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The Civic Democratic Party (ODS) leadership election of 2008 was a part of party's congress. It happened after ODS lost Senate election and regional elections. Incumbet leader and Prime Minister Mirek Topolánek faced Mayor of Prague Pavel Bém who wa supported by President Václav Klaus.
Topolánek was re-elected when he received votes from 284 delegates while Bém received only 162 votes. 492 delegates could participate in election. Topolánek promised to learn from his mistakes and said that he will unite the party. Bém congratulated Topolánek but later saif that even though he respects him, he doesn't think that ODS will win next election if Topolánek is the leader of ODS.
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Civic Democratic Party leadership election, 2008 Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA