TOP 09 | |
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| Leader | Matěj Ondřej Havel |
| Deputy Leaders | Jiří Pospíšil Ondřej Müller Kateřina Pastorková Marek Ženíšek Lukáš Otys |
| Chamber of Deputies Leader | Jan Jakob |
| MEP Leader | Luděk Niedermayer |
| Founders | Miroslav Kalousek Karel Schwarzenberg |
| Founded | 11 June 2009; 16 years ago (2009-06-11) |
| Split from | KDU–ČSL[1] |
| Headquarters | Opletalova 1603/57,Prague |
| Think tank | TOPAZ |
| Youth wing | TOP Team |
| Membership(2025) | 1,864 |
| Ideology | |
| Political position | Centre-right[13] |
| National affiliation | Spolu |
| European affiliation | European People's Party |
| European Parliament group | European People's Party Group |
| International affiliation | International Democracy Union |
| Colours | (customary) |
| Chamber of Deputies | 9 / 200 |
| Senate | 7 / 81 |
| European Parliament | 2 / 21 |
| Regional councils | 16 / 675 |
| Governors of the regions | 0 / 13 |
| Local councils | 483 / 61,892 |
| Website | |
| top09.cz | |
TOP 09 (Czech:Tradice Odpovědnost Prosperita,lit. 'Tradition Responsibility Prosperity')[14] is aliberal-conservative[2][3][4][5]political party in theCzech Republic, led byMatěj Ondřej Havel. 9 of its members sit in theChamber of Deputies, and two of them areMEPs.
The party was founded on 11 June 2009 byMiroslav Kalousek who left theChristian and Democratic Union – Czechoslovak People's Party.[15] Its first leader wasKarel Schwarzenberg, who had previously served as Minister of Foreign Affairs in thesecond Topolánek cabinet from January 2007 to March 2009, having been nominated by theGreen Party for the post, and who had been elected to the Senate in 2004 as nominee of theFreedom Union – Democratic Union (US-DEU) andCivic Democratic Alliance (ODA) parties.[16][17]
In the2010 parliamentary elections on 28–29 May 2010, TOP 09 received 16.7% of the vote and 41 seats, becoming the third largest party.[18] The party joined theNečas cabinet, forming a coalition with theCivic Democratic Party (ODS) andPublic Affairs (VV).[19]
In September 2010 TOP 09 applied to join theEuropean People's Party.Karel Schwarzenberg had already officially participated in two EPP summits (15 September[20] and 16 December 2010[21]). On 10 February 2011 TOP 09 was granted permission to join the EPP.[22]
In the2013 parliamentary election on 25–26 October 2013, TOP 09 won 12% of the vote and 26 seats. The party became part of the parliamentary opposition to theSobotka cabinet.
In the2014 European elections on 24 and 25 May 2014, TOP 09 reached second place nationally with 15.95% of the vote, electing 4MEPs.
Karel Schwarzenberg left the position of leader in 2015. He was replaced byMiroslav Kalousek afterwards.
In March 2016,Karel Tureček left the party and joinedANO 2011, which left TOP 09 with 25 MPs.[23] In May 2016,Pavol Lukša, one of founders of TOP 09, left the party and established a new party,Good Choice.[24]
The2016 Czech regional elections were a major loss for TOP 09. The party gained only 19 seats and 3.4% of the vote. Miroslav Kalousek then considered resigning, but decided to remain the party’s leader.[25]
In January 2017, TOP 09 introduced a new program called Vision 2030, in which it declared intentions to adopt theEuro, implementelectronical voting, and increase health standards toGermany's level. TOP 09 also wanted to shorten the working week to4 days. Miroslav Kalousek said he believed that TOP 09 would get over 10% in the upcoming legislative election even though recent opinion polls indicated that TOP 09 might not reach the 5% threshold.[26][27]
Ahead of the2017 parliamentary elections, TOP 09 was endorsed by TheCzech Crown,Conservative Party,Club of Committed Non-Party Members andLiberal-Environmental Party.[28][29] The party eventually received 5.3% of the vote, gaining 7 seats.Jiří Pospíšilbecame the new leader after the election.[30]
In thenext year municipal elections TOP 09 got only 1.1 per cent of the vote nationally. The best performance for the party was in the Prague City council elections, following which it joined a coalition with theCzech Pirate Party andPrague Together.
In November, 2019,Markéta Pekarová Adamová was elected party’s leader.[31] In late 2020, TOP 09 formed an electoral alliance withKDU-ČSL andODS calledSpolu, to run in the2021 elections.[32] The alliance won the popular vote and formed a coalition with thePirates and Mayors alliance. As a result of agreements made to form these alliances, TOP 09 leaderMarkéta Pekarová Adamová becamePresident of the Chamber of Deputies of the Czech Republic.
