Foundation The party's founding was preceded by interventions from leader and founder
Andrej Babiš commenting on systemic corruption in the Czech political system. It was established as an association in November 2011 under the name
Action of Dissatisfied Citizens (), and formally registered as a political party in the Czech Republic under the name
ANO 2011 on 11 May 2012. In the
2013 parliamentary election held on 25 and 26 October, ANO won 18.7% of the vote and 47 seats in the
Chamber of Deputies, finishing in second place behind the Social Democrats.
First government participation (2014–2017) On 29 January 2014, the
Cabinet of
Social Democrat Prime Minister
Bohuslav Sobotka was sworn in, with ANO and the
Christian and Democratic Union – Czechoslovak People's Party (KDU-ČSL) as junior coalition partners. On 24–25 May 2014, ANO came first in the
2014 European Parliament election, winning 16.13% of votes and four seats. The party joined the
Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe (ALDE) group in the European Parliament. On 10 September 2014, ANO member
Věra Jourová was named European Commissioner for Justice, Consumers and Gender Equality in the
Juncker Commission. On 21 November 2014, ANO was granted full membership of the
Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe Party (ALDE Party) at a congress in
Lisbon. In the
2014 senate and municipal elections held on 10–11 October 2014, ANO won four seats in the
Senate, and was the largest party in 8 of the 10 biggest cities in the
Czech Republic, including
Prague. The party took mayoral offices in the three largest cities (Prague,
Brno and
Ostrava), and
Adriana Krnáčová became the first female mayor of Prague. However, many of the municipal coalitions involving ANO subsequently dissolved due to disagreements within the party. In the run-up to the
2016 Czech regional elections, Babiš started ''Babiš's Cafe'', a
television show consisting of interviews with Babiš by Pavla Charvátová, as well as viewers' questions. Two parties split from ANO citing a lack of democracy and discussion within the party: Change for People and PRO 2016 (), the latter of which was joined by numerous local councillors and mayors from ANO. Some of those leaving attributed their departure to conflicts related to candidate selection, alleging that the main criterion for candidates to regional councils was loyalty, rather than ability. ANO also lost one MP in July 2016 when Kristýna Zelienková left the party. ANO won the 2016 regional elections and the first round of the 2016 senate election. The party came first in nine regions and second in the other four regions; its victory in South Bohemia was particularly unexpected. ANO emerged from the election with five governors, one of whom, the Karlovy Vary Governor Jana Vildumetzová, became chair of the Association of Regions. Three ANO candidates were elected in the second round of the
senate election, considered a disappointing result for the party. On 11 October 2017, MEP
Pavel Telička announced his departure from the party. Another MEP,
Petr Ježek, left ANO on 23 January 2018.
Minority government (2017–2021) meeting with the leaders of the
Visegrád Group countries in
Budapest in November 2021 On 20–21 October 2017, ANO won the
2017 Czech parliamentary election with 29.6% of the vote. ANO formed the short-lived
first Babiš government with independent ministers on 13 December 2017, failing a vote of confidence on 16 January 2018. On 12 July 2018 the
second Babiš government was formed, with the Social Democrats participating as the junior coalition partner. The cabinet received external support from the
Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia. In the
2018 Czech municipal elections, the party again came first, but lost its mayoral offices of Prague and Brno to the
Czech Pirate Party and the
Civic Democratic Party (ODS), respectively. In May 2019, ANO came first in the
2019 European Parliament election with 21.2% of the vote, returning six MEPs. In the
2020 Cezch regional elections, the party lost two governors' offices, but joined various regional coalitions, forming a
cordon sanitaire against the Communist Party and the far-right
Freedom and Direct Democracy.
Opposition (2021–2025) in November 2023 ANO went into the
2021 Czech parliamentary election leading in opinion polls, but finished second behind the
Spolu coalition, though with a higher number of seats. Following the
2024 European Parliament election on 21 June 2024, the party unilaterally withdrew from both the
Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe Party and
Renew Europe group. On 30 June 2024, Babiš launched the
Patriots for Europe, along with
Prime Minister of Hungary and
Fidesz party leader
Viktor Orbán and
Freedom Party of Austria leader
Herbert Kickl. Patriots for Europe reached the criteria for becoming a European Parliament group on 8 July. ANO won the
2025 Czech parliamentary election and subsequently entered negotiations to form a government with
Freedom and Direct Democracy and
Motorists for Themselves.
Coalition government (2025–present) ANO negotiated a coalition with the far-right
Freedom and Direct Democracy (SPD) and the national-conservative
Motorists for Themselves (AUTO). The government was sworn in on 15 December 2025. On 24 January 2026, Babiš was
re-elected unopposed as ANO leader, with 196 out of 209 votes (94%). ==Ideology and platform==