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
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2004 Czech senate by-election
8–18 October
Turnout
First Round: 20.0% Second Round: 15.2%
First party
Second party
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
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2004 Czech senate by-election
8–18 October
Turnout
First Round: 19.5% Second Round: 14.0%
First party
Second party
Candidate
Milan Špaček
Jaroslav Pařík
Party
Lidovci
ODS
Popular vote
6,734
5,896
Percentage
53.3%
46.7%
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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