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// Workers AI · dad joke modeWhy was the 1990 Czechoslovak Social Democracy leadership election a split decision? Because the vote was Slovak-ing away.

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1990 ČSSD leadership election
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25 March 1990
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Nominee Jiří Horák Rudolf Battěk
Electoral vote 223 150
Percentage 59.8% 40.2%
Elected 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.[1] Battěk was supported by exiled politicians from the party,[2] 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.[3]

Results

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Candidate Vote %
Jiří Horák22359.79
Rudolf Battěk15040.21

Aftermath

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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.[4]

References

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  1. ↑ "Sociální demokraté si připomenou obnovení své činnosti v listopadu 1989". Deník Referendum (in Czech). Archived from the original on 7 March 2017. Retrieved 6 March 2017.
  2. ↑ "Historie Sociální demokracie". SOCDEM (in Czech). Retrieved 26 December 2025.
  3. ↑ Bartoň, Jan (7 June 2006). "POLITIKA: Čtyři pády české sociální demokracie". Lidové noviny (in Czech). Mafra. Retrieved 6 March 2017.
  4. ↑ Kopeček, Lubomír. "Česká strana sociálně demokratická - jak se dostat k moci" (PDF). Politologický Časopis. Retrieved 23 January 2017.
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