2011 Kladno by-election

A by-election for the Kladno Senate seat was held in the Czech Republic in March 2011. The first round was held on 18–19 March while second was held on 25–26 March 2011. It was held after death of incumbent senator Jiří Dienstbier.[1] The election was won by his son Jiří Dienstbier Jr. who defeated Dan Jiránek.[2][3]

2011 Czech senate by-election

18–26 March

Candidate Jiří Dienstbier Jr. Dan Jiránek Party ČSSD ODS Popular vote 13,505 7,227 Percentage 65.1% 34.9%

Results

Candidate	Party	First round		Second round
		Votes	%	Votes	%
Jiří Dienstbier Jr.	Czech Social Democratic Party	12,088	44.27	13,505	65.14
Dan Jiránek	Civic Democratic Party	7,422	27.18	7,227	34.85
Zdeněk Levý	Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia	2,435	8.91
Luděk Kvapil	TOP 09	2,053	7.51
Jana Bobošíková	Czech Sovereignty	1,993	7.29
Karel Protiva	Club of Committed Non-Party Members	571	2.09
Miroslav Rovenský	Christian and Democratic Union – Czechoslovak People's Party	346	1.26
Ivo Vašíček	Czech Pirate Party	205	0.75
Milan Vodička	Party of Free Citizens	191	0.69

References

1. "Dienstbier vytkl Klausovi, že vyhlásil volby před pohřbem jeho otce - Tiscali.cz". Tiscali.cz. Retrieved 20 November 2016.
2. "Doplňovací volby: senátorem se stal Jiří Dienstbier". Deník.cz. 26 March 2011. Retrieved 20 November 2016.
3. "Dienstbier mladší suverénně vyhrál volby, v Senátu nahradí svého otce". iDNES.cz. 26 March 2011. Retrieved 20 November 2016.