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{{infobox election
{{infobox election
| election_name = Czech presidential election, 1993
| election_name = 1993 Czech presidential election
| country = Czech Republic
| country = Czech Republic
| type = presidential
| type = presidential
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| previous_election =
| previous_election =
| previous_year =
| previous_year =
| next_election = Czech presidential election, 1998
| next_election = 1998 Czech presidential election
| next_year = 1998
| next_year = 1998
| election_date = 26 January 1993
| election_date = 26 January 1993
| 1blank = Nominators
| image1 = [[File:Vaclav Havel cropped.jpg|150x150px]]
| image1 = [[File:Vaclav Havel cropped.jpg|150x150px]]
| nominee1 = [[Václav Havel]]
| nominee1 = [[Václav Havel]]
| party1 = Independent (politician)
| party1 = Independent (politician)
| 1data1 = [[Civic Democratic Party (Czech Republic)|ODS]], [[Christian and Democratic Union – Czechoslovak People's Party|KDU–ČSL]], [[Civic Democratic Alliance|ODA]]
| electoral_vote1 = '''109'''
| electoral_vote1 = '''109'''
| percentage1 = 54.5%
| percentage1 = '''54.5%'''
| image2 = [[File:Marie Stiborová.jpg|150x150px]]
| image2 = [[File:Marie Stiborová.jpg|150x150px]]
| nominee2 = [[Marie Stiborová]]
| nominee2 = [[Marie Stiborová]]
| party2 = Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia
| party2 = Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia
| 1data2 = [[Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia|KSČM]], [[Party of the Democratic Left (Czech Republic)|SDL]]
| electoral_vote2 = 49
| electoral_vote2 = 49
| percentage2 = 24.5%
| percentage2 = 24.5%
| image3 = [[File:Miroslav Sládek.jpg|150x150px]]
| image3 = [[File:Miroslav Sládek.jpg|150x150px]]
| nominee3 = [[Miroslav Sládek]]
| nominee3 = [[Miroslav Sládek]]
| party3 = Coalition for Republic – Republican Party of Czechoslovakia
| party3 = Rally for the Republic – Republican Party of Czechoslovakia
| electoral_vote3 = 14
| electoral_vote3 = 14
| percentage3 = 7.0%
| percentage3 = 7.0%

| map_image =
| map_size
| map_caption =
| title = President
| title = President
| before_election =
| before_election =
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| after_party = Independent (politician)
| after_party = Independent (politician)
}}
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The 1993 Czech presidential election was held on 26 January 1993 to elect the first President of independent Czech Republic. The first election was done indirectly <ref>{{cite web|title=Indirect election prior to 2013|url=http://www.robert-schuman.eu/en/eem/1399-the-czechs-will-be-electing-the-president-of-the-republic-in-january-2013-for-the-first-time-by-direct-universal-suffrage|website=Robert Schuman|accessdate=4 August 2016}}</ref>by the members of the Czech Republic Parliament. Václav Havel was elected President.<ref>{{cite web|title=Prezidentská volba tajná ci verejná|url=http://www.vlada.cz/cz/media-centrum/aktualne/prezidentska-volba-tajna-ci-verejna-31175/|website=Vlada.cz|accessdate=4 August 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Naši prezidenti - Haló noviny|url=http://www.halonoviny.cz/articles/view/968841|website=www.halonoviny.cz|accessdate=4 August 2016}}</ref>
Indirect presidential elections were held in the [[Czech Republic]] on 26 January 1993 to elect the first president of the newly independent country. The president was elected by the members of the Czech Republic Parliament, with Václav Havel emerging as the winner.<ref>{{cite web|title=Prezidentská volba tajná ci verejná|url=http://www.vlada.cz/cz/media-centrum/aktualne/prezidentska-volba-tajna-ci-verejna-31175/|website=Vlada.cz|accessdate=4 August 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Naši prezidenti|url=http://www.halonoviny.cz/articles/view/968841|website=Haló noviny|accessdate=4 August 2016}}</ref> The election was complicated only by attacks of Republicans against Havel and by [[bomb threat]] to the Parliament.<ref>{{cite web|title=Největší skandály prezidentských voleb|url=http://www.ahaonline.cz/clanek/musite-vedet/21424/nejvetsi-skandaly-prezidentskych-voleb.html|website=Ahaonline.cz|accessdate=13 March 2017}}</ref>


==Candidates==
==Candidates==
*[[Václav Havel]] - former president of Czechoslovakia and a candidate of governing coalition ([[Civic Democratic Party (Czech Republic)|ODS]], [[Christian and Democratic Union – Czechoslovak People's Party|KDU-CSL]] and [[Civic Democratic Alliance|ODA]]).
*[[Václav Havel]] - former president of Czechoslovakia and a candidate of governing coalition ([[Civic Democratic Party (Czech Republic)|ODS]], [[Christian and Democratic Union – Czechoslovak People's Party|KDU–ČSL]] and [[Civic Democratic Alliance|ODA]]).
*[[Marie Stiborová]] - leader of Left Bloc (coalition of parties [[Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia|KSCM]] and [[Party of the Democratic Left (Czech Republic)|SDL]]).
*[[Marie Stiborová]] - leader of the Left Bloc (coalition of parties [[Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia|KSČM]] and [[Party of the Democratic Left (Czech Republic)|SDL]]).
*[[Miroslav Sládek]] - leader of [[Coalition for Republic – Republican Party of Czechoslovakia|SPR-RSC]].
*[[Miroslav Sládek]] - leader of [[Rally for the Republic – Republican Party of Czechoslovakia|SPR–RSČ]].


