Czech presidential election, 1993

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Czech presidential election, 1993
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Nominee Václav Havel Marie Stiborová Miroslav Sládek
Party Independent KSČM SPR–RSČ
Electoral vote109 49 14
Percentage 54.5% 24.5% 7.0%
Nominators ODS, KDU–ČSL, ODA KSČM, SDL
Elected President

Václav Havel
Independent

The 1993 Czech presidential election was held on 26 January 1993 to elect the first President of independent Czech Republic. The first election was done indirectly [1] by the members of the Czech Republic Parliament. Václav Havel was elected President. [2] [3] The election was complicated only by attacks of Republicans against Havel and by bomb threat to the Parliament. [4]

A bomb threat or bomb scare is a threat, usually verbal or written, to detonate an explosive or incendiary device to cause property damage, death or injuries, whether or not such a device actually exists.

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Candidates

Václav Havel playwright, essayist, poet, dissident and 1st President of the Czech Republic

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Civic Democratic Party (Czech Republic) Czech political party

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Christian and Democratic Union – Czechoslovak Peoples Party Czech political party

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Opinion polls

Date Agency Václav Havel Miroslav Sládek Someone else Undecided None
November 1992 IVVM 25.7 1.6 38.4 25.8 8.5
Source: Nesstar

Parties in parliament

PartyChamber of DeputiesEndorsed candidate
Civic Democratic Party (ODS)
66 / 200
 Václav Havel
Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia (KSČM)
33 / 200
 Marie Stiborová
Czech Social Democratic Party (ČSSD)
16 / 200
Christian and Democratic Union – Czechoslovak People's Party (KDU–ČSL)
15 / 200
 Václav Havel
Coalition for Republic – Republican Party of Czechoslovakia (SPR–RSČ)
14 / 200
 Miroslav Sládek
Civic Democratic Alliance (ODA)
14 / 200
 Václav Havel
Movement for Autonomous Democracy–Party for Moravia and Silesia (HSD–SMS)
14 / 200
Christian Democratic Party (KDS)
10 / 200
 Václav Havel
Agrarian Party (ZS)
8 / 200
Czechoslovak Socialialist Party (ČSS)
5 / 200
Green Party (SZ)
3 / 200
Party of Democratic Left (SDL)
2 / 200
 Marie Stiborová

Results

All 200 Members of Parliament voted. Six of them submitted invalid ballots while 22 submitted empty ballots. Havel received 109 votes and thus won the election in the first round. Communist candidate Stiborová received only 49 votes and Republican candidate Sládek only 14 votes. This is the only presidential election in which the president was voted and elected only by Chamber of Deputies. [5] Havel received 109 votes. It was expected that Havel will receive much more votes because governing coalition had 105 votes and part of opposition promised support to Havel. It is very likely that he didn't receive some votes from Civic Democrats and Christian Democrats (from KDS). Havel was inaugurated on 2 February 1993 and became the first president of the Czech Republic. [6]

CandidateVotes%
Václav Havel 10963.37
Marie Stiborová 4928.49
Miroslav Sládek 148.14
Blank ballots22–
Invalid votes6–
Total200100

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