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Freedom and Direct Democracy Freedom and Direct Democracy (, SPD) is a political party in the Czech Republic. It is led by Tomio Okamura and it holds 20 seats in the Chamber of Deputies. The party has been described as right-wing or far-right on the political spectrum. It ...

(SPD) leadership election of 2024 was held on 13 April 2024. Tomio Okamura was elected for fourth term.

Background

Tomio Okamura is a Japanese-born Czech far-right politician and entrepreneur. He founded the Czech political parties Dawn of Direct Democracy and Freedom and Direct Democracy (SPD). Since October 2013, he has been a member of the Chamber of Deputies of the C ...

founded the party in 2015 after he split from

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. He was elected party's leader the same year. Okamura led the party during 2021 legislative election during which it received 9.5% and 20 seats of 200. Leadership election was scheduled for 13 April 2024.

announced he will seek reelection.

Voting

Voting is held in DUO Hotel. 250 delegates are allowed to vote. 223 delegates eventually participated, 216 of them voted. Okamura received 195 votes and thus was reelected. Okamura 90.28% vote share was his lowest vote share in a leadership election.

References

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