By-elections for Strakonice and Brno-City District Senate seats were held in the Czech Republic in October and November 2003. Election in Strakonice was held on 30 October-1 November and 7–8 November. Election in Brno-City was held on 7–8 November and 14–15 November. Elections were won by Josef Kalbáč in Strakonice and by Karel Jarůšek in Brno-City.[1] Elections were held after incumbent Senators were appointed Judges of Constitutional Court of the Czech Republic.
| Election Name: | 2003 Czech senate by-election |
| Country: | Czech Republic |
| Type: | parliamentary |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Election Date: | 30 October-1 November and 7–8 November |
| Candidate1: | Josef Kalbáč |
| Party1: | Christian and Democratic Union – Czechoslovak People's Party |
| Popular Vote1: | 7,321 |
| Percentage1: | 53.5% |
| Candidate2: | Pavel Pavel |
| Party2: | Civic Democratic Party (Czech Republic) |
| Popular Vote2: | 6,375 |
| Percentage2: | 46.5% |
Main candidates were Pavel Pavel and Josef Kalbáč who faced each other in second round.[2] Kalbáč won the second round.
| Candidate | Party | First round | Second round | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | Votes | % | |||
| 3,639 | 18.16 | 7,321 | 53.48 | |||
| 5,697 | 28.43 | 6,375 | 46.54 | |||
| Karel Rodina | 3,388 | 16.91 | ||||
| Petr Pumpr | 2,516 | 12.55 | ||||
| Josef Vávra | Independent | 2,428 | 12.12 | |||
| Josef Samec | 1,269 | 6.33 | ||||
| Jan Rampich | 1,096 | 5.47 | ||||
| Overall | 20,033 | 100 | 13,809 | 100 | ||
| Election Name: | 2003 Czech senate by-election |
| Country: | Czech Republic |
| Type: | parliamentary |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Election Date: | 7–8 November and 14–15 November |
| Candidate1: | Karel Jarůšek |
| Party1: | Civic Democratic Party (Czech Republic) |
| Popular Vote1: | 4,761 |
| Percentage1: | 50.1% |
| Candidate2: | Rostislav Slavotínek |
| Party2: | Christian and Democratic Union – Czechoslovak People's Party |
| Popular Vote2: | 4,740 |
| Percentage2: | 49.9% |
Candidates included football manager Karel Jarůšek, Brno Councillor Rostislav Slavotínek, Minister of Health Marie Součková, Daniel Borecký and Journalist Petr Cibulka.[3] Karel Jarůšek won the election when he defeated Rostislav Slavotínek in the second round. Minister Součková was eliminated in the first round when she received only 7.5% of votes which she blamed on strong campaign against her.[4]
| Candidate | Party | First round | Second round | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | Votes | % | |||
| 4,858 | 31.63 | 4,761 | 50.11 | |||
| 2,822 | 18.37 | 4,740 | 49.88 | |||
| 2,267 | 14.76 | |||||
| Right Bloc | 2,043 | 13.30 | ||||
| Jiří Löw | 1,952 | 12.7 | ||||
| 1,155 | 7.52 | |||||
| Jiří Vachek | Independent | 261 | 1.69 | |||
| Overall | 15.358 | 100 | 9,551 | 100 | ||