List of Czech presidential candidates

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The first Czech presidential election was held in 1993, and elections have been held every five years since. The President was elected indirectly by parliament until the 2013 election and has been elected directly by Czech voters since then.

YearCandidatePartyResult
1993 Václav Havel ODS-KDU–ČSL-ODA Won the election [1]
Miroslav Sládek SPR–RSČ 3rd place
Marie Stiborová KSCM-SDL 2nd place
1998 Stanislav Fischer KSCM 2nd place
Václav Havel US-KDU–ČSL-ODA Won the election
Miroslav Sládek SPR–RSČ 3rd place
2003 Jaroslav Bureš ČSSD 3rd place of 1st ballot
Václav Klaus ODS Won the election
Miroslav Kříženecký KSČM 4th place of 1st ballot
Jaroslava Moserová ODA 2nd place of 2nd ballot
Petr Pithart KDU–ČSL 2nd place of 1st ballot
Jan Sokol ČSSD 2nd place of 3rd ballot
Miloš Zeman ČSSD 3rd place of 2nd ballot
2008 Jana Bobošíková KSČM Withdrawn
Václav Klaus ODS Won the election
Jan Švejnar ČSSD 2nd place
2013 Jana Bobošíková ČS 9th place
Jiří Dienstbier Jr. ČSSD 4th place
Jan Fischer Independent3rd place
Táňa Fischerová ZELENÍ 7th place
Vladimír Franz Independent5th place
Zuzana Roithová KDU–ČSL 6th place
Karel Schwarzenberg TOP 09 lost in runoff
Přemysl Sobotka ODS 8th place
Miloš Zeman SPO Won the election
2018 Miloš Zeman SPO Won the election
Jiří Drahoš KDU–ČSL-STAN lost in runoff
Pavel Fischer Independent3rd place
Michal Horáček Independent4th place
Marek Hilšer Independent5th place
Mirek Topolánek ODS-SsČR 6th place
Jiří Hynek REAL 7th place
Petr Hannig Rozumní-ND 8th place
Vratislav Kulhánek ODA 9th place
2023 [2] Petr Pavel IndependentWon the election
Andrej Babiš ANO lost in runoff
Danuše Nerudová Independent3rd place
Pavel Fischer Independent4th place
Jaroslav Bašta SPD 5th place
Marek Hilšer Independent6th place
Karel Diviš Independent7th place
Tomáš Zima Independent8th place

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References

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  2. "Prezidentské volby 2023". iDnes.cz. Retrieved 9 March 2023.