2016 Green Party (Czech Republic) leadership election

The Green Party (SZ) leadership election of 2016 was held on 23 January 2016. Matěj Stropnický was elected new leader of the party.[1] 222 delegates were allowed to vote.

23 January 2016
 
Candidate Matěj Stropnický Petr Štěpánek Jan Šlechta
Electoral vote 117 92 6
Percentage 54.4% 42.8% 2.8%
Leader of Greens before election

Jana Drápalová

 Elected Leader of Greens

Matěj Stropnický

Candidates
  • Matěj Stropnický, was considered a Left-wing candidate in the election. He stated that he considers Greens to be a radical party.[2]
  • Petr Štěpánek, was Stropnický's main rival. He was considered a Liberal candidate. His politics are close to Martin Bursík.[3]
  • Jan Šlechta, was third candidate. He caused an incident because he was drunk during his candidate speech and was forced out of the hall.[4]

Voting
Candidate Votes %
Matěj Stropnický 117 54.42%
Petr Štěpánek 92 42.79%
Jan Šlechta 6 2.79%
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References
  1. "Předsedou zelených se stal Matěj Stropnický". Eurozprávy. Retrieved 4 July 2017.
  2. "Zelené vede Stropnický. Zemana jsem volil v nouzi, řekl delegátům". iDNES.cz. 23 January 2016. Retrieved 4 July 2017.
  3. "Zelení si zvolí nové vedení, povede je Stropnický, nebo Štěpánek - Deník Referendum". denikreferendum.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 4 July 2017.
  4. "Zelené povede Matěj Stropnický, porazil Štěpánka. Jsme radikální strana, řekl". Aktuálně.cz - Víte, co se právě děje (in Czech). 23 January 2016. Retrieved 4 July 2017.
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