Four-Coalition

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Field	Value
country	the Czech Republic
name	Four-Coalition
native_name	Čtyřkoalice
logo	File:Four-Coalition.jpg
colorcode
leader	Cyril Svoboda
foundation	1998
dissolved	2002
ideology	Liberal conservatism
Christian democracy
Pro-Europeanism
position	Centre-right
blank1_title	Member parties
blank1	KDU–ČSL
US
DEU
ODA
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The Four-Coalition (), also translated as the Coalition of Four or Quad-Coalition, abbreviated to 4K, was a liberal centre-right political alliance in the Czech Republic between 1998 and 2002.

The four member parties were:

Christian and Democratic Union – Czechoslovak People's Party (KDU–ČSL), an established, large Christian democratic party
Freedom Union (US), a new, large conservative liberal party that split from the Civic Democrats
Democratic Union (DEU), an established, small liberal party
Civic Democratic Alliance (ODA), an established, small liberal conservative party

Member parties

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Party	Ideology	Position	Seats in the Chamber of Deputies	2002
	Christian and Democratic Union – Czechoslovak People's Party	Christian democracy	Centre to centre-right
	Freedom Union	Social liberalism	Centre-right
	Civic Democratic Alliance	Conservative liberalism	Centre-right
	Democratic Union	Liberalism	Centre-right	Merged with US
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History

The 4K was formed after the Opposition Agreement between the Czech Social Democratic Party and Civic Democratic Party (ODS), in the aftermath of the 1998 legislative election. The coalition said it aimed to provide 'real opposition' to the government. The parties first participated together in the 1998 Senate election, winning 13 of the 27 seats up for election.

The coalition formalised and centralised, with the merger of US and DEU to form the Freedom Union – Democratic Union (US-DEU) reducing the number of parties to three. However, the overbearing size of the KDU–ČSL – significantly larger than the others – lent instability to the coalition, as KDU–ČSL members used the coalition to promote their intra-party factions. KDU–ČSL put pressure on ODA to consolidate further, either reforming its long-standing debts or merging with US-DEU. ODA refused, and withdrew from the Four-Coalition as a result.

In the 2002 legislative election, KDU–ČSL and US-DEU ran on a looser joint ticket called Coalition (Koalice), and won 31 seats with 14% of the vote—down from the combined 39 seats and 19% of votes in the 1998 election.

Election results

Chamber of Deputies

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Year	Vote	Vote %	Seats	Place	Notes	Position
2002	680,670	14.27		4th	Ran as Coalition.
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Senate

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Election	First round	Second round	Seats	Votes	%	Places*
1998	255,785	26.6	2nd	166,483	31.0	2nd
2000	234,879	27.3	1st	247,197	43.9	1st
2002	107,737	16.1	4th	83,343	10.1	3rd
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Places are by number of votes gained.

Regional Assemblies

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Year	Vote	Vote %	Seats	Places
2000	537,012	22.9		2nd
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Footnotes

References

"Čtyřkoalice mezi integrací a rozpadem".
Hanley (2008), p. 144
Hanley (2008), p. 147

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