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November 2017 Party of Free Citizens leadership election
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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]

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]

Candidates

Result

Candidate Votes %
Tomáš Pajonk 233 51.7%
Petr Mach 106 23.5%
Jiří Payne 96 21.3%
Daniel Urban 14 3.1%
Tomáš Michalička 2 0.4%
Total 451 100

Aftermath

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

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. ^ a b c d e "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. ^ a b "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. ^ a b "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. ^ a b "Svobodní dnes ukončí internetové hlasování o novém předsedovi". Parlamentní Listy. Retrieved 19 November 2017.
  12. ^ a b "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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