Opinion polling for the 2003 Czech presidential election

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This page lists nationwide public opinion polls that have been conducted relating to the 2003 presidential elections in the Czech Republic.

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Lawmakers poll

SC&C made in February 2002 a poll among lawmakers to find out who has the highest chance to be elected. Václav Klaus (ODS) had support of 90% Civic Democratic Party lawmakers and 20% of Social democratic lawmakers. He was acceptable for 29% of Social democrats, 14% of Communists and 17% of Four-Coalition lawmakers. Petr Pithart (KDU-ČSL) polled second. He was supported by 67% of Four-Coalition lawmakers. He was acceptable for 50% of Social democrats, 20% of Communists and 12% of Civic Democrats. Miloš Zeman (ČSSD) had strong support in Czech Social Democratic Party and was acceptable for a large part of Civic Democrats and Communists. Independent candidates such as Václav Fischer had no chance according to the poll. [1]

Voting preference

Polls conducted in 2003

DateAgency Václav Klaus
Civic Democratic		 Petr Pithart
Christian Democratic		 Otakar Motejl
Social Democratic		 Jaroslav Bureš
Social Democratic		 Miloš Zeman
Social Democratic		 Miroslav Kříženecký
Communist		 Jaroslava Moserová
Civic Democratic		 Jan Sokol
Social Democratic
27 FebruarySC&C [2] 60%——————40%
42%9%——12%——11%
24 January [3] 48%———36%—16%—
14 JanuarySTEM [4] 33.5%33.5%—23%—10%——
10 JanuarySC&C [5] 50%49%——————
31%21%—16%—6%——
6 – 13 JanuaryCVVM [6] —37%37%—————
5 JanuaryTNS Factum [7] 34%17%13%10%8%———

Polls conducted in 2002

DateAgency Václav Klaus
Civic Democratic		 Petr Pithart
Christian Democratic		 Václav Fischer
Independent		 Otakar Motejl
Social Democratic		 Miloš Zeman
Social Democratic		Rudolf Zahradník
Social Democratic		Ivan Wilhelm
Independent		 Vladimír Železný
Independent		 Jiřina Šiklová
Independent		 Jaroslava Moserová
Civic Democratic		 Jaroslav Bureš
Social Democratic		 Miroslav Kříženecký
Communist		 Martin Potůček
Social Democratic
1–5 NovemberSTEM [8] 26%17%—28%11%————3%8%4%3%
15 OctoberSC&C [9] 27.6%17.9%—21.4%10.2%————9.8%8.3%4.2%0.6%
SeptemberSTEM [10] 15%19%—27%11%6%5%4%2%————
29 JanuaryTNS Factum [11] 9.6%8.0%5.4%——————————

Polls conducted in 2001

DateAgency Petr Pithart
Christian Democratic		 Václav Klaus
Civic Democratic		 Václav Fischer
Independent		 Tomáš Halík
Independent		 Petra Buzková
Social Democratic		 Stanislav Gross
Social Democratic		 Miloš Zeman
Social Democratic		Rudolf Zahradník
Social Democratic		Jiřina Šiklová
Independent
5–11 NovemberSTEM [12] 23%17%27%12%——8%10%3%
15 March 2001Sofres-Factum [13] 11.67.3%2.8%3.6%2.6%2.2%2.1%——

Polls conducted in 2000

DateAgency Václav Klaus
Civic Democratic		 Petra Buzková
Social Democratic		 Václav Fischer
Independent		 Stanislav Gross
Social Democratic		Undecided
20 FebruarySofres-Factum [14] 11.5%6.8%4.1%2.6%50%

Media Surveys

DateSurveySample Václav Klaus
Civic Democratic		 Otakar Motejl
Social Democratic		 Petr Pithart
Christian Democratic		 Jaroslav Bureš
Social Democratic		 Miloš Zeman
Social Democratic		 Jaroslava Moserová
Civic Democratic		Josef Jařab
Independent		 Miroslav Kříženecký
Communist		Don't know
4 February 2003iDnes [15] 8,22462.8%———7.9%22.1%——7.1%
10 January 2003iDnes [16] 113 Students44.2%3.5%19.5%12.4%———6.2%8.8%
26 September 2002iDnes [17] 20,44537.4%17.6%12.8%5.8%4.9%3.0%1.6%—16.9%

Acceptability of candidates

DateAgency Otakar Motejl
Social Democratic		 Petr Pithart
Christian Democratic		 Václav Klaus
Civic Democratic		 Miloš Zeman
Social Democratic		 Jaroslav Bureš
Social Democratic		 Jaroslava Moserová
Civic Democratic		 Miroslav Kříženecký
Communist		 Martin Potůček
Social Democratic
14 JanuarySTEM [4] —65.547.5—57%—20%—
6–13 January 2003CVVM [18] 45%37%35%29%25%16%13%4%
25 November - 2 December 2002CVVM [19] 46%37%31%26%21%14%6%—

Direct or indirect election preference

DateAgencyDirectIndirect
5 January 2003TNS Factum [20] 87%13%
25 November - 2 December 2002CVVM [19] 65%26%
September 2002STEM [21] 85%15%
April 2002CVVM [19] 57%32%
5–11 November 2001STEM [22] 82%18%
September 1999STEM [21] 82%18%
September 1998STEM [21] 77%23%

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