1999 Czech senate by-election
Turnout33.7%
  First party Second party Third party
 
Candidate Václav Fischer Jiřina Jirásková Ivan Medek
Party Independent ODS Four-Coalition
Popular vote 22,461 3,844 2,948
Percentage 71.2% 12.2% 9.35%
  Fourth party Fifth party
 
Candidate Stanislav Fischer Karel Srp
Party KSČM ČSSD
Popular vote 1,725 327
Percentage 5.47% 1.04%

A by-election for the Prague 1 Senate seat was held in the Czech Republic on 27 and 28 August 1999. Václav Fischer was elected a member of Senate with over 70% of votes in the first round of voting. Fischer then became the most popular politician in polls.[1][2]

Opinion polls

AgencyDateFischer
(NK)		Medek
(4K)		Jirásková
(ODS)		Fischer
(KSČM)		Srp
(ČSSD)		Tomášková
(Rural)		Knot
(NEI)		Tyl
(RU)
iDnes.cz[3]20 August68.116.511.81.21.11.00.20.1
Sofres-Factum[4]18–19 August51.110.118.24.24.1N/AN/AN/A

Results

Candidate Party Votes %
Václav FischerIndependent22,46171.24
Jiřina JiráskováCivic Democratic Party3,84412.19
Ivan MedekFour-Coalition2,9489.35
Stanislav FischerCommunist Party of Bohemia and Moravia1,7255.47
Karel SrpCzech Social Democratic Party3271.04
Elvíra TomáškováRural Party1300.41
Richard KnotIndependent Initiative (NEI)480.15
Otakar TylRepublican Union460.15
Source: CZSO

References

  1. ↑ "Cesky a slovensky svet". Czsk.net. Retrieved 29 October 2016.
  2. ↑ "VIDEO: Fischer už nechce být Čechem!". Nova.cz. 13 August 2007. Retrieved 29 October 2016.
  3. ↑ "Čtenáři iDNES: Do Senátu patří Fischer". iDNES.cz. 20 August 1999. Retrieved 29 October 2016.
  4. ↑ "Senátorem bude podle průzkumu Václav Fischer". iDNES.cz. 20 August 1999. Retrieved 22 March 2017.
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