2024 Freedom and Direct Democracy leadership election

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2024 Freedom and Direct Democracy leadership election
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Candidate Tomio Okamura
Electoral vote 195
Percentage 90.3%
leader of SPD before election

Tomio Okamura

 Elected leader of SPD

Tomio Okamura

The Freedom and Direct Democracy (SPD) leadership election of 2024 was held on 13 April 2024. Tomio Okamura was elected for fourth term.

Background

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Tomio Okamura founded the party in 2015 after he split from Dawn. He was elected party's leader the same year.[1] Okamura led the party during 2021 legislative election during which it received 9.5% and 20 seasts of 200.[2] Leadership election was scheduled for 13 April 2024. Tomio Okamura announced he will seek reelection.[3]

Voting

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Voting is held in DUO Hotel. 250 delegates are allowed to vote.[4][5] 223 delegates eventually participated, 216 of them voted. Okamura received 195 votes and thus was reelected.[6]

Okamura 90.28% vote share was his lowest vote share in a leadership election.

Candidate Vote %
Tomio Okamura 195 90.28%
Against 20 9.26
Invalid 1 0.46%

References

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  1. ^ "Okamura se stal předsedou hnutí Svoboda a přímá demokracie". Deník (in Czech). Vltava Labe Media. Czech News Agency. 4 August 2015. Retrieved 14 July 2018.
  2. ^ Okamura, Tomio (9 October 2021). "Okamura: Osm procent nám ubraly strany, které měly určitý programový překryv". iROZHLAS (in Czech). Interviewed by Vít Kubant. Retrieved 5 December 2021.
  3. ^ Šindlerová, Denisa. "ODS a SPD si budou v dubnu volit vedení". ČT24 (in Czech). Retrieved 13 April 2024.
  4. ^ "Příjezd Zemana a vzpomínky na Baštu (†75). Okamura se chystá obhájit na sjezdu křeslo šéfa SPD". Blesk (in Czech). Czech News Center. Czech News Agency. 13 April 2024. Retrieved 13 April 2024.
  5. ^ Brožovská, Natálie. "ODS a SPD budou volit nové šéfy. Už nyní je jasno". parlamentnilisty.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 13 April 2024.
  6. ^ Vašinová, Jolana; Vaníčková, Kateřina (13 April 2024). "Šéfem SPD bude dál Okamura. Vládní strany se bojí občanů, řekl sněmu Zeman". iDNES.cz (in Czech). Mafra. Retrieved 16 April 2024.