List of Czech presidential candidates

The first Czech presidential election was held in 1993, and elections have been held every five years since. The President was elected indirectly by parliament until the 2013 election and has been elected directly by Czech voters since then.

Year | Candidate | Party | Result

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1993 | Václav Havel | ODS-KDU–ČSL-ODA | Won the election[1]
Miroslav Sládek | SPR–RSČ | 3rd place
Marie Stiborová | KSCM-SDL | 2nd place
1998 | Stanislav Fischer | KSCM | 2nd place
Václav Havel | US-KDU–ČSL-ODA | Won the election
Miroslav Sládek | SPR–RSČ | 3rd place
2003 | Jaroslav Bureš | ČSSD | 3rd place of 1st ballot
Václav Klaus | ODS | Won the election
Miroslav Kříženecký | KSČM | 4th place of 1st ballot
Jaroslava Moserová | ODA | 2nd place of 2nd ballot
Petr Pithart | KDU–ČSL | 2nd place of 1st ballot
Jan Sokol | ČSSD | 2nd place of 3rd ballot
Miloš Zeman | ČSSD | 3rd place of 2nd ballot
2008 | Jana Bobošíková | KSČM | Withdrawn
Václav Klaus | ODS | Won the election
Jan Švejnar | ČSSD | 2nd place
2013 | Jana Bobošíková | SBB | 9th place
Jiří Dienstbier Jr. | ČSSD | 4th place
Jan Fischer | Independent | 3rd place
Táňa Fischerová | SZ | 7th place
Vladimír Franz | Independent | 5th place
Zuzana Roithová | KDU–ČSL | 6th place
Karel Schwarzenberg | TOP 09 | lost in runoff
Přemysl Sobotka | ODS | 8th place
Miloš Zeman | SPO | Won the election
2018 | Miloš Zeman | SPO | Won the election
Jiří Drahoš | KDU–ČSL-STAN | lost in runoff
Pavel Fischer | Independent | 3rd place
Michal Horáček | Independent | 4th place
Marek Hilšer | Independent | 5th place
Mirek Topolánek | ODS-SsČR | 6th place
Jiří Hynek | REAL | 7th place
Petr Hannig | Rozumní-ND | 8th place
Vratislav Kulhánek | ODA | 9th place
2023[2] | Petr Pavel | Independent | Won the election
Andrej Babiš | ANO | lost in runoff
Danuše Nerudová | Independent | 3rd place
Pavel Fischer | Independent | 4th place
Jaroslav Bašta | SPD | 5th place
Marek Hilšer | Independent | 6th place
Karel Diviš | Independent | 7th place
Tomáš Zima | Independent | 8th place

## References

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1. ^ "1992 a 1993 - Volba prezidenta 2008 (Český rozhlas)". www.rozhlas.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 9 April 2017.
2. ^ "Prezidentské volby 2023". iDnes.cz. Retrieved 9 March 2023.