1919; 105 years ago (1919-01-03)
Merger ofMSKSSM, KNKSM,
ČKSSKČ, KNKSČ, KSL
HeadquartersPalác Charitas, Karlovo náměstí 5, Prague
NewspaperNový Hlas
Think tankInstitute for Christian Democratic Politics
Youth wingYoung Populars
Women's wingWomen's Association
Membership18,600
Ideology
Political positionCentre to centre-right
National affiliationSpolu
National Front (1945-1989)
European affiliationEuropean People's Party
European Parliament groupEuropean People's Party
International affiliationCentrist Democrat International
Colors  Yellow
  Blue
Chamber of Deputies23 / 200
Senate12 / 81
European Parliament1 / 21
Regional councils49 / 685
Governors of the regions1 / 13
Local councils4,066 / 62,178
Party flag
Website
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KDU-ČSL (In Czech, the initials of the Christian and Democratic Union – Czechoslovak People's Party; Czech: Křesťanská a demokratická unie – Československá strana lidová), often shortened to lidovci ("the popular ones"), is a Christian-democratic political party in the Czech Republic. The party has taken part in almost every Czech government since 1990. In the June 2006 legislative election, KDU-ČSL won 7.2% of the vote and 13 out of 200 seats. However, in the 2010 election, its vote share dropped to 4.4% and they lost all of its seats. The party regained its parliamentary standing in the 2013 legislative election, winning 14 seats in the new parliament, thus becoming the first party ever to return to the Chamber of Deputies after previously dropping out.

History

After the German occupation of Czechoslovakia, Šrámek served as head of Czechoslovak government in exile (in the United Kingdom). After 1945, ČSL was part of the national unity government, forming its most right-wing section.

On 12 April 2017, KDU-ČSL signed an agreement with STAN to participate in 2017 legislative election as a coalition. Coalition needed to get more 10% of votes get over threshold. The coalition disintegrated before the election, thus the party went into the elections standalone, receiving 5.8% of votes.

In March 2019 the party was officially renamed to KDU-ČSL, its common abbreviation and Marek Výborný became a new party leader. After the death of his wife announced Marek Výborný in November 2019 his resignation for personal reasons.

Membership

KDU-ČSL had 27,662 Members in 2015 which is the second largest member base of any party in the Czech Republic. The number has been decreasing since the 1990s when the party had 100,000 Members. It is caused by high average age of members.

1991 1992 1999 2008 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2019
95,435 88,000 60,000 40,000 33,000 29,976 28,541 27,662 26,420 21,870

Party strongholds

KDU-ČSL is known to have very strong electoral core concentrated primarily in South Moravia. The party has very stable electoral support thanks to the rural voters in Moravia and has managed to gain seats in the Chamber of Deputies during every election cycle in the Czech Republic since 1990 with the exception of 2010.

Leaders

Ex leader and mayor of Zlín region Jiří Čunek

Name of the party over time

Headquarters of KDU ČSL, Charitas Palace in Prague

Symbols

KDU-ČSL had many symbols through history, with the current logo depicting a Christian cross on a linden leaf.

Logos

  • Party symbol, 1930's Party symbol, 1930's
  • Party logo, 1945–1992 Party logo, 1945–1992
  • Party logo, 1992–2006 Party logo, 1992–2006
  • Party logo, 2006–2012 Party logo, 2006–2012
  • Party logo, 2012–2024 Party logo, 2012–2024
  • Current logo, since 2024 Current logo, since 2024

Election results

Czechoslovakia wide elections

Legislative elections

Date Leader Votes Seats Position
# % # ± Size
1920 Collective leadership 699,728 11.3 33 / 281 Increase 33 2nd Opposition
1925 Jan Šrámek 691,238 9.7 31 / 300 Decrease 2 3rd Coalition
1929 Jan Šrámek 623,340 8.4 25 / 300 Decrease 6 5th Coalition
1935 Jan Šrámek 615,804 7.5 22 / 300 Decrease 3 6th Coalition
1946 Jan Šrámek 1,111,009 15.7 46 / 300 Increase 24 3rd Coalition
1948 as part of National Front 23 / 300 Decrease 23 4th Bloc
1954 20 / 368 Decrease 3 3rd Bloc
1960 16 / 300 Decrease 4 4th Bloc
1964 20 / 300 Increase 4 4th Bloc
1971 8 / 200 Decrease 12 4th Bloc
1976 11 / 200 Increase 3 4th Bloc
1981 12 / 200 Increase 1 3rd Bloc
1986 11 / 200 Decrease 1 4th Bloc
1990 Josef Bartončík 629,359 5.9 9 / 150 Decrease 2 5th Support
1992 Josef Lux 388,122 4.0 7 / 150 Decrease 2 7th Coalition

