title: 2004 Czech Senate by-elections
text: # 2004 Czech Senate by-elections
  
  By-elections for Prague 4 and Znojmo District Senate seats were held in the Czech Republic in October 2004. Elections were held after incumbent senators became members of European parliament.
  
  ## Prague 4
  
  Election in Prague 4 was won by František Příhoda who defeated Erazim Kohák by landslide. Příhoda's victory was generally expected.
  
  | Candidate | Party | First round | First round | Second round | Second round |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Candidate | Party | Votes | % | Votes | % |
  | František Příhoda | Civic Democratic Party | 6,663 | 37.82 | 8,078 | 60.12 |
  | Erazim Kohák | Czech Social Democratic Party | 3,547 | 20.13 | 5,358 | 39.87 |
  | Tomáš Ježek | Liberal Reform Party | 2,859 | 16.22 | | |
  | Jan Vávra | SNK European Democrats | 2,176 | 12.35 | | |
  | Karel Skoupil | Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia | 2,023 | 11.48 | | |
  | Vladimír Němec | Party of Common Sense | 251 | 1.42 | | |
  | Petr Švec | National Unity | 97 | 0.55 | | |
  | Overall | Overall | 17,738 | 100 | 13,491 | 100 |
  
  ## Znojmo
  
  Znojmo election was unexpectedly won by Milan Špaček. He faced Jaroslav Pařík who was considered front-runner due to his results in the first round.
  
  | Candidate | Party | First round | First round | Second round | Second round |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Candidate | Party | Votes | % | Votes | % |
  | Milan Špaček | Christian and Democratic Union – Czechoslovak People's Party | 4,995 | 28.37 | 6,734 | 53.31 |
  | Jaroslav Pařík | Civic Democratic Party | 5,161 | 29.32 | 5,896 | 46.68 |
  | Augustin Forman | Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia | 4,735 | 26.90 | | |
  | Jindřich Laky | Czech Social Democratic Party | 1,656 | 9.40 | | |
  | Anna Gigimovová | Freedom Union – Democratic Union | 1,054 | 5.98 | | |
  | Overall | Overall | 17,680 | 100 | 12,630 | 100 |
  