==Results==
==Opinion polls==
{| class="wikitable" style=text-align:center
All 200 Memebrs of parliament voted. Six of them submitted invalid ballots while 22 submitted empty ballots. Havel received 109 votes and thus won the election in the first round. Communist candidate Stiborová received only 49 votes and Republican candidate Sládek only 14 votes. This is the only presidential election in which the president was voted and elected only by Chamber of Deputies.<ref>{{cite web|title=1992 a 1993 - Volba prezidenta 2008 (Ceský rozhlas)|url=http://www.rozhlas.cz/prezident08/prezidentskevolby/_zprava/427281|website=www.rozhlas.cz|accessdate=4 August 2016}}</ref>
|-
! Date !! Agency !! [[Václav Havel]] !! [[Miroslav Sládek]] !! Someone else !! Undecided !! None
|-
| November 1992 || IVVM || 25.7 || 1.6 || style="background:#D1D1D1"|'''38.4''' || 25.8 || 8.5
|-
|align=left colspan=7|Source: Nesstar
|-
|}


==Parties in parliament==
{| class=wikitable style=text-align:right
{| class=wikitable style=text-align:left
!Candidate
!Votes
!%
|-
|-
!colspan=2|Party
|align=left|[[Václav Havel]]||109||63.37
!Chamber of Deputies
!Endorsed candidate
|-
|-
| bgcolor="{{party color|Civic Democratic Party (Czech Republic)}}" |
|align=left|[[Marie Stiborová]]||49||28.49
| [[Civic Democratic Party (Czech Republic)|Civic Democratic Party]] (ODS)
| {{Composition bar|66|200|hex={{party color|Civic Democratic Party (Czech Republic)}}}}
| [[Václav Havel]]
|-
|-
| bgcolor="{{party color|Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia}}" |
|align=left|[[Miroslav Sládek]]||14||8.14
| [[Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia]] (KSČM)
| {{Composition bar|33|200|hex={{party color|Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia}}}}
| [[Marie Stiborová]]
|-
|-
| bgcolor="{{party color|ČSSD}}" |
|align=left|Blank ballots||22||–
| [[Czech Social Democratic Party]] (ČSSD)
| {{Composition bar|16|200|hex={{party color|ČSSD}}}}
|
|-
|-
| bgcolor="{{party color|Christian and Democratic Union - Czechoslovak People's Party}}" |
|align=left|Invalid votes||6||–
| [[Christian and Democratic Union – Czechoslovak People's Party]] (KDU–ČSL)
| {{Composition bar|15|200|hex={{party color|Christian and Democratic Union – Czechoslovak People's Party}}}}
| [[Václav Havel]]
|-
| style="background:#292829;"|
| [[Rally for the Republic – Republican Party of Czechoslovakia]] (SPR–RSČ)
| {{Composition bar|14|200|hex=#292829}}
| [[Miroslav Sládek]]
|-
| style="background:#0000FF;"|
| [[Civic Democratic Alliance]] (ODA)
| {{Composition bar|14|200|hex=#0000FF}}
| [[Václav Havel]]
|-
| style="background:#FFFF33;"|
| [[Movement for Autonomous Democracy–Party for Moravia and Silesia]] (HSD–SMS)
| {{Composition bar|14|200|hex=#FFFF33}}
|
|-
| style="background:#00008B;"|
| [[Christian Democratic Party (Czech Republic)|Christian Democratic Party]] (KDS)
| {{Composition bar|10|200|hex=#00008B}}
| [[Václav Havel]]
|-
| style="background:#00B233;"|
| Agrarian Party (ZS)
| {{Composition bar|8|200|hex=#00B233}}
|
|-
| style="background:#bf0202;"|
| [[Czech National Social Party|Czechoslovak Socialist Party]] (ČSS)
| {{Composition bar|5|200|hex=#bf0202}}
|
|-
| bgcolor="{{party color|Green Party (Czech Republic)}}" |
| [[Green Party (Czech Republic)|Green Party]] (SZ)
| {{Composition bar|3|200|hex={{party color|Green Party (Czech Republic)}}}}
|
|-
| style="background:#ED1B34;"|
| [[Party of the Democratic Left (Czech Republic)|Party of the Democratic Left]] (SDL)
| {{Composition bar|2|200|hex=#ED1B34}}
| [[Marie Stiborová]]
|-
|-
|align=left|'''Total'''||'''200'''||'''100'''
|}
|}