Devolved assembly elections

Czech assembly elections

Date Leader Votes Seats Position
# % # ± Size
1968 as part of National Front 25 / 200 Increase 25 3rd Bloc
1971 15 / 200 Decrease 10 2nd Bloc
1976 14 / 200 Decrease 1 3rd Bloc
1981 14 / 200 Steady 0 2nd Bloc
1986 14 / 200 Steady 0 2nd Bloc
1990 Josef Bartončík 607,134 8.42 20 / 200 Increase 6 4th Coalition
1992 Josef Lux 406,341 6.28 15 / 200 Decrease 5 5th Coalition

Slovak assembly elections

Date Leader Votes Seats Position
# % # ± Size
1928 Martin Mičura 43,689 3.31 2 / 54 Increase 2 8th –
1935 Martin Mičura – 3.0 1 / 54 Decrease 1 8th –

Czech Republic wide elections

Legislative elections

Date Leader Votes Seats Position
# % # ± Size
1996 Josef Lux 489,349 8.08 18 / 200 Increase 3 4thIncrease ODS–KDU-ČSL–ODA
1998 Josef Lux 537,013 8.99 20 / 200 Increase 2 4th Opposition
2002 Cyril Svoboda 680,670 14.27 22 / 200 Increase 11 4th ČSSD–KDU-ČSL–US-DEU
Part of Coalition, which won 31 seats in total
2006 Miroslav Kalousek 386,706 7.23 13 / 200 Decrease 18 4th ODS–KDU-ČSL–SZ
2010 Cyril Svoboda 229,717 4.39 0 / 200 Decrease 13 6thDecrease No seats
2013 Pavel Bělobrádek 336.970 6.78 14 / 200 Increase 14 7thDecrease ČSSD–ANO–KDU-ČSL
2017 Pavel Bělobrádek 293,643 5.80 10 / 200 Decrease 4 7th Opposition
2021 Marian Jurečka 1,493,701 27.79 23 / 200 Increase 13 2nd SPOLU – PirStan
Part of Spolu coalition, which won 71 seats in total

Senate elections

Election First round Second round Seats gained
Votes % Places Votes % Places
1996 274,316 9.9 4th 247,819 10.7 3rd 13 / 81
1998 255,785 26.6 2nd 166,483 31.0 2nd 5 / 27
2000 121,355 14.1 4th 137,515 24.4 2nd 8 / 27
2002 58,858 8.8 4th 47,049 5.7 4th 1 / 27
2004 97,956 13.5 3rd 54,501 11.4 3rd 3 / 27
2006 125,388 11.8 4th 59,603 10.4 3rd 4 / 27
2008 82,870 7.9 - 42,225 5.13 - 0 / 27
2010 87,182 7.6 4th 42,990 6.32 4th 2 / 27
2012 61,006 6.94 4th 14,995 2.92 4th 1 / 27
2014 84,328 8.21 5th 77,103 16.27 2nd 4 / 27
2016 74,709 8.48 5th 78,448 18.50 2nd 6 / 27
2018 99,383 9.12 4th 34,833 8.33 5th 2 / 27
2020 82,814 8.30 4th 65,397 14.47 3rd 3 / 27
2022 120,972 10.87 3rd 74,696 15.57 3rd 7 / 27
2024 46,518 5.86 4th 15,635 4.00 5th 2 / 27

Places are by number of votes gained.
The whole Senate was elected. Only one third of Senate was elected in all subsequent elections.
Participated as Part of Four-Coalition

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 Won —
1998 Václav Havel 130 70.65 Runner-up 146 52.3 Won —
2003 (Petr Pithart)

Jan Sokol

128 46.55 Runner-up 129 48.13 Runner-up 124 46.6 Lost
2008 Václav Klaus 141 50.90 Runner-up 141 52.81 Runner-up 141 55.95 Won
Direct Election Candidate First round result Second round result
Votes %Votes Result Votes %Votes Result
2013 Zuzana Roithová 255,045 4.95 6th supported Karel Schwarzenberg
2018 Jiří Drahoš 1,369,601 26.60 Runner-up 2,701,206 48.63 Lost
2023 Petr Pavel 1,975,056 35.40 Runner-up 3,358,926 58.33 Won
Danuše Nerudová 777,080 13.93 3rd place supported Petr Pavel
Pavel Fischer 376,705 6.75 4th place supported Petr Pavel
  1. The SPOLU coalition supported 3 independent candidates for this election.

