Freeholder Party of the Czech Republic

Freeholder Party of the Czech Republic Strana soukromníků České republiky

Abbreviation	Soukromníci
Leader	Petr Bajer
Founded	2008
Headquarters	Holice
Ideology	Conservatism^[1]
Political position	Centre-right
Colours	Yellow
Chamber of Deputies	0 / 200
Senate	0 / 81
European Parliament	0 / 21
Regional councils	2 / 675
Local councils	14 / 62,178
Website
http://www.soukromnici.cz/cs/
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Freeholder Party of the Czech Republic (Czech: Strana soukromníků České republiky, Soukromníci) is a centre-right conservative political party in the Czech Republic. The party considers itself to be a successor to Czechoslovak Traders' Party.^[2] The party had one Senator.

History

SsČR was established in 2008. The party received 4 544 votes (0.19%) in 2009 European Parliament election and thus won no seat. The party didn't take part in 2010 election and supported Civic Democratic Party instead.^[3] SsČR took part in 2012 regional elections received 1 seat in Liberec Region. Another member was elected as candidate of Christian and Democratic Union – Czechoslovak People's Party. SsČR received 13 041 votes (0.26%) and no seat in 2013 Czech legislative election.

Billionaire Ivo Valenta was elected to Senate in 2014 as candidate of SsČR. Valenta became a sponsor of the party since then and negotiated an agreement between SsČR and Party of Free Citizens to participate in joint list for 2016 regional elections.^[4]^[5]^[6] The coalition received 2% nationwide but succeeded in Zlín region.^[7]

On 21 February 2017 Freeholder Party agreed to participate in 2017 Czech legislative election together with Civic Democratic Party.^[8] The coalition received 11% of votes and came second but Freeholders didn't receive any seats.^[9]

Election results

Chamber of Deputies

Year	Leader	Vote	Vote %	Seats	Place	Notes	Position
2013	Rostislav Senjuk	13,041	0.3	0 / 200	16th		extra-parliamentary
2017	Petr Fiala (ODS)		11.3	0 / 200	2nd	Part of the ODS list	extra-parliamentary
2021	Zuzana Majerová Zahradníková (Tricolour)	148,457	2.8	0 / 200	8th	Part of Tricolour–Svobodní–Soukromníci coalition	extra-parliamentary

European Parliament

Year	Main Candidate	European party	Vote	Vote %	Seats	+/-	Place
2009	Jiří Pekárek		4,544	0.2	0 / 22		23rd

Presidential

Election	Candidate		First round result			Second round result
Election	Candidate		Votes	%Votes	Result	Votes	%Votes	Result
2018		Mirek Topolánek	221,689	4.3	6th

References

^ "Soukromníci odmítají daňovou progresi. Svobodní by daň z příjmů zcela zrušili". Podnikatel.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 16 November 2017.
^ "Strana Soukromníků má prvního starostu. Do křesla se dostal pučem. Škatulata, hýbejte se, tentokrát v Klášterci nad Ohří". krajskelisty.cz. Retrieved 25 June 2016.
^ "ODS je vnímána jako "nefalšovaná mafie", zaznělo na sněmu soukromníků". parlamentnilisty.cz. Retrieved 25 June 2016.
^ "Miliardář Valenta, Strana soukromníků a Svobodní jdou spolu do voleb". iDNES.cz. 4 January 2016. Retrieved 25 June 2016.
^ "Do Senátu se dostal agronom Čuba i právník Láska, Prachař neuspěl". iDNES.cz. 18 October 2014. Retrieved 25 June 2016.
^ Martínek, Jan (6 January 2016). "Svobodní a Soukromníci podepsali spojenectví do krajských voleb". Novinky.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 25 June 2016.
^ "Se vším všudy patřím Česku a tak to bude, říká hazardní král Valenta". m.rozhlas.cz. Retrieved 22 February 2017.
^ "ODS půjde do sněmovních voleb s podporou Strany soukromníků". Echo24 (in Czech). 21 February 2017. Retrieved 22 February 2017.
^ "Pyrrhovo vítězství. Sedmdesát procent lidí je ve skutečnosti proti Babišovi, vzkazuje senátor Valenta. Kdo ví, zda se vůbec podaří sestavit vládu..." parlamentnilisty.cz. Retrieved 22 October 2017.

External links

Official page

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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) Independents (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 2019 (21 seats)	ANO 2011 (5) Civic Democratic Party (4) Czech Pirate Party (3) TOP 09+Mayors and Independents (3) Freedom and Direct Democracy (1) KDU-ČSL (2) Communist Party (1) Social 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 Sovereignty Democratic Party of Greens Freeholder Party of the Czech Republic Independents Koruna Česká Law, Respect, Expertise The Left Liberal-Environmental Party Moravané Moravian Land Movement National Democracy Order of the Nation Party of Common Sense Přísaha Rally for the Republic – Republican Party of Czechoslovakia Right Bloc Swiss Democracy United Democrats - Association of Independents Urza.cz Voice Volt Czech Republic Workers' Party of Social Justice
Sources Chamber of Deputies Senate Statistical Office Politics of the Czech Republic Politics portal List of political parties by country

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