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1990 ČSSD leadership election
← 1948 25 March 1990 1991 →
 
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. Battěk was supported by exiled politicians from the party, and wanted ČSSD to run in the 1990 parliamentary elections as part of the Civic Forum list, while Horák wanted the party to run independently.

Results

Candidate Vote %
Jiří Horák 223 59.79
Rudolf Battěk 150 40.21

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.

References

  1. "Deník Referendum". denikreferendum.cz (in Czech). Archived from the original on 7 March 2017. 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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