2006 Democrats 66 leadership election

2006 Democrats 66 leadership election
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  Alexander Pechtold Lousewies van der Laan
Candidate Alexander Pechtold Lousewies van der Laan
Popular vote 2,009 1,752
Percentage 52.6% 45.8%
Leader before election

Vacant

 Leader-elect

Alexander Pechtold

The 2006 Democrats 66 leadership election was called to elect the new leader of the Democrats 66 after incumbent Boris Dittrich announced his retirement from national politics. Dittrich, who had been the leader of the party since the resignation of Thom de Graaf on 22 January 2003, did not stand for the leadership election. Alexander Pechtold won the election, beating Lousewies van der Laan and six others.