2026 Civic Democratic Party leadership election

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2026 Civic Democratic Party leadership election
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Leader of the Civic Democratic Party before election

Petr Fiala

Elected Leader of the Civic Democratic Party

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The Civic Democratic Party (ODS), a political party in the Czech Republic, will hold a leadership election on 18 January 2026. [1] The incumbent leader Petr Fiala will not seek reelection.

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Background

Petr Fiala has been the leader of the Civic Democratic Party since 2014. The party formed an electoral alliance with KDU-ČSL and TOP 09 [2] under the name Spolu. [3] Spolu received 27.8% of votes in the 2021 Czech parliamentary election and finished first. As a result, Fiala became Prime Minister of the Czech Republic, [4] and subsequently confirmed his candidacy. [5] He led Spolu to the 2025 Czech parliamentary election but received 23.4% of votes and lost the election to ANO. Fiala stated that he will discuss next steps with his colleagues which will determine whether he will continue as party leader. [6] Deputy leader of the party Martin Kupka then stated that leadership election that was scheduled for April 2026 will be held in January. [7] Kupka was speculated as Fiala's potential successor. Kupka ruled out that he would be running against Fiala. [8]

Fiala announced on 7 October 2025 that he won't be running in the upcoming leadership election for another term. [9] The party's congress was scheduled for 17 and 18 January 2026. Leadership would be part of the congress. [10] Martin Kupka and Martin Kuba were the most speculated candidates following Fiala's announcement. Kupka was viewed as a front-runner. [11] [12] [13] Kuba stated that he needs to see discussion between party members first. [14] On 11 October 2025, Kupka admitted he is considering running. He stated that he will make his decision in several weeks, no later than first half of November. [15] On 23 October 2025, Kupka announced his candidacy. When Líbeznice municipal organisation of ODS gave him its nomination. [16] On 24 October 2025, Radim Ivan  [ cs ] announced candidacy. Jana Černochová confirmed she considers running but must discuss it with members of Prague organisation first. [17] Novinky reported that members of South Bohemian organisation are trying to persuade Martin Kuba to run. [18] On 27 November 2025, Kuba announced his departure from the party. [19] On 2 December 2025, Eva Decroix announced on X (formerly Twitter), that she would not run. [20] Kupka received nominations from 11 regional organisations, Ivan did not receive a single nomination. [21]

Candidates

Speculative

Declined

Opinion polling

Poll Martin Kuba Martin Kupka Eva Decroix Jan Skopeček Alexandr Vondra Jana Černochová Pavel Žáček
7 October 2025, CNN Prima News [23] 53.3%22.6%8.6%7.0%4.2%3.0%1.3%

