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

1. "Prezident? Favorité jsou Klaus a Pithart". iDNES.cz. 27 February 2002. Retrieved 22 March 2017.
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.
4. "Občané by se těžko rozhodovali mezi P. Pithartem a V. Klausem". iROZHLAS (in Czech). Retrieved 25 May 2017.
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.
15. "Zprávy iDNES.cz – Přehled nejnovějších událostí z domova i ze světa". iDNES.cz. Retrieved 21 March 2017.
16. "Prezident: lidé chtějí Klause a Pitharta". iDNES.cz. 10 January 2003. Retrieved 12 March 2017.
17. "Zprávy iDNES.cz – Přehled nejnovějších událostí z domova i ze světa". iDNES.cz. Retrieved 19 March 2017.
18. Červenka, Jan. "Jak veřejnost preferuje uvažované kandidáty na prezidentský úřad?6 - 13 January" (PDF). CVVM. Retrieved 19 December 2016.
19. Glasová, Alena. "OBČANÉ K VOLBĚ PREZIDENTA" (PDF). CVVM. Retrieved 12 March 2017.
20. "Radio Praha - Denní souhrn zpráv - 05-01-2003 20:21". Radio.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 21 March 2017.
21. "Názory veřejnosti na způsob volby prezidenta". Stem.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 12 March 2017.
22. "Volit prezidenta přímo si přejí stabilně čtyři pětiny občanů". Stem.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 12 March 2017.