1996 Czech Senate election

Senate elections were held in the Czech Republic for the first time on 15 and 16 November 1996, with a second round on 22 and 23 November.[1] the first after independence. The result was a victory for the Civic Democratic Party, which won 32 of the 81 seats. Voter turnout was 34.9% in the first round and 30.6% in the second.[2]

1996 Czech Senate election
15–16 November 1996 (first round)
22–23 November 1996 (second round)
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Václav Klaus Miloš Zeman Josef Lux
Party ODS ČSSD KDU–ČSL
Seats won 32 25 13
1st round 1,006,036
36.5%		 559,304
20.3%		 274,316
9.9%
2nd round 1,134,044
49.2%		 733,713
31.8%		 247,819
10.7%
  Fourth party Fifth party
 
Leader Jan Kalvoda Miroslav Grebeníček
Party ODA KSČM
Seats won 7 2
1st round 222,319
8.1%		 393,494
14.3%
2nd round 119,730
5.2%		 45,304
2.0%
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This was the only time Senate elections were held in all 81 single-member constituencies at the same time. Senators elected in 1996 were divided into three classes depending on number of their constituencies to determine which Senate seats would be up for election in 1998, 2000 and 2002. Senators in the Czech Republic are elected for six-year terms, with one-third being renewed every two years.

The elections were held using the two-round system, with an absolute majority required to be elected.

Opinion polls
Date Polling firm ODS ČSSD KSČM KDU-ČSL ODA SPR-RSČ Others/Undecided
August 1996 IVVM[3] 15.7 10.4 3.0 2.6 1.5 0.9 65.9
September 1996 IVVM[3] 38.4 21.0 15.3 8.4 6.6 2.3 8.0
October 1996 IVVM[3] 34.6 25.7 12.3 11.2 8.6 1.1 6.6
November 1996 IVVM[3] 40.8 24.1 11.8 9.9 8.0 1.6 3.8

Results
Party First round Second round Seats
Votes % Votes %
Civic Democratic Party1,006,03636.51,134,04449.232
Czech Social Democratic Party559,30420.3733,71331.825
Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia393,49414.345,3042.02
KDU-ČSL274,3169.9247,81910.713
Civic Democratic Alliance222,3198.1119,7305.27
Independent Candidate117,6414.311,9930.51
Democratic Union185,0156.714,6560.61
Independents and others0
Invalid/blank votes32,960–16,182––
Total2,791,0851002,323,44110081
Sourcesa: Nohlen & Stöver, Czech Statistical Office

References
  1. Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p471 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
  2. Nohlen & Stöver, p472
  3. "Nesstar WebView". nesstar.soc.cas.cz. Retrieved 4 January 2017.
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