Freeholder Party of the Czech Republic

Freeholder Party of the Czech Republic Strana soukromníků České republiky
Leader	Petr Bajer
Founded	2008
Ideology	Conservatism
Political position	Centre-right
Colours	Yellow
Chamber of Deputies	0 / 200
Senate	1 / 81
European Parliament	0 / 21
Regional councils	2 / 675
Local councils	0 / 62,178
Website
http://www.soukromnici.cz/cs/
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Freeholder Party of the Czech Republic (Czech: Strana soukromníků České republiky, SsČR) is a centre-right conservative political party in the Czech Republic. The party considers itself to be a successor to Czechoslovak Traders' Party.^[1] The party has 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.^[2] SsČR took part in 2012 regional elections reeived 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 Czech legislative election, 2013.

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.^[3][4][5]

Footnotes

1. ↑ "Strana Soukromníků má prvního starostu. Do křesla se dostal pučem. Škatulata, hýbejte se, tentokrát v Klášterci nad Ohří | Krajské listy.cz". www.krajskelisty.cz. Retrieved 25 June 2016. 
2. ↑ "ODS je vnímána jako "nefalšovaná mafie", zaznělo na sněmu soukromníků". Parlamentní Listy. Retrieved 25 June 2016. 
3. ↑ "Miliardář Valenta, Strana soukromníků a Svobodní jdou spolu do voleb". iDNES.cz. 4 January 2016. Retrieved 25 June 2016. 
4. ↑ "Do Senátu se dostal agronom Čuba i právník Láska, Prachař neuspěl". iDNES.cz. 18 October 2014. Retrieved 25 June 2016. 
5. ↑ Martínek, Jan. "Svobodní a Soukromníci podepsali spojenectví do krajských voleb". Novinky.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 25 June 2016. 

External links

• Official page

Political parties in the Czech Republic
Bracketed numbers indicate numbers of seats in the respective chambers.
Chamber of Deputies 2013 (200 seats)	Czech Social Democratic Party (50) ANO 2011 (48) Communist Party (33) TOP 09 (20) Civic Democratic Party (16) Christian and Democratic Union – Czechoslovak People's Party (14) Dawn - National Coalition (7) Mayors and Independents (4) Freedom and Direct Democracy (3) Mayors for Liberec Region (1) Order of Nation (1) without party affiliation (3)
Senate 2016 (81 seats)	Czech Social Democratic Party (19) Civic Democratic Party (9) Christian and Democratic Union – Czechoslovak People's Party (8) SLK (2) Party of Civic Rights (2) Green Party (2) Občané pro Budějovice (1) Hnutí pro Prahu 11 (1) Communist Party (1) Občané patrioti (1) Severočeši.cz (1) STAN (1) TOP 09 (1) non-affiliated (31) pending result (1)
European Parliament 2014 (21 seats)	ANO 2011 (4) TOP 09+STAN (4) Czech Social Democratic Party (4) Communist Party (3) Christian and Democratic Union – Czechoslovak People's Party (3) Civic Democratic Party (2) Party of Free Citizens (1)
Other parties	Czech Pirate Party Crown of Bohemia National Socialists – 21st Century Left National Democracy Czech Sovereignty Workers' Party of Social Justice Czech National Social Party
Sources Chamber of Deputies Senate Statistical Office Politics of the Czech Republic Politics portal List of political parties by country