On 20 November 2021, Pekarová Adamová was reelected in a TOP 09 leadership election, with 163 out of 176 votes, being the only candidate.[33]
On 11 November 2023, Pekarová Adamová was reelected in a TOP 09 leadership election, with 142 out of 177 votes, being the only candidate.[34]
On 8 November 2025,Matěj Ondřej Havel was elected in a TOP 09 leadership election, with 120 out of 171 votes, being the only candidate.[35]
TOP 09 is characterised most prominently by itseconomic liberalism and itspro-Europeanism,[36] being firmly in favour ofEuropean integration.[37] Generally, the party is considered to lean towards both liberal and conservative strains of right-of-centre thought, gradually becoming increasingly liberal compared to its official stance of conservatism.[38]
| Election | Leader | Votes | % | Seats | +/− | Place | Position |
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| 2010 | Karel Schwarzenberg[a] | 873,833 | 16.7 | 41 / 200 | 3rd | Coalition | |
| 2013 | Karel Schwarzenberg[b] | 596,357 | 12.0 | 26 / 200 |  15 | 4th | Opposition |
| 2017 | Miroslav Kalousek[c] | 268,811 | 5.3 | 7 / 200 | 19 | 8th | Opposition |
| 2021 | Markéta Pekarová Adamová | 1,493,701 | 27.79 | 14 / 200 |  7 | 1st | Coalition |
| Part ofSPOLU coalition, which won 71 seats in total | |||||||
| 2025 | Markéta Pekarová Adamová | 1,313,346 | 23.36 | 9 / 200 | 5 | 2nd | [to be determined] |
| Part ofSPOLU coalition, which won 52 seats in total | |||||||
| Election | First round | Second round | Seats | Total seats | +/– | ||||
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| Votes | % | Place | Votes | % | Place | ||||
| 2010 | 165,277 | 14.40 | 3rd | 51,310 | 7.54 | 3rd | 2 / 27 | 2 / 81 | New |
| 2012 | 57,907 | 6.59 | 5th | 9,918 | 1.93 | 5th | 2 / 27 | 4 / 81 | 2 |
| 2014 | 92,137 | 8.98 | 5th | 30,476 | 6.43 | 6th | 0 / 27 | 4 / 81 |  |
| 2016 | 70,653 | 8.02 | 6th | 30,820 | 7.27 | 5th | 2 / 27 | 4 / 81 | |
| 2018 | 41,980 | 3.85 | 7th | 22,580 | 5.40 | 8th | 1 / 27 | 3 / 81 | 1 |
| 2020 | 46,575 | 4.67 | 7th | 33,938 | 7.51 | 4th | 2 / 27 | 5 / 81 | 2 |
| 2022 | 73,473 | 6.60 | 6th | 33,341 | 6.95 | 4th | 3 / 27 | 6 / 81 | 1 |
| 2024 | 44,320 | 5.59 | 5th | 17,457 | 4.47 | 4th | 2 / 27 | 7 / 81 | 1 |
| Election | Candidate | First round | Second round | |||||
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| Votes | % | Result | Votes | % | Result | |||
| 2013 | Karel Schwarzenberg | 1,204,195 | 23.40 | Runner-up | 2,241,171 | 45.20 | Lost | |
| 2018 | Jiří Drahoš | 1,369,601 | 26.60 | Runner-up | 2,701,206 | 48.63 | Lost | |
| 2023[d] | Petr Pavel | 1,975,056 | 35.40 | Winner | 3,358,926 | 58.33 | Won | |
| Danuše Nerudová | 777,080 | 13.93 | Eliminated | supportedPetr Pavel | ||||
| Pavel Fischer | 376,705 | 6.75 | Eliminated | supportedPetr Pavel | ||||
| Election | List leader | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | EP Group |
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| 2014[e] | Luděk Niedermayer | 241,747 | 15.95 (#2) | 3 / 21 | New | EPP |
| 2019[f] | Jiří Pospíšil | 276,220 | 11.65 (#4) | 2 / 21 | 1 | |
| 2024[g] | Alexandr Vondra | 661,250 | 22.27 (#2) | 2 / 21 | |
| Election | Vote | % | Seats | +/– | Position |
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| 2012 | 175,089 | 6.6 | 19 / 675 | 5th | |
| 2016 | 86,164 | 3.4 | 19 / 675 | | 9th |
| 2020[h] | Party didn't run on a single list | 20 / 675 | 1 | 9th | |
| Election | Votes | % | Seats |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 8,537,461 | 9.5 | 1,509 / 62,178 |
| 2014 | 8,324,195 | 8.4 | 726 / 62,300 |
| 2018 | 1,241,976 | 4.8 | 483 / 61,892 |
| Election | Leader | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | Position | Status |
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| 2010 | Zdeněk Tůma | 1,043,008 | 30.2 | 26 / 65 | 25 | 1st | Coalition(2010–2013) |
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| 2014 | Tomáš Hudeček | 4,158,226 | 20.1 | 16 / 65 | 10 | 2nd | Opposition |
| 2018 | Jiří Pospíšil | 4,127,063 | 16.3 | 13 / 65 | 3 | 4th | Coalition |
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