Czech presidential election, 1998
Czech presidential election, 1998
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The 1998 Czech presidential election took place on 20 January 1998 to elect a new President of the Czech Republic. The Parliament of the Czech Republic elected the president on the second round. Václav Havel was reelected President. The election is linked with controversial arrest of an opposition candidate Miroslav Sládek which was criticised by Havel's opponents.[1][2][3]
Candidates
- Václav Havel - The incumbent president od the Czech Republic. He was suppored by coalition government (US, KDU-ČSL and ODA).
- Stanislav Fischer - A candidate of Communist party and Member of Parliament.
- Miroslav Sládek - A member of Parliament and leader of SPR-RSČ. He was in police custody at the time of election.
Results
Václav Havel received 130 votes in the first round and was the only candidate who qualified for the second round, as he gained the most votes in both chambers of parliament. There he receive 146 votes of 279 and won by seven votes but by only one vote in Chamber of Deputies which draw a controversy to the election as Miroslav Sládek couldn't vote in the election due to his arrest. It should be noted that if Sládek participated in the vote, Havel would probably be elected in the third round. Sládek's Republican Party called Havel's victory illegal and refused to acknowledge it. The First Lady Dagmar Havlová was whistling during a speech of a Republican MP Jan Vik.[4][5]
| Candidate |
First round |
Second round |
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| Deputies |
Senators |
Total |
% |
Deputies |
Senators |
Total |
% |
| Václav Havel | 91 | 39 | 130 | 70.65 | 99 | 47 | 100 | 146 |
| Stanislav Fischer | 26 | 5 | 31 | 16.85 | |
| Miroslav Sládek | 22 | 1 | 23 | 12.50 |
| Total | 139 | 45 | 184 | 100 | 99 | 47 | 146 | 100 |
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