2001 Civic Democratic Party leadership election

A leadership election was held for the Civic Democratic Party (ODS) 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.

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2001 Civic Democratic Party leadership election

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Candidate Václav Klaus Electoral vote 242 Percentage 92.0%

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

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