Civic Democratic Party leadership election, 2002

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Civic Democratic Party leadership election, 2002
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Turnout 98.3%

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Candidate Mirek Topolánek Petr Nečas Jan Zahradil
1st round109
31.6%		116
33.6%		103
29.9%
2nd round179
51.6%		168
48.4%		eliminated
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Candidate Miroslava Němcová Jindřich Novohradský
1st round17
4.9%		0
0%
2nd roundeliminatedeliminated
Leader of ODS before election

Václav Klaus

Elected Leader of ODS

Mirek Topolánek

The Civic Democratic Party (ODS) leadership election, 2002 happened after party was defeated in legislative election. The incumbent leader Václav Klaus decided to not participate in the election. The main Candidates included Petr Nečas, Jan Zahradil and Mirek Topolánek. Petr Nečas was considered front-runner but unexpectedly lost in second round to Mirek Topolánek who was considered a Dark horse of the election. 353 delegates could vote. [1]

Civic Democratic Party (Czech Republic) Czech political party

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Background

Václav Klaus led ODS since its foundation in 1991. Party was in opposition since 2002 but supported minority cabinet of Miloš Zeman. ODS hoped to win 2002 legislative election but was defeated by ČSSD. [2] Klaus then decided to not seek another term as leader of ODS and decided to run for presidency instead. New leader was to be elected at congress in Františkovy Lázně.

On 22 September 2002, Evžen Tošenovský announced his candidacy. [3] Jan Zahradil reacted with an announcement that he will run against Tošenovský. [4] Tošenovský withdrew from election on 8 November 2002. He was the only official candidate at the time. [5]

Evžen Tošenovský is a Czech politician. He was elected as a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) in the 2009 European Parliament election receiving the largest number of preference votes.

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In early November 2002, Mirek Topolánek and Miroslava Němcová announced their candidacy. [6] On 20 November 2002, Petr Nečas announced his candidacy. Pavel Bém stated that he will announce candidacy on 28 November 2002. [7]

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Petr Nečas and Jan Zahradil were considered main candidates for the chairmanship as they were supported by strongest regional organisations. Nečas was endorsed by South Moravian ODS and Zahradil by Prague ODS. Other candidates were Mirek Topolánek and Miroslava Němcová. [8] Zahradil also received nomination from Plzeň and Ústí organisations. Nečas then received nomination from Moravia-Silesia which was Topolánek's home regional organisation. [9]

Candidates

Confirmed

Petr Nečas Czech politician, former Prime Minister of the Czech Republic

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Refused to run

Voting

Candidate1st Round2nd Round
Petr Nečas 11633.6%
16848.4%
Mirek Topolánek 10931.6%
17951.6%
Jan Zahradil 10329.9%
Miroslava Němcová 174.9%
Jindřich Novohradský 00%
Turnout34597.7%
34798.3%

Before the voting started, candidates were allowed to make a speech for delegates. Conservative candidate Petr Nečas called for strong fight against left and for more open cooperation with other right wing parties. Liberal candidate Jan Zahradil stated that inner functioning of ODS should change and also called for cooperation with other parties. Mirek Topolánek, who was considered the least preferred candidate for Klaus, praised Klaus' role in party. He stated that ODS should embrace Klausism as its ideology. Miroslava Němcová declined to make a speech. [18] It was expected that Petr Nečas and Jan Źahradil will face each other in the second round but Zahradil was eliminated and Topolánek became Nečas' rival for the second round. Nečas was considered the front-runner but Topolánek received more votes and became the new leader. [19]

Aftermath

Topolánek's victory was unexpected as he was the least acceptable candidate to Václav Klaus. Some delegates admitted that they voted for Topolánek because they wanted change. [20] Klaus reportedly wasn't pleased by the result and was seen sending a text message in which he called Topolánek "absolutely dry hollow poplar." According to Topolánek Klaus accepted the result correctly. [21] [22] Klaus himself stated that he doesn't have a problem with Topolánek but with people who pushed Topolánek to the position with expectations that are different than expectatons of Mirek Topolánek [19] Topolánek led ODS to 2006 legislative election and became the Prime Minister of the Czech Republic. He was replaced as the leader of ODS by Petr Nečas in 2010.

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