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Czech presidential election, 1993

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26 January 1993
  
1998 →

49
  
14

24.5%
  
7.0%

109
  
49

54.5%
  
24.5%

Czech presidential election, 1993

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 by the members of the Czech Republic Parliament. Václav Havel was elected President.

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Candidates

  • Václav Havel - former president of Czechoslovakia and a candidate of governing coalition (ODS, KDU-CSL and ODA).
  • Marie Stiborová - leader of Left Bloc (coalition of parties KSCM and SDL).
  • Miroslav Sládek - leader of SPR-RSC.

    • Results

    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.

    References

    Czech presidential election, 1993 Wikipedia
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