2004 Czech Senate by-elections explained

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

Election Name:2004 Czech senate by-election
Country:Czech Republic
Type:parliamentary
Ongoing:no
Election Date:8–18 October
Turnout:First Round: 20.0%
Second Round: 15.2%
Candidate1:František Příhoda
Party1:Civic Democratic Party (Czech Republic)
Popular Vote1:8,078
Percentage1:60.1%
Candidate2:Erazim Kohák
Party2:Czech Social Democratic Party
Popular Vote2:5,358
Percentage2:39.9%

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 %
6,663 37.82 8,078 60.12
3,547 20.13 5,358 39.87
Tomáš Ježek 2,859 16.22    
Jan Vávra 2,176 12.35
Karel Skoupil 2,023 11.48
Vladimír Němec 251 1.42
Petr Švec 97 0.55
Overall 17,738100 13,491 100

Znojmo

Election Name:2004 Czech senate by-election
Country:Czech Republic
Type:parliamentary
Ongoing:no
Election Date:8–18 October
Turnout:First Round: 19.5%
Second Round: 14.0%
Candidate1:Milan Špaček
Party1:Christian and Democratic Union – Czechoslovak People's Party
Popular Vote1:6,734
Percentage1:53.3%
Candidate2:Jaroslav Pařík
Party2:Civic Democratic Party (Czech Republic)
Popular Vote2:5,896
Percentage2:46.7%

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 %
4,995 28.37 6,734 53.31
5,161 29.32 5,896 46.68
4,735 26.90    
1,656 9.40
1,054 5.98
Overall 17,680 100 12,630 100

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Doplňovací volby provází nízká účast. iDNES.cz. 20 November 2016. 16 October 2004.
  2. Web site: Noví senátoři jsou členy ODS a KDU-ČSL. Novinky.cz. 20 November 2016. cs-CZ.
  3. Web site: Křeslo v Senátu získala ODS i lidovci. iDNES.cz. 20 November 2016. 16 October 2004.