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Endorsements in the 2018 Czech presidential election

This is a list of notable individuals and organizations who voiced their endorsement for the office of the Czech president, including those who subsequently retracted or withheld their endorsement, of any candidate during 2018 Czech presidential election.

Jiří Drahoš

Political

Parties

Non-political

Pavel Fischer

Political

Non-political

Petr Hannig

Political

Parties

  • Democratic Green Party (DSZ)
  • National Democracy (ND), a far right party.
  • Party of Common Sense (Rozumní), of which Hannig is leader.
  • Several minor parties, including the Republican Party of Bohemia Moravia and Silesia, Change for People, the Conservative and Social Movement, and the Czech Movement for National Unity.

Marek Hilšer

Non-political

Michal Horáček

Political

Non-political

Jiří Hynek

Political

Parties

Vratislav Kulhánek

Political

Parties

Mirek Topolánek

Political

Parties

  • Civic Conservative Party, a minor right wing party. It endorsed Topolánek's candidacy on 4 November 2017 via its Facebook page when speculation about his candidacy started.
  • The Civic Democratic Party (ODS), the main right-wing party. ODS endorsed Topolánek on 6 November 2017. ODS had been expected to nominate its own candidate, because leader Petr Fiala stated that the party would probably not support Zeman, DrahoÅ¡ or Horáček. Jaroslav Kubera was also discussed as a potential candidate.
  • The Freeholder Party of the Czech Republic (SSČR), minor right wing party, endorsed Topolánek on 8 December 2017.
  • Young Conservatives, Youth wing of ODS endorsed Topolánek on 3 December 2017.

Non-political

Miloš Zeman

Political

Parties

Non-political

Parties endorsing no candidate

  • Czech Social Democratic Party (ČSSD) said it would hold a presidential primary in November 2017 to choose their candidate, but did not organise one. After initial speculation that the party may endorse Zeman, ČSSD leader Bohuslav Sobotka announced that they were unlikely to do so due to Zeman's actions during the Czech government crisis in May 2017. It was reported that ČSSD planned to nominate Lubomír Zaorálek, who decided to not run, and eventually ČSSD decided to not support any candidate. This decision caused conflict within the party; the Děčín branch of ČSSD endorsed Zeman on 28 November 2017, while Young Social Democrats, the party's youth wing, endorsed DrahoÅ¡. On 4 January 2018, some members of the party founded a political platform called "Let's Save ČSSD", which endorsed MiloÅ¡ Zeman.
  • The Party of Free Citizens (Svobodní) did not endorse any candidate, but published a post on Twitter when Mirek Topolánek announced his candidacy, saying that they would be watching his candidacy. Party leader Pajonk stated that he believed the party should choose a candidate to endorse. On 9 December 2017, Svobodní started talks with Topolánek, Hynek and Hannig to negotiate their support. The party eventually failed to reach a consensus on one candidate and did not endorse any. Party leader Pajonk endorsed Mirek Topolánek.
  • TOP 09 decided not to endorse any candidate. Prominent members of TOP 09 welcomed DrahoÅ¡'s decision to run. Former leader Karel Schwarzenberg endorsed Fischer, while Miroslav Kalousek spoke positively about Mirek Topolánek's candidacy.
  • The Green Party published its strategy for the presidential election on 1 June 2016. The party is opposed to incumbent president MiloÅ¡ Zeman, and planned a common candidate of centre-left parties in cooperation with ČSSD, the Pirate Party and KDU-ČSL. The party does not have the resources to nominate its own candidate.
  • The Moravians party submitted questions to all nine candidates about particular problems relating to Moravian citizens.
  • The Communist Party announced on 9 September 2017 that they would support a candidate who would respect the party and agree to their conditions.
  • The Czech Pirate Party announced on 25 October 2017 that they would not stand their own candidate or support any other candidate. However, the party did launch a survey to determine which candidate had the most support among its members. Marek HilÅ¡er led the poll.
  • ANO 2011 originally planned to hold a presidential primary, but decided against it following the 2017 legislative election. Various commentators had speculated that the party would endorse ANO minister Martin Stropnický, or incumbent president Zeman, but on 6 December 2017, Andrej BabiÅ¡ announced that ANO 2011 would not endorse any presidential candidate. BabiÅ¡ later announced that ANO would in fact endorse a candidate, and would reveal their endorsement on 11 January 2018. On 11 January 2018, BabiÅ¡ announced his support for Zeman.

Second round

Jiří Drahoš

Political

Parties

Miloš Zeman

Political

Parties

References