2021 TOP 09 leadership election

The Czech political party TOP 09 held a leadership election on 20 November 2021. The incumbent leader Markéta Pekarová Adamová ran unopposed and was reelected.

2021 TOP 09 leadership election
20 November 2021[1]
 
Nominee Markéta Pekarová Adamová
Party TOP 09
Electoral vote 163
Percentage 92.6
Leader of TOP 09 before election

Markéta Pekarová Adamová

 Elected Leader of TOP 09

Markéta Pekarová Adamová

Background

Pekarová Adamová was elected party leader in 2019. Under her leadership TOP 09 participated in the 2021 Czech legislative election as part of the Spolu alliance and received 14 seats in the Chamber of Deputies.[2][3] Pekarová Adamová herself was then nominated for the position of the Speaker of the Chamber of Deputies.[4] On 5 November 2021 Pekarová Adamová announced her candidacy for party leader. She noted that during her announcement that the party had doubled its number of MPs and joined the coalition government.[5] Pekarová Adamová received the nomination for party leader from 11 regional organisations.[6]

Candidates

Voting

Voting took place on 20 November 2021. Pekarová Adamová was the only candidate and received 163 of 176 votes and thus was reelected.[7]

Candidate Vote %
Markéta Pekarová Adamová 163 92.61%
Against 13 7.38%

References
  1. "Pekarová Adamová bude za dva týdny na sněmu obhajovat funkci předsedkyně TOP 09". newsbox.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 7 November 2021.
  2. "Markéta Pekarová Adamová bude znovu kandidovat na předsedkyni TOP 09". denikn.cz (in Czech). 5 November 2021. Retrieved 7 November 2021.
  3. "Pekarová Adamová chce dál šéfovat TOP 09. Předsednictví bude obhajovat za dva týdny". cnn.iprima.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 7 November 2021.
  4. "Pekarová Adamová bude kandidátkou Spolu a Pirátů se STAN na šéfku Sněmovny". E15.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 7 November 2021.
  5. "Pekarová Adamová bude znovu kandidovat na šéfku TOP 09". ct24.ceskatelevize.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 7 November 2021.
  6. "TOP 09 volí vedení". novinky.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 22 November 2021.
  7. "Pekarová obhájila post předsedkyně TOP09. Fiala vyzval stranu ke spolupráci v dalších volbách". echo24.cz (in Czech). 20 November 2021. Retrieved 22 November 2021.
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