2002 Czech parliamentary election
Parliamentary elections were held in the Czech Republic on 14 and 15 June 2002. The result was a victory for the Czech Social Democratic Party, which won 70 of the 200 seats, and formed a coalition government with the KDU-ČSL and Freedom Union – Democratic Union. Voter turnout was 58%.
Image: Vladimir Spidla, 2007 crop
Image: Vaclav Klaus headshot
Image: Miroslav Grebeníček (4)
Image: Flickr europeanpeoplesparty EPP Congress Warsaw (708) (cropped)
Social Democracy (Czech Republic)
Social Democracy, known as the Czech Social Democratic Party until 10 June 2023, is a social-democratic political party in the Czech Republic. Sitting on the centre-left of the political spectrum and holding pro-European views, it is a member of the Party of European Socialists, the Socialist International, and the Progressive Alliance. Masaryk Democratic Academy is the party-affiliated's think tank.
Party membership card, 1945
Former party leader and prime minister Bohuslav Sobotka (on the right) and the next former party leader and interior minister Jan Hamáček
Pre-election meeting of 2018
Election poster with the text "Poor quality food has to get out of the game" in 2019