2002 Speaker of the Chamber of Deputies of the Parliament of the Czech Republic election

Lubomír Zaorálek was elected Speaker of the Chamber of Deputies of the Parliament of the Czech Republic on 11 July 2002. .[1]

Speaker of the Chamber of Deputies of the Parliament of the Czech Republic, 2002
11 July 2002
 
Candidate Lubomír Zaorálek Václav Klaus
Party ČSSD ODS
Popular vote 101 74
Percentage 57.71% 42.29%
Speaker before election

Václav Klaus
ODS

 Elected Speaker

Lubomír Zaorálek
ČSSD

Background

After the Czech legislative election of 2002, a new Speaker of the Chamber of Deputies was required. The 2002 legislative election resulted in a victory for the ČSSD who formed a coalition with KDU-ČSL and US-DEU. The coalition nominated Lubomír Zaorálek for the office of Speaker.[2] The incumbent Speaker Václav Klaus did not intend to seek reelection because he considered it "a lost fight" but members of ODS persuaded him to participate to show the governing coalition that ODS was prepared to be a strong opposition.[3][4]

Voting and aftermath

No speaker was elected in the first round of voting as Zaorálek received 99 votes and Klaus received 76. The coalition government held 101 seats in the Chamber of Deputies indicating that two coalition MPs did not vote for Zaorálek. In the second round of voting, Zaorálek received 101 votes. Klaus congratulated him on the victory and said he respected the election results.[4]

References
  1. Kvapilíková, Barbora (11 July 2002). "Zaorálek byl zvolen předsedou Poslanecké sněmovny". Hospodářské noviny (in Czech). Retrieved 2 September 2017.
  2. "Cesky a slovensky svet". www.czsk.net. Retrieved 2 September 2017.
  3. "Ozvěny dne 10. 7. 2002". Rozhlas.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 2 September 2017.
  4. "Předseda sněmovny zvolen napodruhé". Rozhlas.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 2 September 2017.
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