2012 Green Party (Czech Republic) leadership election

The Green Party (SZ) leadership election of 2012 was held on 24 November 2012. Incumbent Ondřej Liška saw competition from former Party Leader Martin Bursík. Liška defeated Bursík and remained the Leader.[1]

24 November2012
 
Candidate Ondřej Liška Martin Bursík
Electoral vote 106 70
Percentage 56% 37%
Leader of Greens before election

Ondřej Liška

 Elected Leader of Greens

Ondřej Liška

Background

Ondřej Liška has been the leader of the Green Party since 2009 when Martin Bursík resigned.[2] On 12 May 2012 Bursík announced his intention to run for the position of Party Leader as he believes that Greens move too much to Left. He stated that he wants Green Party to be a Centrist liberal environmental party.[3] Liška decide to run for another term and face Bursík.[4] Jiří Koreš and Eva Kodymová decided to also run as "protest" Candidates.[5]

Voting

Voting took place on 24 November 2012. Election was seen as a duel between Liška and Bursík. Other Candidates included Jiří Koreš and Eva Kodymová. Liška won the election with 110 votes against Bursík's 70 votes.[6]

Candidate Votes
Ondřej Liška 106 56.08%
Martin Bursík 70 37.04%
Jiří Koreš 7 3.70%
Eva Kodymová 6 3.17%

References
  1. "Zelené dál povede Liška, Bursík prohrál". E15.cz. Retrieved 7 July 2020.
  2. "Bursík rezignoval na funkci předsedy Strany zelených". www.novinky.cz. Retrieved 7 July 2020.
  3. "Bursík se chce vrátit do čela zelených". ČT24. Retrieved 7 July 2020.
  4. "O křeslo předsedy Strany zelených se utkají Martin Bursík a Ondřej Liška". iROZHLAS (in Czech). Retrieved 7 July 2020.
  5. Mikulecká, Šárka (24 November 2012). "Ondřej Liška v České Třebové obhájil post předsedy Strany zelených". Orlický deník (in Czech). Retrieved 7 July 2020.
  6. "Bursíkovi comeback nevyšel, zelení si vybrali Lišku". Aktuálně.cz - Víte, co se právě děje (in Czech). 25 November 2012. Retrieved 7 July 2020.
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