Czech Social Democratic Party leadership election, 1990

ČSSD leadership election, 1990
25 March 1990

 
Nominee Jiří Horák Rudolf Battěk
Electoral vote 223 150
Percentage 59.8% 40.2%
Elected Leader of ČSSD

Jiří Horák

A leadership election was held within the Czech Social Democratic Party (ČSSD) on 25 March 1990. It was the first leadership election since the party's re-establishment and saw Jiří Horák defeat Rudolf Battěk.[1] Battěk was supported by exiled politicians from the party,[2] and wanted ČSSD to run in the 1990 parliamentary elections as part of the Civic Forum list, while Horák wanted it the party to run independently.[3]

Results

Candidate Vote %
Jiří Horák22359.79
Rudolf Battěk15040.21

Aftermath

Although Horák won, Battěk's wing of the party participated in 1990 elections on the Civic Forum list and won some seats. The ČSSD received only 4% of the vote and failed to cross the electoral threshold. Horák blamed Battěk's wing for the failure and Battěk and his supporters were expelled from the party.[4]

References

  1. ↑ "Deník Referendum". denikreferendum.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 6 March 2017.
  2. ↑ ČSSD. "Obnovení československé sociální demokracie po listopadu 1989". CSSD.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 6 March 2017.
  3. ↑ "neviditelnypes.lidovky.cz/politika-ctyri-pady-ceske-socialni-demokracie-foh-/p_politika.aspx?c=A060606_200049_p_politika_wag". Lidovky.cz. 7 June 2006. Retrieved 6 March 2017.
  4. ↑ Kopeček, Lubomír. "Česká strana sociálně demokratická - jak se dostat k moci" (PDF). Politologický Časopis. Retrieved 23 January 2017.
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