1993 Czech Social Democratic Party leadership election

The Czech Social Democratic Party (ČSSD) leadership election of 1993 was held on 28 February 1993. Miloš Zeman was elected new leader of ČSSD. Zeman defeated Jiří Paroubek, Petr Miller and Pavel Novák who was endorsed by incumbent leader Jiří Horák. Zeman and Paroubek qualified but Paroubek dropped out of the election and Pavel Novák took his place in the second round.[1]

1993 ČSSD leadership election
28 February 1993
 
Nominee Miloš Zeman Pavel Novák
Electoral vote 212 163
Percentage 56.5% 43.5%
Leader of ČSSD before election

Jiří Horák

 Elected Leader of ČSSD

Miloš Zeman

Jiří Paroubek represented so-called "Rakovník wing" in ČSSD that supported centrist orientation of the party. Zeman was more left-wing candidate. Zeman's wing was more radical against ODS. The third wing was called Centrist and its stances were somewhere between the other two wings. It was represented by Pavel Novák. Petr Miller was not part of any wing and his support was minimal.[2] 407 delegates were allowed to vote. Candidate needed to gain at least 204 votes to win.

Results
Candidate Preliminary First round Second round
Votes % Votes % Votes %
Miloš Zeman17946.37
19754.72
21256.53
Jiří Paroubek10126.17
Pavel Novák9925.65
16345.28
16343.47
Petr Miller71.81
Total386100360100375100

References
  1. "Zeman nikdy nebyl a nebude sociálním demokratem | 5. 6. 2013 | Stanislav A. Hošek". Britské listy (in Czech). Retrieved 23 January 2017.
  2. Kopeček, Lubomír. "Česká strana sociálně demokratická - jak se dostat k moci" (PDF). Politologický Časopis. Retrieved 23 January 2017.
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