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2016 Green Party (Czech Republic) leadership election

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2016 Green Party (Czech Republic) leadership election
← 2015 23 January 2016 2018 →
 
Candidate Matěj Stropnický Petr Štěpánek Jan Šlechta
Electoral vote 117 92 6
Percentage 54.4% 42.8% 2.8%
Leader of Greens before election

Jana Drápalová

 Elected Leader of Greens

Matěj Stropnický

The Green Party (SZ) leadership election of 2016 was held on 23 January 2016. Matěj Stropnický was elected new leader of the party.[1] 222 delegates were allowed to vote.

Candidates

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  • Matěj Stropnický, was considered a Left-wing candidate in the election. He stated that he considers Greens to be a radical party.[2]
  • Petr Štěpánek, was Stropnický's main rival. He was considered a Liberal candidate. His politics are close to Martin Bursík.[3]
  • Jan Šlechta, was third candidate. He caused an incident because he was drunk during his candidate speech and was forced out of the hall.[4]

Voting

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Candidate Votes %
Matěj Stropnický 117 54.42%
Petr Štěpánek 92 42.79%
Jan Šlechta 6 2.79%

References

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  1. ^ "Předsedou zelených se stal Matěj Stropnický". Eurozprávy (in Czech). Retrieved 4 July 2017.
  2. ^ "Zelené vede Stropnický. Zemana jsem volil v nouzi, řekl delegátům". iDNES.cz (in Czech). 23 January 2016. Retrieved 4 July 2017.
  3. ^ "Zelení si zvolí nové vedení, povede je Stropnický, nebo Štěpánek". denikreferendum.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 4 July 2017.
  4. ^ "Zelené povede Matěj Stropnický, porazil Štěpánka. Jsme radikální strana, řekl". Aktuálně.cz (in Czech). 23 January 2016. Retrieved 4 July 2017.
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