A leadership election is a political contest held in various countries by which the members of a political party determine who will be the leader of their party.
Generally, any political party can determine its own rules governing how and when a leadership election is to be held for that party. In the United Kingdom, for example:
Leadership elections are generally caused by the death or resignation of the incumbent (that is, the person already holding the post), although there are also formal and informal methods to remove a party's leader and thus trigger an election contest to find a replacement. There is, however, no common procedure whereby the main parties choose their leader.
A leadership election may be required at intervals set by party rules, or it may be held in response to a certain proportion of those eligible to vote expressing a lack of confidence in the current leadership. In the UK Conservative Party, for example, "a leadership election can be triggered by a vote of no confidence by Conservative MPs in their current leader".
Australian Labor Party leadership spill, June 1991
Australian Labor Party leadership spill, December 1991
Australian Labor Party leadership spills, 2001
Australian Labor Party leadership spills, 2003
Australian Labor Party leadership spill, 2005
Australian Labor Party leadership spill, 2006
Australian Labor Party leadership spill, 2010
Australian Labor Party leadership spill, 2012
Australian Labor Party leadership spill, March 2013
Australian Labor Party leadership spill, June 2013
Australian Labor Party leadership spill, October 2013
Liberal Party of Australia leadership spill, 1989
Liberal Party of Australia leadership spill, 1990
Liberal Party of Australia leadership spill, 1994
Liberal Party of Australia leadership spill, 1995
Liberal Party of Australia leadership spill, 2007
Liberal Party of Australia leadership spill, 2008
Liberal Party of Australia leadership spill, 2009
Liberal Party of Australia leadership spill motion, February 2015
Liberal Party of Australia leadership spill, September 2015
Bloc Québécois leadership elections
Canadian Alliance leadership elections
Conservative Party of Canada leadership election, 2004
Green Party of Canada leadership elections
Liberal leadership conventions
New Democratic Party leadership conventions
Progressive Conservative leadership conventions
Social Credit Party of Canada leadership conventions
Fianna Fáil leadership election, 1959
Fianna Fáil leadership election, 1966
Fianna Fáil leadership election, 1979
Fianna Fáil leadership election, 1992
Fianna Fáil leadership election, 1994
Fianna Fáil leadership election, 2008
Liberal Democratic Party (Japan) leadership election, 2006
Liberal Democratic Party (Japan) leadership election, 2007
Liberal Democratic Party (Japan) leadership election, 2008
Conservative Party (UK) leadership election, 1965
Conservative Party (UK) leadership election, 1975
Conservative Party (UK) leadership election, 1989
Conservative Party (UK) leadership election, 1990
Conservative Party (UK) leadership election, 1995
Conservative Party (UK) leadership election, 1997
Conservative Party (UK) leadership election, 2001
Conservative Party (UK) leadership election, 2003
Conservative Party (UK) leadership election, 2005
Labour Party (UK) leadership election, 1922
Labour Party (UK) leadership election, 1935
Labour Party (UK) leadership election, 1976
Labour Party (UK) leadership election, 1980
Labour Party (UK) leadership election, 1983
Labour Party (UK) leadership election, 1988
Labour Party (UK) leadership election, 1992
Labour Party (UK) leadership election, 1994
Labour Party (UK) leadership election, 2007
Liberal Party (UK) leadership election, 1967
Liberal Party (UK) leadership election, 1976
Social Democratic Party (UK) leadership election, 1982
Social and Liberal Democrats leadership election, 1988
Liberal Democrats leadership election, 1999
Liberal Democrats leadership election, 2006
Liberal Democrats leadership election, 2007
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