European Parliament

Election List leader Votes % Seats +/– EP Group
2004 Zuzana Roithová 223,383 9.57 (#4) 2 / 24 New EPP-ED
2009 180,451 7.64 (#4) 2 / 22 Steady 0 EPP
2014 Pavel Svoboda 150,792 9.95 (#5) 3 / 22 Increase 1
2019 171,723 7.24 (#6) 2 / 21 Decrease 1
2024 Alexandr Vondra 661,250 22.27 (#2) 1 / 21 Decrease 1
  1. Run as part of the SPOLU coalition.

Local elections

Year Vote Vote % Seats
1990 8,845,562 11,5 8,083
1994 9,260,542 Increase 7.23 Decrease 7,616Decrease
1998 7,206,346Decrease 11.18Increase 7,119Decrease
2002 7,728,402Increase 9.58Decrease 6,013Decrease
2006 6,263,980Decrease 5.76Decrease 5,049Decrease
2010 4,938,960Decrease 5.47Decrease 3,738Decrease
2014 4,865,956Decrease 4.91Decrease 3,792Increase
2018 5,599,336Increase 5.02Increase 3,633Decrease

Regional elections

Year Vote Vote % Seats Places
2000 537,012 22.86 72 / 675 2nd
2004 226,016Decrease 10.67Decrease 84 / 675 4thDecrease
2008 193,911Decrease 6.65Decrease 56 / 675 4thSteady
2012 261,724Increase 9.87Increase 61 / 675 4thSteady
2016 159,610Decrease 6.30Decrease 61 / 675 5thDecrease
2020 252,598Increase 9.12Increase 53 / 675 5thDecrease

2020 Czech regional election results

Region Coalition partner # of
overall votes 		% of
overall vote 		Seats Governance
# ± Position
Central Bohemian STAN 92,903 22.21 2 / 65 Increase 2 Increase 5th STAN–ODS–Pirates–TOP 09+Greens-Voice
South Bohemian TOP 09 20,798 10.45 4 / 55 Steady Decrease 6th ODS–KDU-ČSL+TOP 09–ČSSD–JIH12
Plzeň ADS and Non-Partisians 7,588 4.36 — Decrease 2 Decrease 11th ODS+TOP 09–STAN–Pirates
Karlovy Vary ODS 5,870 7.35 2 / 45 Increase 1 Increase 8th STAN+TOP 09-Pirates-ODS+KDU ČSL-Local movements
Ústí nad Labem ODS 24,739 12.37 1 / 55 Increase 1 Increase 8th ANO–ODS–TOP 09+Greens
Liberec TOP 09 5,328 3.83 — Steady Increase 7th Mayors for Liberec Region–Pirates–ODS
Hradec Králové VPM and Non-Partisians 14,738 8.32 4 / 45 Steady Decrease 5th ODS+STAN+VČ–KDU-ČSL–Pirates–TOP 09+HDK
Pardubice SNK-ED and Non-Partisians 22,280 13.41 4 / 45 Decrease 1 Decrease 5th ČSSD–ODS+TOP 09–KDU-ČSL–STAN
Vysočina — 19,082 11.96 6 / 45 Decrease 1 Steady 3rd ODS+STO–Pirates–KDU-ČSL–ČSSD–STAN
South Moravian — 56,423 15.54 11 / 65 Steady Steady 2nd KDU-ČSL–Pirates–ODS–STAN
Olomouc TOP 09 and Greens 34,519 18.43 6 / 55 Decrease 1 Steady 4th STAN+Pirates–KDU-ČSL+TOP 09–ODS
Zlín — 35,782 18.62 9 / 45 Decrease 3 Decrease 2nd ANO–Pirates–ODS–ČSSD
Moravian-Silesian — 30,190 9.57 7 / 65 Decrease 1 Steady 4th ANO–ODS+TOP 09–KDU-ČSL–ČSSD

Further reading

  • Brenner, Christiane; Gehler, Michael; Kaiser, Wolfram (2004). "A Missed Opportunity to Oppose State Socialism? The People's Party in Chechoslavakia". Christian Democracy in Europe since 1945. Routledge. pp. 151–168. ISBN 0-7146-5662-3.
  • Suppan, Arnold (2004). "Catholic People's Parties in East Central Europe: The Bohemian Lands and Slovakia". Political Catholicism in Europe 1918-1945. Vol. 1. Routledge. pp. 178–192.

Notes

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