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

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2004 Czech senate by-election

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|  | 8–18 October |

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

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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

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|  | 8–18 October |

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Turnout| First Round: 19.5%
Second Round: 14.0%
|  | First party  | Second party

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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

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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

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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.

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