Party of Free Citizens leadership election, November 2017

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Party of Free Citizens leadership election, November 2017
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Candidate Tomáš Pajonk Petr Mach Jiří Payne
Popular vote 233 106 96
Percentage 51.7% 23.5% 21.7%
Leader of Svobodní before election

Petr Mach

Elected Leader of Svobodní

Tomáš Pajonk

A leadership election for the Czech Party of Free Citizens was held on 18 November 2017, [2] after the party's unsuccessful results in the legislative election and consequent resignation of the party's leadership. [3] The election was expected to be a two-way contest between Tomáš Pajonk and Jiří Payne, [4] but on 11 November 2017, former leader Petr Mach announced his candidacy. [5] The results were announced on 19 November 2017, with Pajonk defeating Mach by a large margin. [6]

Tomáš Pajonk Czech politician

Tomáš Pajonk is a Czech politician and businessman. He is the leader of the Party of Free Citizens.

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Background

A legislative election was held on 20–21 October 2017. Svobodní's share of the vote fell to 1.5% from 2.6% in the 2013 election. The incumbent leader Petr Mach resigned afterwards, [7] and the election was scheduled for 12–18 November. Mach stated that he would consider standing again. Tomáš Pajonk and Jiří Payne were the first prominent candidates to announce their candidacy. [4] Pajonk was previously suggested by Mach. [8] The election was expected to be a two-way contest between Pajonk and Payne. [4] Mach eventually decided to run and announced his candidacy on 10 November 2017. [9] The other two candidates were Tomáš Michalička and Daniel Urban. [10]

Petr Mach Czech economist

Petr Mach is a Czech economist and former Member of the European Parliament. He is the founder of the Party of Free Citizens which he led until 2017 when he was replaced by Tomáš Pajonk.

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Zlín Region Region in Czech Republic

Zlín Region is an administrative unit of the Czech Republic, located in the south-eastern part of the historical region of Moravia. It is named after its capital Zlín. Together with the Olomouc Region it forms a cohesion area of Central Moravia. It is located in the eastern part of the Czech Republic, where the borders with Slovakia are formed by its eastern edge. It borders the South Moravian Region in the southwest, the Olomouc Region in the northwest and the Moravian-Silesian Region in the north. Culturally, the region is composed of parts of three traditional Moravian regions: Hanakia, the Moravian Slovakia and the Moravian Wallachia, as the city of Zlín lies roughly at their tripoint.

Result

CandidateVotes%
Tomáš Pajonk 23351.7%
Petr Mach 10623.5%
Jiří Payne 9621.3%
Daniel Urban 143.1%
Tomáš Michalička 20.4%
Total451100

Aftermath

The results were announced on 19 November 2017. Pajonk received over 50% of votes and became the new leader. [13]

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References

  1. ↑ "Svobodní v médiích: volba předsedy a dění v regionech | Svobodní - Strana svobodných občanů". Svobodní (in Czech). 15 November 2017. Retrieved 18 November 2017.
  2. ↑ "Volby jsou neúspěch, vedení Svobodných rezignuje". Parlamentní Listy. Retrieved 25 October 2017.
  3. ↑ "Volby 2017: Začínají padat hlavy. Z vedení Zelených odstoupil Matěj Stropnický". Info.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 25 October 2017.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 "Sebekrásnější kecy o svobodě bez něčeho užitečného, co uděláme pro lidi, jsou na nic, říká kandidát na šéfa Svobodných Pajonk". Parlamentní Listy. Retrieved 9 November 2017.
  5. 1 2 "Mach (Svobodní): Budu obhajovat funkci předsedy Svobodných". Parlamentní Listy. Retrieved 17 November 2017.
  6. ↑ "Svobodné nově povede Tomáš Pajonk". Novinky.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 19 November 2017.
  7. ↑ "Petr Mach a další členové Strany svobodných občanů rezignují". Parlamentní Listy. Retrieved 25 October 2017.
  8. 1 2 "Mach si místo výplaty v eurech hledá práci. Zeleným pro dluhy hrozí krach?". Blesk.cz. Retrieved 28 October 2017.
  9. ↑ "Mach chce dál vést Svobodné. Bývalý europoslanec se den před uzávěrkou přihlásil do volby předsedy". iROZHLAS (in Czech). Retrieved 19 November 2017.
  10. ↑ "Pajonk střídá Macha, Svobodní si zvolili nového předsedu strany". iDNES.cz. 19 November 2017. Retrieved 19 November 2017.
  11. 1 2 "Svobodní dnes ukončí internetové hlasování o novém předsedovi". Parlamentní Listy. Retrieved 19 November 2017.
  12. 1 2 "Svobodní - Strana svobodných občanů". m.facebook.com. Retrieved 18 November 2017.
  13. ↑ "Novým předsedou Svobodných se stal Tomáš Pajonk". Deník.cz (in Czech). 19 November 2017. Retrieved 19 November 2017.
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