1999 Prague 1 by-election

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%
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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

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Agency Date Fischer
(NK)		 Medek
(4K)		 Jirásková
(ODS)		 Fischer
(KSČM)		 Srp
(ČSSD)		 Tomášková
(Rural)		 Knot
(NEI)		 Tyl
(RU)
iDnes.cz[3] 20 August 68.1 16.5 11.8 1.2 1.1 1.0 0.2 0.1
Sofres-Factum[4] 18–19 August 51.1 10.1 18.2 4.2 4.1 N/A N/A N/A

Results

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Candidate Party Votes %
Václav Fischer Independent 22,461 71.24
Jiřina Jirásková Civic Democratic Party 3,844 12.19
Ivan Medek Four-Coalition 2,948 9.35
Stanislav Fischer Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia 1,725 5.47
Karel Srp Czech Social Democratic Party 327 1.04
Elvíra Tomášková Rural Party 130 0.41
Richard Knot Independent Initiative (NEI) 48 0.15
Otakar Tyl Republican Union 46 0.15
Source: CZSO

References

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  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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