2008 Green Party (Czech Republic) leadership election

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Candidate	Martin Bursík	Dana Kuchtová
Electoral vote	227	109
Percentage	65%	31%

Leader of Greens before election

Martin Bursík

Elected Leader of Greens

Martin Bursík

The Czech Green Party (SZ) held a leadership election on 9 September 2008. The incumbent leader Martin Bursík defeated challenger Dana Kuchtová.

Background

The Green Party entered the Czech parliament following the 2006 legislative election, and joined a coalition government with the Civic Democratic Party (ODS) and Christian and Democratic Union - Czechoslovak People's Party (KDU-ČSL). Conflicts within the party began in 2008 with Dana Kuchtová and Olga Zubová criticising Bursík. Bursík announced in July 2008 that a leadership election would be held in September 2008. Kuchtová announced that she would run against Bursík.

Voting

There were six candidates in total. 349 delegates voted, with Bursík receiving 226 votes and winning the election.

Candidate	Votes
Martin Bursík	227	65.04%
Dana Kuchtová	109	31.23%
Jan Linhart	4	1.15%
Milan Přívratský	3	0.86%
Jiří Růžička	2	0.57%
Arnold Nowak	0	0%
Turnout	349

References

"Zelené nadále povede Bursík, Kuchtová zcela vypadla z vedení strany". iDNES.cz. 6 September 2008. Retrieved 3 July 2020.
"Liška, Jacques a Ander místopředsedy zelených, Kuchtová z vedení odchází". ČT24.cz. Retrieved 3 July 2020.
Málek, Petr (7 September 2008). "Bursík povede dál Zelené, Kuchtová jde z vedení". Deník.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 3 July 2020.
"Boj u zelených. Kuchtová Bursíkovi: Omluvte se Zubové". Aktuálně.cz (in Czech). 18 February 2008. Retrieved 3 July 2020.
"Bursík prosadil mimořádný sjezd, Kuchtová nesouhlasí". iDNES.cz. 9 July 2008. Retrieved 3 July 2020.
"Bursík má soupeře na sjezd. Na souboj ho vyzve Kuchtová". Aktuálně.cz (in Czech). 23 July 2008. Retrieved 3 July 2020.
"Zelení si zvolili do čela Martina Bursíka". Aktuálně.cz (in Czech). 6 September 2008. Retrieved 3 July 2020.

v t e Green Party (Czech Republic)
Leaders	Jan Martin Ječmínek Aleš Mucha Jaroslav Vlček Emil Zeman Jiří Čejka Miroslav Rokos Jan Beránek Martin Bursík Ondřej Liška Jana Drápalová Matěj Stropnický Petr Štěpánek Michal Berg Magdalena Davis Gabriela Svárovská Matěj Pomahač
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Organisation	Czech Young Greens
Alliances	Current European Green Party Global Greens Former Liberal-Social Union

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