Civic Democratic Party Presidential Primaries, 2012
Civic Democratic Party (Czech Republic), Civic Democratic Party presidential primaries, 2012 were held for 2013 Czech presidential election from 30 April to 28. June 2012. They were the first presidential primaries in the Czech Republic. Přemysl Sobotka on the primaries with 61% of votes against 39 votes for the other candidate, Evžen Tošenovský. Primaries suffered for low voter turnout as only 6,203 from 27,000 party members voted. There were members of ODS who were of opinion that the party should support Miloš Zeman instead of having its own candidate as neither Tošenovský or Sobotka is a strong candidate that can win. It was one of the reasons for a low turnout. Candidates *Přemysl Sobotka, a vice-chairman of of the Parliament of the Czech Republic, Senate. *Evžen Tošenovský, a Member of European Parliament . Declined * Miroslava Němcová, a vice-chairman of Chamber of Deputies of the Parliament of the Czech Republic, Chamber of Deputies was expected to run. Sh ...
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