Independents (political party)
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Independents Nezávislí | |
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| Abbreviation | NEZ |
| Chairperson | Patrik Hujdus |
| Founded | 8 September 1994 |
| Headquarters | Raisova 1066/6, 709 00 Ostrava – Mariánské Hory |
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The Independents (Czech: Nezávislí) is a political party in the Czech Republic.
History
[edit]The party was established on 8 September 1994 as the Association of Prague Independents, before adopting its current name in 1995. In the 1996 Chamber of Deputies and Senate elections it received 0.5% of the vote and failed to win a seat. Despite increasing its vote share to 0.9% in the Chamber of Deputies elections and 0.8% in the Senate elections of 1998, the party remained seatless. The 2000 Senate elections saw the party finish fifth, although with only 1.5% of the vote and no seats. However, in the 2002 Senate elections the party received 4% of the vote in the first round, and won two seats. They won two seats in the European Parliament in the 2004 elections,[1] and another seat in the Senate elections later the same year.[2]
After receiving just 0.6% of the vote in the 2006 Chamber of Deputies elections, the party's vote share fell to 0.5% in the 2006 Senate elections and it failed to win a seat.[3] The party lost both its Senate seats won in 2002 in the 2008 elections and both its European Parliament seats in the 2009 elections.
The party failed to win a seat in subsequent Senate elections in 2010, 2014, 2016, 2018 and 2020. It regained parliamentary representation when it won a seat in the 2022 Senate elections, with Jana Zwyrtek Hamplová elected in Kroměříž.
References
[edit]- ^ Czech Republic: European Parliament election results 2004 EU Observer
- ^ Czech Republic: Election for Senát (Czech Senate) IFES Election Guide
- ^ Elections held in 2006 Inter-Parliamentary Union
