| Election Name: | 1953 Czechoslovak presidential election |
| Country: | Czech Republic |
| Type: | presidential |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 1948 Czechoslovak presidential election |
| Previous Year: | 1948 |
| Next Election: | 1957 Czechoslovak presidential election |
| Next Year: | 1957 |
| Election Date: | 21 March 1953 |
| Nominee1: | Antonín Zápotocký |
| Party1: | Communist Party of Czechoslovakia |
| Electoral Vote1: | 271 |
| Percentage1: | 100% |
| President | |
| Before Election: | Klement Gottwald |
| Before Party: | Communist Party of Czechoslovakia |
| After Election: | Antonín Zápotocký |
| After Party: | Communist Party of Czechoslovakia |
The 1953 Czechoslovak presidential election took place on 14 June 1953. It was held due to the death of Klement Gottwald. Prime Minister Antonín Zápotocký was elected the new president.[1] [2]
Klement Gottwald died on 14 March 1953. At the 14 June election, Zápotocký received all 271 votes in the Parliament.[3] He had already been carrying out most presidential duties since Gottwald's death, as per the Constitution.