==Results==
All 200 Members of Parliament voted. Six of them submitted invalid ballots while 22 submitted empty ballots. Havel received 109 votes and thus won the election in the first round. Communist candidate Stiborová received only 49 votes and Republican candidate Sládek only 14 votes. This is the only presidential election in which the president was voted and elected only by Chamber of Deputies.<ref>{{cite web|title=1992 a 1993 - Volba prezidenta 2008 (Ceský rozhlas)|url=http://www.rozhlas.cz/prezident08/prezidentskevolby/_zprava/427281|website=Rozhlas.cz|accessdate=4 August 2016|archive-date=15 January 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130115085627/http://www.rozhlas.cz/prezident08/prezidentskevolby/_zprava/427281|url-status=dead}}</ref> Havel received 109 votes. It was expected that Havel will receive much more votes because governing coalition had 105 votes and part of opposition promised support to Havel. It is very likely that he didn't receive some votes from Civic Democrats and Christian Democrats (from KDS). Havel was inaugurated on 2 February 1993 and became the first president of the Czech Republic.<ref name="OLBA PREZIDENTA REPUBLIKY V ČESKÉ REPUBLICE">{{cite book|last1=Lutišan|first1=Vojtěch|title=VOLBA PREZIDENTA REPUBLIKY V ČESKÉ REPUBLICE|publisher=Masaryk University|location=Brno|pages=21–22}}</ref>

{{Election results
|cand1=[[Václav Havel]]|votes1=109
|cand2=[[Marie Stiborová]]|votes2=49
|cand3=[[Miroslav Sládek]]|votes3=14
|blank=22
|invalid=6
}}


==References==
==References==
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Latest revision as of 15:59, 4 June 2023

1993 Czech presidential election
26 January 1993 1998 →
 
Nominee Václav Havel Marie Stiborová Miroslav Sládek
Party Independent KSČM SPR–RSČ
Electoral vote 109 49 14
Percentage 54.5% 24.5% 7.0%
Nominators ODS, KDU–ČSL, ODA KSČM, SDL
Elected President

Václav Havel
Independent

Indirect presidential elections were held in the Czech Republic on 26 January 1993 to elect the first president of the newly independent country. The president was elected by the members of the Czech Republic Parliament, with Václav Havel emerging as the winner.[1][2] The election was complicated only by attacks of Republicans against Havel and by bomb threat to the Parliament.[3]

Candidates

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Opinion polls

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Date Agency Václav Havel Miroslav Sládek Someone else Undecided None
November 1992 IVVM 25.7 1.6 38.4 25.8 8.5
Source: Nesstar

Parties in parliament

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Party Chamber of Deputies Endorsed candidate
Civic Democratic Party (ODS)
66 / 200
 Václav Havel
Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia (KSČM)
33 / 200
 Marie Stiborová
Czech Social Democratic Party (ČSSD)
16 / 200
Christian and Democratic Union – Czechoslovak People's Party (KDU–ČSL)
15 / 200
 Václav Havel
Rally for the Republic – Republican Party of Czechoslovakia (SPR–RSČ)
14 / 200
 Miroslav Sládek
Civic Democratic Alliance (ODA)
14 / 200
 Václav Havel
Movement for Autonomous Democracy–Party for Moravia and Silesia (HSD–SMS)
14 / 200
Christian Democratic Party (KDS)
10 / 200
 Václav Havel
Agrarian Party (ZS)
8 / 200
Czechoslovak Socialist Party (ČSS)
5 / 200
Green Party (SZ)
3 / 200
Party of the Democratic Left (SDL)
2 / 200
 Marie Stiborová

Results

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All 200 Members of Parliament voted. Six of them submitted invalid ballots while 22 submitted empty ballots. Havel received 109 votes and thus won the election in the first round. Communist candidate Stiborová received only 49 votes and Republican candidate Sládek only 14 votes. This is the only presidential election in which the president was voted and elected only by Chamber of Deputies.[4] Havel received 109 votes. It was expected that Havel will receive much more votes because governing coalition had 105 votes and part of opposition promised support to Havel. It is very likely that he didn't receive some votes from Civic Democrats and Christian Democrats (from KDS). Havel was inaugurated on 2 February 1993 and became the first president of the Czech Republic.[5]

CandidateVotes%
Václav Havel10963.37
Marie Stiborová4928.49
Miroslav Sládek148.14
Total172100.00
Valid votes17286.00
Invalid votes63.00
Blank votes2211.00
Total votes200100.00

References

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  1. ^ "Prezidentská volba tajná ci verejná". Vlada.cz. Retrieved 4 August 2016.
  2. ^ "Naši prezidenti". Haló noviny. Retrieved 4 August 2016.
  3. ^ "Největší skandály prezidentských voleb". Ahaonline.cz. Retrieved 13 March 2017.
  4. ^ "1992 a 1993 - Volba prezidenta 2008 (Ceský rozhlas)". Rozhlas.cz. Archived from the original on 15 January 2013. Retrieved 4 August 2016.
  5. ^ Lutišan, Vojtěch. VOLBA PREZIDENTA REPUBLIKY V ČESKÉ REPUBLICE. Brno: Masaryk University. pp. 21–22.
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