ANO
Czech political party
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| 2024 | ANO won first place in Senate elections with 28.27% of votes in the first round and 40.27% in the second round. |
| 2024 | ANO participated in European Parliament elections with Klára Dostálová as list leader, winning 26.12% of votes and gaining 1 seat in the PfE group. |
| July 8 2024 | Patriots for Europe reached the criteria for becoming a European Parliament group. |
| June 30 2024 | Party leader Andrej Babiš launched the Patriots for Europe coalition with Viktor Orbán and Herbert Kickl. |
| June 21 2024 | ANO withdrew unilaterally from the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe Party and Renew Europe group following the European Parliament election. |
| 2023 | Andrej Babiš, representing ANO party, participated in the presidential elections as a candidate. In the first round, he received 1,952,213 votes (34.99%), finishing as the runner-up. In the second round, he received 2,400,271 votes (41.67%) but ultimately lost the election. |
| 2023 | During the Slovak parliamentary election, Babiš expressed support for Robert Fico's Smer–SD and Peter Pellegrini's Hlas-SD, rather than ALDE member Progressive Slovakia. |
| May 2023 | Andrej Babiš attended and spoke at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in Budapest, Hungary, drawing criticism from ALDE group members. |
| 2022 | ANO won first place in Senate elections with 21.98% of votes in the first round and 31.12% in the second round. |
| June 2022 | Babiš called for an end to Czech military aid to Ukraine, arguing that the objective of preventing a complete Russian takeover had been achieved. |
| 2021 | ANO is narrowly defeated by the Spolu coalition in the national election, marking the party's first time going into opposition since its formation. |
| 2020 | ANO lost two governors' offices in the regional elections but joined various regional coalitions, creating a cordon sanitaire against the Communist Party and the far-right Freedom and Direct Democracy party. |
| 2020 | ANO participated in Senate elections, placing 3rd with 11.55% of votes in the first round and 4th with 8.74% in the second round. |
| 2019 | ANO participated in a Senate by-election in Prague 9 district, placing 4th with 12.46% of votes. |
| May 2019 | ANO won the European election with 21.2% of the vote, securing six MEP seats. |
| 2018 | ANO lost mayoral offices in Prague and Brno during the municipal elections, despite coming first in the overall election. |
| 2018 | ANO participated in Senate by-elections in Trutnov district, placing 2nd with 25.21% of votes, and in Zlín district, placing 4th with 12.98% of votes. |
| 2018 | ANO participated in Senate elections, placing 2nd with 13.54% of votes in the first round and 13.75% in the second round. |
| July 12 2018 | The second Babiš government was formed, with the Social Democrats as a junior coalition partner and external support from the Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia. |
| January 23 2018 | MEP Petr Ježek leaves ANO. |
| January 16 2018 | The first Babiš government failed a vote of confidence in the parliament. |
| 2017 | ANO formed a minority government with support from the Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia (KSČM), breaking the traditional cordon sanitaire against communist parties. |
| December 13 2017 | ANO formed the first Babiš government with independent ministers. |
| October 20 2017 | ANO won the Czech parliamentary election with 29.6% of the vote, marking a significant political victory for the party. |
| October 11 2017 | MEP Pavel Telička announces his departure from ANO. |
| 2016 | ANO won first place in Senate elections with 17.54% of votes and secured a victory in the second round with 21.71% of votes. |
| 2016 | ANO wins the regional elections, securing first place in nine regions and second in four regions, with five governors elected, including Jana Vildumetzová from Karlovy Vary. |
| July 2016 | ANO loses MP Kristýna Zelienková, who leaves the party. |
| July 2015 | Kateřina Reiblová resigned from her leadership position of Young ANO, with party leader Babiš citing media-related reasons for her departure. |
| May 1 2015 | Young ANO, the youth wing of ANO party, was officially established with Kateřina Reiblová as its first leader. |
| March 2015 | Jan Macháček, a journalist, was appointed as the chairman of the Institute for Politics and Society. |
| 2014 | Babiš stated ANO was 'a right-wing party with social empathy' in an interview, defining the party's initial political positioning. |
| 2014 | ANO participated in Senate by-election in Prague-10 district, placing 2nd with 15.6% of votes. |
| November 21 2014 | ANO is granted full membership of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe Party (ALDE Party) at a congress in Lisbon. |
| October 2014 | ANO founded the Institute for Politics and Society, establishing a think tank affiliated with the political party. |
| October 10 2014 | In the senate and municipal elections, ANO wins four Senate seats and becomes the largest party in 8 of the 10 biggest Czech cities, including Prague, with Adriana Krnáčová becoming the first female mayor of Prague. |
| September 10 2014 | Věra Jourová, an ANO member, is appointed European Commissioner for Justice, Consumers and Gender Equality in the Juncker Commission. |
| June 2014 | ANO joined the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe (ALDE) group. |
| May 24 2014 | ANO wins the European election, securing first place with 16.13% of votes and four seats, and joins the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe (ALDE) group in the European Parliament. |
| January 29 2014 | ANO enters the government as a junior coalition partner in the Cabinet of Prime Minister Bohuslav Sobotka, alongside the Christian and Democratic Union – Czechoslovak People's Party (KDU-ČSL). |
| October 25 2013 | In the parliamentary election, ANO wins 18.7% of the vote and secures 47 seats in the Chamber of Deputies, finishing second behind the Social Democrats. |
| May 11 2012 | ANO is formally registered as a political party under the name ANO 2011 in the Czech Republic. |
| November 2011 | Andrej Babiš establishes ANO as an association called Action of Dissatisfied Citizens, criticizing systemic corruption in the Czech political system. |
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