2013 Czech presidential election

2013 Czech presidential election

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Turnout61.27% (first round)
59.08% (second round)
 
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Nominee Miloš Zeman Karel Schwarzenberg
Party SPO TOP 09
Popular vote 2,717,405 2,241,171
Percentage 54.80% 45.20%

  Miloš Zeman   Karel Schwarzenberg

President before election

Václav Klaus
Independent

Elected President

Miloš Zeman
SPOZ

Presidential elections were held in the Czech Republic in January 2013, the country's first direct election for the presidency.[1][2] No candidate received a majority of the votes in the first round on 11–12 January, so a second round runoff election was held on 25–26 January. Nine individuals secured enough signatures or support of parliamentarians to become official candidates for the office. Miloš Zeman of the Party of Civic Rights (SPOZ) and Karel Schwarzenberg of TOP 09 qualified for the second round,[3] which was won by Zeman with 54.8% of the vote, compared to Schwarzenberg's 45.2%.[4][5] Zeman assumed office in March 2013 after being sworn in.

  1. ^ "Klaus signs direct presidential election bill". Prague Daily Monitor. ČTK. 2 August 2012. Archived from the original on 1 February 2013. Retrieved 21 September 2012.
  2. ^ Richter, Jan (2 October 2012). "First direct presidential election set for January 11, 2013". Czech Radio. Retrieved 27 January 2013.
  3. ^ "Zeman a Schwarzenberg se utkají o Hrad, Fischer uznal porážku". Mladá fronta DNES (in Czech). iDNES. 12 January 2013. Retrieved 12 January 2013.
  4. ^ "Rozhodnuto. Zeman vyhrál, nezmění to už ani velká města". Mladá fronta DNES. iDNES. 26 January 2013. Retrieved 26 January 2013.
  5. ^ "Czech election: Milos Zeman wins presidential poll". BBC. 26 January 2013. Retrieved 27 January 2013.

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