1990 Czechoslovak Social Democracy leadership election

None 1990 ČSSD leadership election Czech Republic presidential no 1948 Czechoslovak Social Democracy leadership election 1948 1991 Czechoslovak Social Democracy leadership election 1991 25 March 1990 150x170px Jiří Horák EC5800 223 59.8% 150x150px Rudolf Battěk EC5800 150 40.2% Leader of ČSSD Jiří Horák A leadership election was held within the Czech Social Democratic Party (ČSSD) on 25 March 1990. It was the first leadership election since the party's re-establishment and saw Jiří Horák defeat Rudolf Battěk.Sociální demokraté si připomenou obnovení své činnosti v listopadu 1989 http://denikreferendum.cz/clanek/tisk/19173-socialni-demokrate-si-pripomenou-obnoveni-sve-cinnosti-v-listopadu-1989 Deník Referendum 6 March 2017 cs 7 March 2017 https://web.archive.org/web/20170307045809/http://denikreferendum.cz/clanek/tisk/19173-socialni-demokrate-si-pripomenou-obnoveni-sve-cinnosti-v-listopadu-1989 dead Battěk was supported by exiled politicians from the party,Historie Sociální demokracie https://socdem.cz/historie-socdem/ SOCDEM 26 December 2025 cs and wanted ČSSD to run in the 1990 parliamentary elections as part of the Civic Forum list, while Horák wanted the party to run independently.Bartoň Jan POLITIKA: Čtyři pády české sociální demokracie https://neviditelnypes.lidovky.cz/politika/politika-ctyri-pady-ceske-socialni-demokracie.A060606_200049_p_politika_wag Lidové noviny 6 March 2017 7 June 2006 Mafra cs Results Candidate Vote%Jiří Horák22359.7959.8 EC5800Rudolf Battěk15040.2140.2 EC5800 Aftermath Although Horák won, Battěk's wing of the party participated in 1990 elections on the Civic Forum list and won some seats. The ČSSD received only 4% of the vote and failed to cross the electoral threshold. Horák blamed Battěk's wing for the failure and Battěk and his supporters were expelled from the party.Kopeček Lubomír Česká strana sociálně demokratická - jak se dostat k moci http://www.politologickycasopis.cz/userfiles/file/2003/1/2003-1-11-Kope%C3%BCek-%20%C2%A8esk%E2%80%A0%20strana%20soci%E2%80%A0ln%C5%8D%20demokratick%E2%80%A0.%20Jak%20se%20dost%E2%80%A0t%20k%20moci.pdf Politologický Časopis 23 January 2017 References Category:Czech Social Democratic Party leadership elections Social Democratic Party leadership election, 1990 Czech Social Democratic Party leadership election Czech Social Democratic Party leadership election