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

2002 President of the Chamber of Deputies of the Parliament of the Czech Republic Czech Republic presidential no 1998 President of the Chamber of Deputies of the Parliament of the Czech Republic election 1998 2006 President of the Chamber of Deputies of the Parliament of the Czech Republic election 2006 11 July 2002 File:Lubomir Zaoralek (cropped).jpg Lubomír Zaorálek Czech Social Democratic Party 101 57.71% File:Vaclav-Klaus-02_(cropped).jpg Václav Klaus Civic Democratic Party (Czech Republic) 74 42.29% President Václav Klaus ODS Lubomír Zaorálek ČSSD Lubomír Zaorálek was elected President of the Chamber of Deputies of the Parliament of the Czech Republic on 11 July 2002. .Kvapilíková Barbora Zaorálek byl zvolen předsedou Poslanecké sněmovny http://archiv.ihned.cz/c1-11258220-zaoralek-byl-zvolen-predsedou-poslanecke-snemovny Hospodářské noviny 2 September 2017 cs 11 July 2002 Background After the Czech legislative election of 2002, a new President 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 President.Cesky a slovensky svet http://www.czsk.net/svet/clanky/cr/zaoralekpredseda.html Czsk.net 2 September 2017 The incumbent President 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.Ozvěny dne 10. 7. 2002 http://www.rozhlas.cz/radiozurnal/publ_izurnal/_zprava/ozveny-dne-10-7-2002--42431 Rozhlas.cz 2 September 2017 csPředseda sněmovny zvolen napodruhé http://www.rozhlas.cz/cro6/komentare/_zprava/predseda-snemovny-zvolen-napodruhe--42478 Rozhlas.cz 2 September 2017 cs Voting and aftermath No President 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. References President of the Chamber of Deputies of the Parliament 2002 President of the Chamber of Deputies of the Parliament of the Czech Republic election