2003 Czech Social Democratic Party leadership election

The Czech Social Democratic Party (ČSSD) leadership election of 2003 was held on 30 March 2003. The incumbent leader Vladimír Špidla was re-elected.[1]

2003 ČSSD leadership election

30 March 2003

Candidate Vladimír Špidla Jiří Rusnok Electoral vote 299 147 Percentage 67.04% 32.96%

Leader of ČSSD before election Vladimír Špidla Elected Leader of ČSSD Vladimír Špidla

His rivals were Jiří Rusnok, Jana Volfová and Josef Dobrý. Volfová and Dobrý withdrew from election before the voting started and endorsed Rusnok.[2]

Candidates

• Vladimír Špidla, the incumbent leader of ČSSD and the Prime Minister of the Czech Republic
• Jiří Rusnok, former Minister of Finance

Declined

• Stanislav Gross – Gross was rumoured to be a candidate. Some organisations proclaimed their support for his possible candidacy. He himself said that he would run for the position in 2006.[3]

Results

Candidate	Vote	%
Vladimír Špidla	299	67.04
Jiří Rusnok	147	32.96
Total	446	100

References

1. "Sjezd ČSSD zvolil nové vedení a odsoudil válku". Rozhlas.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 9 March 2017.
2. "Archiv ČT24: Sjezdy ČSSD". Česká televize (in Czech). Retrieved 12 July 2017.
3. "ČSSD váhá mezi Špidlou a Grossem". iDNES.cz. 24 March 2003. Retrieved 9 March 2017.