2022 Mayors and Independents leadership election

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Candidate  | Vít Rakušan |
Electoral vote  | 292  |
Percentage  | 98.3%  |

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| leader of STAN before election

Vít Rakušan

| Elected leader of STAN

Vít Rakušan

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A leadership election for the Mayors and Independents (STAN) in 2022 was held on 23 July 2022. The incumbent leader Vít Rakušan was elected for another term.

## Background

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Rakušan led the party since 2019.[1] The party formed electoral alliance for 2021 Czech legislative election with Czech Pirate Party called Pirates and Mayors. STAN made significant gains in the parliament as a result receiving 33 MPs and becoming third largest party in the Czech Republic.[2] It became party of Cabinet of Petr Fiala.[3]

Since legiaslative election STAN lost almost all of its Deputy leaders for various reasons whichled Rakušan to call snap election to elect new leadership.[4] Leadership election was originally scheduled for Fall 2022 but party was heavily affected by Dozimetr affair forcing the election to be held in Summer.[5]

Despite the affair Rakušan decided to run for another term as party leader. He gained nominations of most regional organisations suggesting strong support from party membership. As of 2 July 2022 only Plzeň organisation didn't give its nomination to Rakušan.[6]

## Election

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Voting was held on 23 July 2022. Rakušan received 292 of 297 votes and thus was reelected.[7]

## References

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1. ^ "Vít Rakušan, úspěch STAN ve volbách, životopis a aktuální zprávy". Seznam Zprávy (in Czech). Retrieved 4 July 2022.
2. ^ "Starostové kroužkováním zmasakrovali Piráty". Novinky.cz (in Czech). Borgis. Retrieved 4 July 2022.
3. ^ Perknerová, Kateřina (17 December 2021). "PŘEHLEDNĚ: Přichází Fialova vláda. Kdo ode dneška vládne Česku". Deník (in Czech). Vltava Labe Media. Retrieved 4 July 2022.
4. ^ "Hnutí STAN se rozpadlo vedení. Kdo opustil předsednictvo třetí nejmocnější strany sněmovny?". iROZHLAS.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 4 July 2022.
5. ^ "Starostům a nezávislým se rozpadlo vedení. Nové budou volit už o prázdninách". Aktuálně.cz (in Czech). Economia. 19 June 2022.
6. ^ "Měl by Rakušan po kauze Dozimetr vést dál STAN? Kraje mají jasno". Seznam Zprávy (in Czech). Retrieved 4 July 2022.
7. ^ "Rakušan uhájil vedení STAN s „kimovskou" podporou". Seznam Zprávy (in Czech). Retrieved 23 July 2022.

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Mayors and Independents

Leaders|

* Josef Zicha
* Petr Gazdík
* Martin Půta
* Petr Gazdík
* Vít Rakušan

Leadership elections|

* 2004
* 2009
* 2011
* 2014
* 2016
* 2017
* 2019
* 2021
* 2022
* 2025

Presidential candidates|

* Jan Švejnar
* Karel Schwarzenberg
* Jiří Drahoš

Organisation|

* Caucus of Mayors and Ostravak
* STANoviny
* Young Mayors and Independents
* Institute of Modern Politics iSTAR

Alliances|

* European People's Party Group
* Pirates and Mayors
* Populars and Mayors

History and related topics|

* Operation Dozimetr

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