1993 Czech Presidential Election
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. The election was complicated only by attacks of Republicans against Havel and by bomb threat to the Parliament. Candidates *Václav Havel - former president of Czechoslovakia and a candidate of governing coalition ( ODS, KDU–ČSL and ODA). *Marie Stiborová - leader of the Left Bloc (coalition of parties KSČM and SDL). *Miroslav Sládek - leader of SPR–RSČ. Opinion polls Parties in parliament 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 ...
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