1999 Prague 1 by-election

A by-election for the Prague 1 Senate seat was held in the Czech Republic on 27 and 28 August 1999. Václav Fischer was elected a member of Senate with over 70% of votes in the first round of voting. Fischer then became the most popular politician in polls.^[1][2]

1999 Czech senate by-election

Turnout	33.7%
First party Second party Third party   Candidate Václav Fischer Jiřina Jirásková Ivan Medek Party Independent ODS Four-Coalition Popular vote 22,461 3,844 2,948 Percentage 71.2% 12.2% 9.35%   Fourth party Fifth party   Candidate Stanislav Fischer Karel Srp Party KSČM ČSSD Popular vote 1,725 327 Percentage 5.47% 1.04%

Opinion polls

Agency	Date	Fischer (NK)	Medek (4K)	Jirásková (ODS)	Fischer (KSČM)	Srp (ČSSD)	Tomášková (Rural)	Knot (NEI)	Tyl (RU)
iDnes.cz[3]	20 August	68.1	16.5	11.8	1.2	1.1	1.0	0.2	0.1
Sofres-Factum[4]	18–19 August	51.1	10.1	18.2	4.2	4.1	N/A	N/A	N/A

Results

Candidate	Party	Votes	%
Václav Fischer	Independent	22,461	71.24
Jiřina Jirásková	Civic Democratic Party	3,844	12.19
Ivan Medek	Four-Coalition	2,948	9.35
Stanislav Fischer	Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia	1,725	5.47
Karel Srp	Czech Social Democratic Party	327	1.04
Elvíra Tomášková	Rural Party	130	0.41
Richard Knot	Independent Initiative (NEI)	48	0.15
Otakar Tyl	Republican Union	46	0.15
Source: CZSO