2024 Czech Pirate Party leadership election
13 January 2024
 
Candidate Ivan Bartoš Markéta Gregorová
Popular vote 556 300
Percentage 64.95% 35.05%
Leader of Pirates before election

Ivan Bartoš

 Elected Leader of Pirates

Ivan Bartoš

The Czech Pirate Party will hold a leadership election on 13 January 2024.

Background

The Czech Pirate Party has been led by Ivan Bartoš since 2016. Under his leadership, they became the third largest party in the Czech Republic after the 2017 legislative election, with 22 seats.[1] Bartoš also led the party during the 2021 election, which the party contested as part of the Pirates and Mayors electoral alliance. Due to preferential voting, the Pirates received only 4 seats of the 37 seats won by the alliance. After the election, a part of the membership called for Bartoš's resignation.[2] The party joined the new government following the election.

Governor of Plzeň Region Rudolf Špoták announced candidacy on 7 November 2023.[3] The incumbent leader Ivan Bartoš announced candidacy on 4 December 2023.[4] Markéta Gregorová, member of European Parliament announced candidacy in December 2023 as a candidate of Pirates who want to leave the government.[5] Bartoš received 12 regional nominations while Gregorová 2. Former MP Vojtěch Pikal received 2 nominations[6] but in January 2024 announced that he won't run.[7] Špoták failed to receive any nominations thus dropped out of the race on 18 December 2023.[8]

Candidates

  • Ivan Bartoš, incumbent leader and Minister of Regional Development.
  • Markéta Gregorová, MEP.
  • Rudolf Špoták, Governor of Plzeň Region. Failed to win any nominations thus had to drop out.[8]

Announced but did not run

  • Vojtěch Pikal, former MP.[9]

Result

Voting took place on 13 January 2024. Every member of the party was allowed to vote. In the first round voters marked which candidates are acceptable for them. Candidates with more than 50% would advance to the second round. Bartoš received 569 votes of 820 while Gregorová 455 in the first round thus both candidates advanced.[10] Bartoš then went on to defeat Gregorová.[11]

Caption text
Candidate1st round2nd round
Ivan Bartoš569556
Markéta Gregorová455300

References

  1. ↑ "Piráti si na počátku ledna zvolí vedení, Bartoš chce pokračovat". Deník (in Czech). 27 November 2017. Retrieved 8 January 2022.
  2. ↑ "Vedení Pirátů přijalo zodpovědnost za ztrátu mandátů. 'Bude se to řešit na fóru,' zmínil Bartoš". iROZHLAS.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 14 December 2021.
  3. ↑ Bočková, Pavla (7 November 2023). "Plzeňský hejtman Rudolf Špoták chce kandidovat na předsedu Pirátů". Plzeňský deník (in Czech). Czech News Agency. Retrieved 7 January 2024.
  4. ↑ "Bartoš chce v lednu obhajovat funkci předsedy Pirátské strany". ČeskéNoviny.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 7 January 2024.
  5. ↑ Doubravová, Barbora (11 December 2023). ""Piráti mají hodně názorů, říkejme je nahlas." Proti Bartošovi jde hlas nespokojených". Aktuálně.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 7 January 2024.
  6. ↑ "Bartoše ve volbě šéfa Pirátů vyzvou v lednu Gregorová a Pikal". Seznam Zprávy (in Czech). Retrieved 7 January 2024.
  7. ↑ "Pikal nebude kandidovat na předsedu Pirátů, Bartoše vyzve Gregorová". ČeskéNoviny.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 7 January 2024.
  8. 1 2 "Hejtman Špoták nebude kandidovat na předsedu Pirátů, nikdo ho nenominoval". iDNES.cz (in Czech). 18 December 2023. Retrieved 7 January 2024.
  9. ↑ "Na předsedu Pirátů kandidují Bartoš a Gregorová, Pikal o post nestojí". Novinky.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 7 January 2024.
  10. ↑ "Piráty povede dál Bartoš". Novinky.cz (in Czech). 13 January 2024. Retrieved 13 January 2024.
  11. ↑ Kopecký, Josef (13 January 2024). "Piráti potvrdili předsedu Bartoše. Když v něco věřím, rvu se za to, prohlásil". iDNES.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 13 January 2024.
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