2022 Civic Democratic Party leadership election

Petr Fiala has been the leader of the party since 2014. Leadership elections are held every two years. Fiala was reelected for a fourth term in 2020, but his reelection was overshadowed by the defeat of his Deputy Leader Alexandra Udženija and the candidacy of controversial politician Pavel Novotný for Deputy leader.^[2][3] Support for ODS in opinion polls stagnated during 2020,^[4] and Fiala decided to form an electoral alliance with KDU-ČSL and TOP 09,^[5] under the name Spolu. It was reported that some members of ODS did not agree with the alliance.^[6] Martin Kuba, the Governor of the South Bohemian Region, expressed his opposition to the alliance in January and February 2021. Kuba received widespread media attention during the COVID-19 pandemic, triggering tabloid speculation that he would eventually replace Fiala.^[7][8]

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,^[9] and subsequently confirmed his candidacy.^[10] The election was scheduled for 15 January 2022, but was postponed till Spring 2022 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.^[11][12]