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]
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| Turnout | 33.7% | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Opinion polls
edit| 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
edit| 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
edit- ^ "Cesky a slovensky svet". Czsk.net. Retrieved 29 October 2016.
- ^ "VIDEO: Fischer už nechce být Čechem!". Nova.cz. 13 August 2007. Retrieved 29 October 2016.
- ^ "Čtenáři iDNES: Do Senátu patří Fischer". iDNES.cz. 20 August 1999. Retrieved 29 October 2016.
- ^ "Senátorem bude podle průzkumu Václav Fischer". iDNES.cz. 20 August 1999. Retrieved 22 March 2017.