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A leadership election for Christian and Democratic Union – Czechoslovak People's Party (KDU-ČSL) was held on 28 May 2015. Incumbent Pavel Bělobrádek was re-elected when he received votes of 251 delegates (of 275). [1] [2]
The Christian and Democratic Union – Czechoslovak People's Party (Czech: Křesťanská a demokratická unie – Československá strana lidová, KDU–ČSL, often shortened to lidovci is a Christian-democratic political party in the Czech Republic. The party took part in almost every Czech Government since 1990. In the June 2006 election, the party won 7.2% of the vote and 13 out of 200 seats; but in the 2010 election, this dropped to 4.4% and they lost all their seats. The party regained its parliamentary standing in the 2013 legislative election, winning 14 seats in the new parliament, thereby becoming the first party ever to return to the Chamber of Deputies after dropping out.
Pavel Bělobrádek is a Czech politician who has been the Leader of the KDU-ČSL since 2010. He was an unknown at the time of his election in 2010.
Belobrádek didn't have any candidate. Party's Vice-chairman Marian Jurečka was speculated to run against Bělobrádek but he decided to not take part in the election. He said that he doesn't want to split the party. [3] [4]
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