2024 Civic Democratic Party leadership election

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2024 Civic Democratic Party leadership election
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Candidate Petr Fiala
Electoral vote424
Percentage81%
Leader of ODS before election

Petr Fiala

Elected Leader of ODS

Petr Fiala

The Civic Democratic Party (ODS) held a leadership election on 13 April 2024. Petr Fiala was re-elected for sixth term which will expire in 2024. Fiala will become longest serving leader of ODS in 2025. [1]

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Background

Petr Fiala has been the leader of the party since 2014. Party formed an electoral alliance with KDU-ČSL and TOP 09, [2] under the name Spolu. [3] Spolu received 27.8% of votes in the 2021 Czech legislative election and finished first. As a result, Fiala became Prime Minister of the Czech Republic, [4] and subsequently confirmed his candidacy. [5] Fiala was then confirmed as a leader of the party in 2022 leadership election.

Election was set to be held in Ostrava on 13 April 2024. [6] Fiala is the sole candidate who received nominations from all regional organisations. [7] If Fiala gets reelected he can become longest serving leader of the party. [8]

Candidates

Voting

Voting is held in Clarion Hotel, Ostrava. 539 delegates are allowed to vote. The incumbent leader Fiala runs unopposed. Fiala stated that he doesn't intend to leave the couhntry for populists and extremists. [9] Fiala received 424 votes from 523 delegates and was elected for his sixth term. [10]

CandidateVote%
Petr Fiala 42481.07%
Against7714.72%
Invalid224.21%

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