2004 Czech Senate by-elections

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
2004 Czech senate by-election
8–18 October
TurnoutFirst 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]

CandidatePartyFirst roundSecond round
Votes%Votes%
František PříhodaCivic Democratic Party6,66337.828,07860.12
Erazim KohákCzech Social Democratic Party3,54720.135,35839.87
Tomáš JežekLiberal Reform Party2,85916.22  
Jan VávraSNK European Democrats2,17612.35
Karel SkoupilCommunist Party of Bohemia and Moravia2,02311.48
Vladimír NěmecParty of Common Sense2511.42
Petr ŠvecNational Unity970.55
Overall17,73810013,491100

Znojmo
2004 Czech senate by-election
8–18 October
TurnoutFirst 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]

CandidatePartyFirst roundSecond round
Votes%Votes%
Milan ŠpačekChristian and Democratic Union – Czechoslovak People's Party4,99528.376,73453.31
Jaroslav PaříkCivic Democratic Party5,16129.325,89646.68
Augustin FormanCommunist Party of Bohemia and Moravia4,73526.90  
Jindřich LakyCzech Social Democratic Party1,6569.40
Anna GigimovováFreedom Union – Democratic Union1,0545.98
Overall17,68010012,630100
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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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