The Freedom and Direct Democracy (SPD) leadership election of 2024 was held on 13 April 2024. Tomio Okamura was elected for fourth term.
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Background
editTomio 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
editVoting 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
edit- ^ "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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Šindlerová, Denisa. "ODS a SPD si budou v dubnu volit vedení". ČT24 (in Czech). Retrieved 13 April 2024.
- ^ "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.
- ^ Brožovská, Natálie. "ODS a SPD budou volit nové šéfy. Už nyní je jasno". parlamentnilisty.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 13 April 2024.
- ^ 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.