Spolu (, stylized as SPOLU) is a Czech centre-right political alliance composed of the Civic Democratic Party, KDU-ČSL, and TOP 09. It forms the current Czech government, in coalition with the Mayors and Independents. Initially formed for the 2021 legislative election, it will compete in the upcoming 2025 election with Petr Fiala as its leader and nominee for prime minister.
The ODS leadership agreed to form an alliance with the other parties on 25 October 2020. Two days later party leaders Petr Fiala, Marian Jurečka and Markéta Pekarová Adamová signed a memorandum and announced that ODS, KDU-ČSL and TOP 09 would form an electoral alliance for the next legislative election, with ODS leader Fiala as the alliance's candidate for prime minister. On 11 November 2020, the parties agreed that ODS would nominate the leaders of the election lists in nine regions, KDU-ČSL in three regions, and TOP 09 in two regions. The alliance was known by media as the Three Coalition, but on 9 December 2020 the parties announced that they would run under the name Spolu ().
Spolu introduced its electoral programme and campaign on 9 December 2020. Ahead of the election, opinion polls suggested that ANO would win, but in an electoral upset Spolu won the highest number of votes, and opposition parties won a majority of seats in the Chamber of Deputies. The opposition parties signed a memorandum agreeing to nominate Spolu leader Petr Fiala for the position of prime minister. On 9 November, President Miloš Zeman formally asked Fiala to form a new government. On 17 November 2021, Fiala introduced Zeman to his proposed cabinet and Zeman agreed to appoint Fiala as the new prime minister on 26 November 2021.
In November 2021, Fiala said he would like to continue with the Spolu coalition into the 2022 Senate and municipal elections. On 14 June 2022, Spolu announced that the coalition would nominate 19 candidates in the senate elections. Spolu also collaborated in municipal elections in some cities and towns, including Prague, Ostrava and Plzeň.
In the 2023 Czech presidential election, Spolu endorsed three candidates: Petr Pavel, Danuše Nerudová, and Pavel Fischer.
On 28 October 2024, party leaders signed a memorandum and announced that ODS, KDU-ČSL and TOP 09 would continue as an electoral alliance for the 2025 legislative election.
Civic Democratic Party | Conservatism | Petr Fiala | ||||
KDU-ČSL | Christian democracy | Marek Výborný | ||||
TOP 09 | Conservative liberalism | Markéta Pekarová Adamová | ||||
Prague | Markéta Pekarová Adamová | TOP 09 | 40.0% | ||
Central Bohemian | Jan Skopeček | ODS | 28.7% | ||
South Bohemian | ODS | 29.1% | |||
Plzeň | Martin Baxa | ODS | 26.6% | ||
Karlovy Vary | Jan Bureš | ODS | 20.2% | ||
Ústí nad Labem | ODS | 19.8% | |||
Liberec Region | ODS | 22.8% | |||
Hradec Králové | ODS | 28.6% | |||
Pardubice Region | Pavel Svoboda | TOP 09 | 28.5% | ||
Vysočina | Vít Kaňkovský | KDU-ČSL | 28.0% | ||
South Moravian | Petr Fiala | ODS | 30.0% | ||
Olomouc Region | Marian Jurečka | KDU-ČSL | 24.5% | ||
Zlín | Ondřej Benešík | KDU-ČSL | 27.8% | ||
Moravian-Silesian | Zbyněk Stanjura | ODS | 20.6% | ||
Danuše Nerudová | 777,080 | 13.93 | supported Petr Pavel | ||||
Pavel Fischer | 376,705 | 6.75 | supported Petr Pavel |
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