Czech Senate by-elections, 2003
By-elections for Strakonice and Brno-City District Senate seats were held in the Czech Republic in October and November 2003. Election in Strakonice was held on 30 October-1 November and 7-8 November. Election in Brno-City was held on 7-8 November and 14-15 November. Elections were won by Josef Kalbáč in Strakonice and by Karel Jarůšek in Brno-City.[1] Elections were held after incumbent Senators were appojnted Judges of Constitutional Court of the Czech Republic.
Strakonice
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Main candidates were Pavel Pavel and Josef Kalbáč who faced each other in second round.[2] Kalbáč won the second round.
Candidate | Party | First round | Second round | ||
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Votes | % | Votes | % | ||
Josef Kalbáč | Christian and Democratic Union – Czechoslovak People's Party | 3,639 | 18.16 | 7,321 | 53.48 |
Pavel Pavel | Civic Democratic Party | 5,697 | 28.43 | 6,375 | 46.54 |
Karel Rodina | Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia | 3,388 | 16.91 | ||
Petr Pumpr | SNK European Democrats | 2,516 | 12.55 | ||
Josef Vávra | Independent | 2,428 | 12.12 | ||
Josef Samec | Czech Social Democratic Party | 1,269 | 6.33 | ||
Jan Rampich | Civic Democratic Alliance | 1,096 | 5.47 |
Brno-City
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Candidates icluded football manager Karel Jarůšek, Brno Councillor Rostislav Slavotínek, Minister of Health Marie Součková, Daniel Borecký and Journalist Petr Cibulka.[3] Karel Jarůšek won the election when he defeated Rostislav Slavotínek in the second round. Minister Součková was eliminated in the first round when she received only 7.5% of votes which she blamed on strong campaign against her.[4]
Candidate | Party | First round | Second round | ||
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Votes | % | Votes | % | ||
Karel Jarůšek | Civic Democratic Party | 4,858 | 31.63 | 4,761 | 50.11 |
Rostislav Slavotínek | Christian and Democratic Union – Czechoslovak People's Party | 2,822 | 18.37 | 4,740 | 49.88 |
Daniel Borecký | Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia | 2,267 | 14.76 | ||
Petr Cibulka | Right Bloc | 2,043 | 13.30 | ||
Jiří Löw | Liberal Reform Party | 1,952 | 12.7 | ||
Marie Součková | Czech Social Democratic Party | 1,155 | 7.52 | ||
Jiří Vachek | Indepenent | 261 | 1.69 |
References
- ↑ "V Senátu zasedne za Brno Karel Jarůšek". Rozhlas.cz. Retrieved 19 November 2016.
- ↑ "Do finále boje o senát postoupili dva kandidáti". Zprávy z jižních Čech. Retrieved 19 November 2016.
- ↑ "ODS postavila do senátních voleb Jarůška". Novinky.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 19 November 2016.
- ↑ "Radio Praha - V Brně vede v senátních volbách fotbalista Jarůšek". Radio.cz. Retrieved 19 November 2016.