Civic Democratic Party leadership election, 2001

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A leadership election was held for the Civic Democratic Party in the Czech Republic prior to the 2002 parliamentary elections. The election was considered a part of preparations for the parliamentary elections and saw incumbent leader Václav Klaus run unopposed. [1] Klaus was re-elected with 242 of the 263 votes, [2] after which he promised that he would resign if the ODS failed to win the parliamentary elections. [3] The party was subsequently defeated by the Czech Social Democratic Party in the elections and Klaus resigned, leading to another leadership election in 2002.

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Results

CandidateVotes%
Václav Klaus 24292.01
Against217.99
Total263100

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References

  1. ↑ "ODS se připravuje na volby". iDNES.cz. 2 November 2001. Retrieved 9 March 2017.
  2. ↑ "Volba předsedy ODS v historii: jednoznačná záležitost". Nova.cz (in Czech). 20 June 2010. Retrieved 9 March 2017.
  3. ↑ "Klaus sází hlavně na sebe". iDNES.cz. 7 November 2001. Retrieved 9 March 2017.
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