2001 Civic Democratic Party leadership election

A leadership election was held for the Civic Democratic Party in the Czech Republic prior to the 2002 parliamentary elections. The election was considered a part of preparations for the parliamentary elections and saw incumbent leader Václav Klaus run unopposed.[1] Klaus was re-elected with 242 of the 263 votes,[2] after which he promised that he would resign if the ODS failed to win the parliamentary elections.[3] The party was subsequently defeated by the Czech Social Democratic Party in the elections and Klaus resigned, leading to another leadership election in 2002.

4 November 2001

Candidate Václav Klaus Electoral vote 242 Percentage 92.0%

Leader of ODS before election Václav Klaus Elected Leader of ODS Václav Klaus

Results

Candidate	Votes	%
Václav Klaus	242	92.01
Against	21	7.99
Total	263	100

References

1. "ODS se připravuje na volby". iDNES.cz. 2 November 2001. Retrieved 9 March 2017.
2. "Volba předsedy ODS v historii: jednoznačná záležitost". Nova.cz (in Czech). 20 June 2010. Retrieved 9 March 2017.
3. "Klaus sází hlavně na sebe". iDNES.cz. 7 November 2001. Retrieved 9 March 2017.