2004 Czech Senate by-elections
Appearance
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 members of European parliament.[1]
Prague 4
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Turnout | First Round: 20.0% Second Round: 15.2% | ||||||||||||||||||
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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 | ||
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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 | ||
Overall | 17,738 | 100 | 13,491 | 100 |
Znojmo
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Turnout | First Round: 19.5% Second Round: 14.0% | ||||||||||||||||||
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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 | ||
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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 | ||
Overall | 17,680 | 100 | 12,630 | 100 |
References
[edit]- ^ "Doplňovací volby provází nízká účast". iDNES.cz. 16 October 2004. Retrieved 20 November 2016.
- ^ "Noví senátoři jsou členy ODS a KDU-ČSL". Novinky.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 20 November 2016.
- ^ "Křeslo v Senátu získala ODS i lidovci". iDNES.cz. 16 October 2004. Retrieved 20 November 2016.