SNK Union of Independents

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The SNK Union of Independents (Czech official title: SNK sdružení nezávislých), or SNK (from the earlier title Sdružení nezávislých kandidátů - Association of Independent Candidates), was a small (rather conservative and liberal) political party (registered as a movement - hnutí by the Czech legislative) in Czech Republic, led since May 2007 by Helmut Dohnálek.

It was founded in 2000 in order to help various non-party affiliated town mayors to take part in regional assembly elections. Later it won two seats in the Senate elections in 2002.

In the 2004 European Parliament Election it stood on a joint ticket with the European Democrats which gained 11% of the vote and elected three MEPs, two of whom are members of the SNK.

In February 2006 the non-parliamentary parties SNK and "European Democrats (ED)" merged. The unified party, led by former Foreign Minister Josef Zieleniec, is called "SNK European Democrats (SNK ED)". The pro-European and liberal-conservative SNK-ED is represented by three deputies in the European Parliament.

[edit] Election results

2002 Chamber of Deputies: 2,78% - no seat
2002 Senate: SNK - 2 seats
2004 Senate: SNK - 1 seat
2004 European Parliament: in coalition with ED - 11,02% - 3 seats

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v • d • e Political parties in the Czech Republic

Chamber of Deputies (2006; 200 seats)	coalition: Civic Democratic Party (81) • Christian and Democratic Union – Czechoslovak People's Party (13) • Green Party (6) opposition: Czech Social Democratic Party (74, of which 2 crossed to the govt) • Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia (26)

Senate (2006/7; 81 seats)	Civic Democratic Party (41) • Social Democracy (13) • Christian Democracy (11 incl. 1 elected independent) • Caucus of Open Democracy (7 – 1 from each of Civic Democratic Alliance, Green Party, Freedom Union - Democratic Union, Liberal Reform Party, Party for the Open Society, Path of Change, and SN-SD/ED) • Caucus SNK (6 – SNK European Democrats 3, Independents Movement 1, Independent Mayors for Region 1, Movement of Independents for Harmonious Development of Municipalities and Towns 1) • Communist Party (3)

European Parliament (2004; 24 seats)	Civic Democratic Party (9) • Communist Party (6) • SNK Union of Independents (3) • Social Democracy (2) • Christian Democracy (2) • Independents Movement (2, split to Independent Democrats and Politics 21)

Source: Czech Statistical Office, Senate (* for Senators from tiny electoral parties who are not their members)

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