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
Turnout	First Round: 20.0% Second Round: 15.2%
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]

Candidate	Party	First round		Second round
		Votes	%	Votes	%
František Příhoda	Civic Democratic Party	6,663	37.82	8,078	60.12
Erazim Kohák	Czech Social Democratic Party	3,547	20.13	5,358	39.87
Tomáš Ježek	Liberal Reform Party	2,859	16.22
Jan Vávra	SNK European Democrats	2,176	12.35
Karel Skoupil	Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia	2,023	11.48
Vladimír Němec	Party of Common Sense	251	1.42
Petr Švec	National Unity	97	0.55
Overall		17,738	100	13,491	100

Znojmo

2004 Czech senate by-election

8–18 October
Turnout	First Round: 19.5% Second Round: 14.0%
Candidate Milan Špaček Jaroslav Pařík Party KDU–ČSL ODS Popular vote 6,734 5,896 Percentage 53.3% 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]

Candidate	Party	First round		Second round
		Votes	%	Votes	%
Milan Špaček	Christian and Democratic Union – Czechoslovak People's Party	4,995	28.37	6,734	53.31
Jaroslav Pařík	Civic Democratic Party	5,161	29.32	5,896	46.68
Augustin Forman	Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia	4,735	26.90
Jindřich Laky	Czech Social Democratic Party	1,656	9.40
Anna Gigimovová	Freedom Union – Democratic Union	1,054	5.98
Overall		17,680	100	12,630	100

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.