1993 Czech presidential election
26 January 1993
 
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

Opinion polls

DateAgencyVáclav HavelMiroslav SládekSomeone elseUndecidedNone
November 1992IVVM25.71.638.425.88.5
Source: Nesstar

Parties in parliament

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

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

  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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