Czech Senate by-elections, 2004

By-elections for Prague 4 and Znojmo District Senate seats were held in the Czech Republic in October 2004. Elections were held after incumbent senators became mebers of European parliament.[1]

Prague 4

Czech senate by-election, 2004
Czech Republic
8–18 October

Turnout First Round: 20.0%
Second Round: 15.2%
  First party Second party
 
Candidate František Příhoda Erazim Kohák
Party ODS ČSSD
Popular vote 8,078 5,358
Percentage 60.1% 39.9%

Election in Prague 4 was won by František Příhoda who defeated Erazim Kohák by landslide. Příhoda's victory was generally expected.[2]

Candidate Party First round Second round
Votes % Votes %
František Příhoda Civic Democratic Party 6,663 37.82 8,078 60.12
Erazim Kohák Czech Social Democratic Party 3,547 20.13 5,358 39.87
Tomáš Ježek Liberal Reform Party 2,859 16.22    
Jan Vávra SNK European Democrats 2,176 12.35
Karel Skoupil Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia 2,023 11.48
Vladimír Němec Party of Common Sense 251 1.42
Petr Švec National Unity 97 0.55

Znojmo

Czech senate by-election, 2004
Czech Republic
8–18 October

Turnout First Round: 19.5%
Second Round: 14.0%
  First party Second party
 
Candidate Milan Špaček Jaroslav Pařík
Party KDU–ČSL ODS
Popular vote 6,734 5,896
Percentage 53.3% 46.7%
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Znojmo election was unexpectedly won by Milan Špaček. He faced Jaroslav Pařík who was considered front-runner due to his results in the first round.[3]

Candidate Party First round Second round
Votes % Votes %
Milan Špaček Christian and Democratic Union – Czechoslovak People's Party 4,995 28.37 6,734 53.31
Jaroslav Pařík Civic Democratic Party 5,161 29.32 5,896 46.68
Augustin Forman Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia 4,735 26.90    
Jindřich Laky Czech Social Democratic Party 1,656 9.40
Anna Gigimovová Freedom Union – Democratic Union 1,054 5.98

References

  1. "Doplňovací volby provází nízká účast". iDNES.cz. 16 October 2004. Retrieved 20 November 2016.
  2. "Noví senátoři jsou členy ODS a KDU-ČSL". Novinky.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 20 November 2016.
  3. "Křeslo v Senátu získala ODS i lidovci". iDNES.cz. 16 October 2004. Retrieved 20 November 2016.
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