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.
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 | 60% | — | — | — | — | — | — | 40% |
| 42% | 9% | — | — | 12% | — | — | 11% | ||
| 24 January | 48% | — | — | — | 36% | — | 16% | — | |
| 14 January | STEM | 33.5% | 33.5% | — | 23% | — | 10% | — | — |
| 10 January | SC&C | 50% | 49% | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 31% | 21% | — | 16% | — | 6% | — | — | ||
| 6 – 13 January | CVVM | — | 37% | 37% | — | — | — | — | — |
| 5 January | TNS Factum | 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 | 26% | 17% | — | 28% | 11% | — | — | — | — | 3% | 8% | 4% | 3% |
| 15 October | SC&C | 27.6% | 17.9% | — | 21.4% | 10.2% | — | — | — | — | 9.8% | 8.3% | 4.2% | 0.6% |
| September | STEM | 15% | 19% | — | 27% | 11% | 6% | 5% | 4% | 2% | — | — | — | — |
| 29 January | TNS Factum | 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 | 23% | 17% | 27% | 12% | — | — | 8% | 10% | 3% |
| 15 March 2001 | Sofres-Factum | 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 | 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 | 8,224 | 62.8% | — | — | — | 7.9% | 22.1% | — | — | 7.1% |
| 10 January 2003 | iDnes | 113 Students | 44.2% | 3.5% | 19.5% | 12.4% | — | — | — | 6.2% | 8.8% |
| 26 September 2002 | iDnes | 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 | — | 65.5 | 47.5 | — | 57% | — | 20% | — |
| 6–13 January 2003 | CVVM | 45% | 37% | 35% | 29% | 25% | 16% | 13% | 4% |
| 25 November - 2 December 2002 | CVVM | 46% | 37% | 31% | 26% | 21% | 14% | 6% | — |
Direct or indirect election preference
| Date | Agency | Direct | Indirect |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5 January 2003 | TNS Factum | 87% | 13% |
| 25 November - 2 December 2002 | CVVM | 65% | 26% |
| September 2002 | STEM | 85% | 15% |
| April 2002 | CVVM | 57% | 32% |
| 5–11 November 2001 | STEM | 82% | 18% |
| September 1999 | STEM | 82% | 18% |
| September 1998 | STEM | 77% | 23% |
References
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