2004 Czech Senate by-elections

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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]

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Prague 4

2004 Czech senate by-election
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8–18 October
TurnoutFirst Round: 20.0%
Second Round: 15.2%
 First partySecond party
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Candidate František Příhoda Erazim Kohák
Party ODS ČSSD
Popular vote8,0785,358
Percentage60.1%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 Příhoda Civic Democratic Party 6,66337.828,07860.12
Erazim Kohák Czech Social Democratic Party 3,54720.135,35839.87
Tomáš Ježek Liberal Reform Party 2,85916.22  
Jan Vávra SNK European Democrats 2,17612.35
Karel Skoupil Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia 2,02311.48
Vladimír Němec Party of Common Sense 2511.42
Petr Švec National Unity 970.55
Overall17,73810013,491100

Znojmo

2004 Czech senate by-election
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8–18 October
TurnoutFirst Round: 19.5%
Second Round: 14.0%
 First partySecond party
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Candidate Milan Špaček Jaroslav Pařík
Party Christian and Democratic Union – Czechoslovak People's Party ODS
Popular vote6,7345,896
Percentage53.3%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]

CandidatePartyFirst roundSecond round
Votes %Votes %
Milan Špaček Christian and Democratic Union – Czechoslovak People's Party 4,99528.376,73453.31
Jaroslav Pařík Civic Democratic Party 5,16129.325,89646.68
Augustin Forman Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia 4,73526.90  
Jindřich Laky Czech Social Democratic Party 1,6569.40
Anna Gigimovová Freedom Union – Democratic Union 1,0545.98
Overall17,68010012,630100

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