Opinion polling for the 2003 Czech presidential election

This page lists nationwide public opinion polls that have been conducted relating to the 2003 presidential elections in the Czech Republic.

Lawmakers poll

SC&C made in February 2002 a poll among lawmakers to find out who has the highest chance to be elected. Václav Klaus (ODS) had support of 90% Civic Democratic Party lawmakers and 20% of Social democratic lawmakers. He was acceptable for 29% of Social democrats, 14% of Communists and 17% of Four-Coalition lawmakers. Petr Pithart (KDU-ČSL) polled second. He was supported by 67% of Four-Coalition lawmakers. He was acceptable for 50% of Social democrats, 20% of Communists and 12% of Civic Democrats. Miloš Zeman (ČSSD) had strong support in Czech Social Democratic Party and was acceptable for a large part of Civic Democrats and Communists. Independent candidates such as Václav Fischer had no chance according to the poll.[1]

Voting preference

Polls conducted in 2003

Date Agency Václav Klaus
Civic Democratic		 Petr Pithart
Christian Democratic		 Otakar Motejl
Social Democratic		 Jaroslav Bureš
Social Democratic		 Miloš Zeman
Social Democratic		 Miroslav Kříženecký
Communist		 Jaroslava Moserová
Civic Democratic		 Jan Sokol
Social Democratic
27 February SC&C[2] 60% — — — — — — 40%
42% 9% — — 12% — — 11%
24 January [3] 48% — — — 36% — 16% —
14 January STEM[4] 33.5% 33.5% — 23% — 10% — —
10 January SC&C[5] 50% 49% — — — — — —
31% 21% — 16% — 6% — —
6 – 13 January CVVM[6] — 37% 37% — — — — —
5 January TNS Factum[7] 34% 17% 13% 10% 8% — — —

Polls conducted in 2002

Date Agency Václav Klaus
Civic Democratic		 Petr Pithart
Christian Democratic		 Václav Fischer
Independent		 Otakar Motejl
Social Democratic		 Miloš Zeman
Social Democratic		 Rudolf Zahradník
Social Democratic		 Ivan Wilhelm
Independent		 Vladimír Železný
Independent		 Jiřina Šiklová
Independent		 Jaroslava Moserová
Civic Democratic		 Jaroslav Bureš
Social Democratic		 Miroslav Kříženecký
Communist		 Martin Potůček
Social Democratic
1–5 November STEM[8] 26% 17% — 28% 11% — — — — 3% 8% 4% 3%
15 October SC&C[9] 27.6% 17.9% — 21.4% 10.2% — — — — 9.8% 8.3% 4.2% 0.6%
September STEM[10] 15% 19% — 27% 11% 6% 5% 4% 2% — — — —
29 January TNS Factum[11] 9.6% 8.0% 5.4% — — — — — — — — — —

Polls conducted in 2001

Date Agency Petr Pithart
Christian Democratic		 Václav Klaus
Civic Democratic		 Václav Fischer
Independent		 Tomáš Halík
Independent		 Petra Buzková
Social Democratic		 Stanislav Gross
Social Democratic		 Miloš Zeman
Social Democratic		 Rudolf Zahradník
Social Democratic		 Jiřina Šiklová
Independent
5–11 November STEM[12] 23% 17% 27% 12% — — 8% 10% 3%
15 March 2001 Sofres-Factum[13] 11.6 7.3% 2.8% 3.6% 2.6% 2.2% 2.1% — —

Polls conducted in 2000

Date Agency Václav Klaus
Civic Democratic		 Petra Buzková
Social Democratic		 Václav Fischer
Independent		 Stanislav Gross
Social Democratic		 Undecided
20 February Sofres-Factum[14] 11.5% 6.8% 4.1% 2.6% 50%

Media Surveys

Date Survey Sample Václav Klaus
Civic Democratic		 Otakar Motejl
Social Democratic		 Petr Pithart
Christian Democratic		 Jaroslav Bureš
Social Democratic		 Miloš Zeman
Social Democratic		 Jaroslava Moserová
Civic Democratic		 Josef Jařab
Independent		 Miroslav Kříženecký
Communist		 Don't know
4 February 2003 iDnes[15] 8,224 62.8% — — — 7.9% 22.1% — — 7.1%
10 January 2003 iDnes[16] 113 Students 44.2% 3.5% 19.5% 12.4% — — — 6.2% 8.8%
26 September 2002 iDnes[17] 20,445 37.4% 17.6% 12.8% 5.8% 4.9% 3.0% 1.6% — 16.9%

Acceptability of candidates

Date Agency Otakar Motejl
Social Democratic		 Petr Pithart
Christian Democratic		 Václav Klaus
Civic Democratic		 Miloš Zeman
Social Democratic		 Jaroslav Bureš
Social Democratic		 Jaroslava Moserová
Civic Democratic		 Miroslav Kříženecký
Communist		 Martin Potůček
Social Democratic
14 January STEM[4] — 65.5 47.5 — 57% — 20% —
6–13 January 2003 CVVM[18] 45% 37% 35% 29% 25% 16% 13% 4%
25 November - 2 December 2002 CVVM[19] 46% 37% 31% 26% 21% 14% 6% —

Direct or indirect election preference

Date Agency Direct Indirect
5 January 2003 TNS Factum[20] 87% 13%
25 November - 2 December 2002 CVVM[19] 65% 26%
September 2002 STEM[21] 85% 15%
April 2002 CVVM[19] 57% 32%
5–11 November 2001 STEM[22] 82% 18%
September 1999 STEM[21] 82% 18%
September 1998 STEM[21] 77% 23%

References

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  2. ^ "Politici chtějí Sokola, lidé Klause". iDNES.cz. 27 February 2003. Retrieved 19 December 2016.
  3. ^ "Second presidential election in Czechia, 24th January 2003". robert-schuman.eu. Retrieved 21 March 2017.
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  5. ^ "Prezident: lidé chtějí Klause a Pitharta". iDNES.cz. 10 January 2003. Retrieved 17 February 2017.
  6. ^ Červenka, Jan. "Jak veřejnost preferuje uvažované kandidáty na prezidentský úřad?" (PDF). CVVM. Retrieved 19 December 2016.
  7. ^ "Radio Praha - Denní souhrn zpráv - 05-01-2003 20:21". Radio.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 21 March 2017.
  8. ^ "Otakar Motejl má z kandidátů na prezidentský úřad zatím největší důvěru veřejnosti". Stem.cz. Retrieved 11 January 2017.
  9. ^ "V přímé volbě prezidenta by asi vyhrál Klaus nebo Pithart". Kurzy.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 17 February 2017.
  10. ^ "Názory veřejnosti na způsob volby prezidenta". Stem.cz. Retrieved 16 January 2017.
  11. ^ "Další agentura potvrzuje propad obliby Čtyřkoalice". Rozhlas.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 22 March 2017.
  12. ^ "Koho na Hrad? Občané prefererují Václava Fischera a Petra Pitharta". Stem.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 12 March 2017.
  13. ^ "Sofres-Factum (únor): preference přímé volby prezidenta". Kurzy.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 21 March 2017.
  14. ^ "Sofres-Factum: Polovina lidí neví, kdo by měl být příštím prezidentem". iDNES.cz. 20 February 2000. Retrieved 21 March 2017.
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  22. ^ "Volit prezidenta přímo si přejí stabilně čtyři pětiny občanů". Stem.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 12 March 2017.