References

  1. ↑ "Fiala nebude kandidovat na předsedu ODS, kongres se uskuteční v lednu". ČeskéNoviny.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 2025-10-18.
  2. ↑ Dostál, Vratislav. "Nevýrazná ODS stagnuje. Slučování pravice je z nouze ctnost s nejistým výsledkem". info.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 16 February 2021.
  3. ↑ Bican, Jaroslav. "Poškozuje to Petra Fialu, celou stranu i naši demokracii. Zveličování odporu ke koalici Spolu v ODS nikam nevede". forum24.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 7 October 2025.
  4. ↑ "Úspěšný "projekt Fiala". Jak se z akademika stal kandidát na premiéra". Mladá fronta Dnes (in Czech). Mafra. 16 October 2021. Retrieved 7 October 2025.
  5. ↑ "ODS, ANO, Piráty a lidovce čeká příští rok volba vedení. Kandidáti se již hlásí". ČT24 (in Czech). Czech Television . Retrieved 30 December 2021.
  6. ↑ Hromková, Dominika Hejl; Kopecký, Josef (4 October 2025). "Volby 2025: Fiala blahopřál Babišovi, výsledky respektuji, řekl. Poradí se s kolegy, co dál". iDNES.cz . Mafra . Retrieved 7 October 2025.
  7. ↑ "Volební kongres ODS bude v lednu". Seznam Zprávy (in Czech). 5 October 2025. Retrieved 7 October 2025.
  8. ↑ Frouzová, Kateřina (6 October 2025). "Kupka: Udělali jsme chyby. Ale bude velmi zajímavé sledovat, až ANO pocítí svou vlastní medicínu". Deník N (in Czech). N media. Retrieved 7 October 2025.
  9. 1 2 Brodníčková, Karolina (7 October 2025). "Byla to skvělá jízda. Fiala oznámil, že už nebude kandidovat na předsedu ODS". Novinky.cz (in Czech). Borgis. Retrieved 7 October 2025.
  10. ↑ Brodníčková, Karolina (7 October 2025). "ODS si zvolí nového předsedu v lednu". Novinky.cz (in Czech). Borgis. Retrieved 7 October 2025.
  11. ↑ Hromková, Dominika Hejl (9 October 2025). "ODS hledá nového předsedu. Kupka mlží, Kuba má podle politologa jednu nevýhodu". iDNES.cz. Mafra . Retrieved 10 October 2025.
  12. ↑ Polívková, Ema (7 October 2025). "Kdo nahradí Fialu v čele ODS? 'Mluví se o Kubovi a Kupkovi. Překvapit může i Decroix,' míní politolog". Czech Radio (in Czech). Retrieved 10 October 2025.
  13. ↑ Dolejší, Václav (8 October 2025). "Jak dál po Fialovi? Spolu nejspíš končí, novým lídrem ODS bude asi Kupka". Seznam Zprávy (in Czech). Retrieved 10 October 2025.
  14. ↑ Brodníčková, Karolina (7 October 2025). "Martin Kuba: Spolu v opozici je nesmysl". Novinky.cz (in Czech). Borgis. Retrieved 10 October 2025.
  15. ↑ Horváth, Ivo (11 October 2025). "Kupka zvažuje kandidaturu na předsedu ODS". Novinky.cz (in Czech). Borgis. Retrieved 11 October 2025.
  16. 1 2 Dolejší, Václav (23 October 2025). "Kupka oznámil, že chce být šéfem ODS. "Lídrem přece nemusí být jen magor"". Seznam Zprávy (in Czech). Retrieved 23 October 2025.
  17. 1 2 3 Kopecký, Josef (24 October 2025). "Do souboje o šéfa ODS jde i ostravský politik Ivan. Du do toho p*čo, napsal". iDNES.cz. Mafra. Retrieved 24 October 2025.
  18. ↑ Brodníčková, Karolina (22 October 2025). "Chceme do čela ODS Martina Kubu, ozývá se z regionů". Novinky.cz (in Czech). Borgis. Retrieved 24 October 2025.
  19. 1 2 Kuřilová, Lenka; Hejl Hromková, Dominika; Marek, Lukáš (27 November 2024). "Hejtman Martin Kuba odchází po 22 letech z ODS a zakládá nové hnutí". iDNES.cz . Mafra . Retrieved 27 November 2024.
  20. 1 2 "Místopředsedkyně ODS Decroix nebude v lednu kandidovat do vedení strany". Seznam Zprávy (in Czech). Czech News Agency. 2 December 2025. Retrieved 2 December 2025.
  21. ↑ "Kupka před víkendovým kongresem ODS sesbíral podporu 11 krajů". Seznam Zprávy (in Czech). Czech News Agency. 15 January 2026. Retrieved 15 January 2026.
  22. ↑ Kopecký, Josef (7 October 2025). "Volby koalice Spolu nevyhrála. Zodpovědnost za výsledek jsem nesl já, napsal Fiala. Končí v čele ODS". iDNES.cz. Mafra . Retrieved 7 October 2025.
  23. ↑ Veselý, Marek. "ANKETA: Kdo by se měl stát novým šéfem ODS? Hlasujte o nástupci Petra Fialy". CNN Prima News (in Czech). Prima F.T.V. Retrieved 19 October 2025.
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