27 January 2018

Miloš Zeman was elected President of the Czech Republic for the second time. He won with 51.4% of votes. Jiří Drahoš received 48.6% of votes.  

Miloš Zeman won in 4 653 Czech municipalities, i.e. in 74.4% of the total number of municipalities. In the previous presidential election in 2013, he received as the winner of the second round a higher share of votes than the second candidate in 5 170 municipalities.

“Voters supported Miloš Zeman with the highest percentage of votes (93.9%) in Lišany in the Louny area. Jiří Drahoš received the highest share of votes in the municipality of Strážné in the Trutnov area (87.0%). Both candidates received the same 50% share in 49 municipalities,” Eva Krumpová, the Vice-President of the CZSO, said.

Miloš Zeman won most markedly in the Moravskoslezský Region, in which he received 62.3% of votes. In the same Region he took the lead also in 2013 with 67.3%. Jiří Drahoš conquered Prague with 68.8% of votes.

The second round winner of the presidential election was decided about by 5 554 596 valid votes. The election turnout reached 66.6%; it is by 7.5% more than in 2013. The highest turnout was in the municipality of Čilá in the Rokycany area and in Lubná in the Brno-venkov District. On the contrary, the lowest number of voters came to the election in Zběšičky in the Písek area. Comparing the first and the second round, the election turnout increased the most in Hadravova Rosička in the Jindřichův Hradec area; the most distinctive decrease in the turnout was in Horní Meziříčko.

In the youngest Czech municipality, Nupaky, Miloš Zeman received 30.1% and Jiří Drahoš 69.9% of votes. In Vysoká Lhota in the Pelhřimov area, a municipality with the highest average age of the population, 14.3% voted for the candidate defending his presidential seat and 85.7% were for the ex-chairman of the Czech Academy of Sciences of the CR.

“From the point of view of the Czech Statistical Office, the election took place without any problems. The results processing was regular and it was running smoothly. We have been preparing for the processing with due care including trainings of ward election committees and technical measures. No technical problems occurred,” Marek Rojíček, Vice-President of the CZSO, informed.

The first results from a ward were known on 2:16 p.m. in Sedlčany in the Příbram area. The final results were processed on 7:50 p.m.; the committee in Malá Skála in the Jablonec nad Nisou area handed over its record on the election as the last one. The final results are available at: www.volby.cz ; the CZSO will submit them on Monday for an approval to the State Electoral Committee.

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