2006 Czech Senate election
Senate elections were held in the Czech Republic on 20 and 21 October 2006, with a second round on 27 and 28 October.[1] The result was a victory for the Civic Democratic Party, which won 41 of the 81 seats. Voter turnout was 38.2% in the first round and just 20.7% in the second.[2]
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Results
Party | First round | Second round | Seats | +/– | ||
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Votes | % | Votes | % | |||
Civic Democratic Party | 354,273 | 33.3 | 289,568 | 50.4 | 41 | +4 |
Czech Social Democratic Party | 204,573 | 19.2 | 120,127 | 20.9 | 12 | +5 |
Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia | 134,863 | 12.7 | 26,001 | 4.5 | 2 | 0 |
KDU-ČSL | 125,388 | 11.8 | 59,603 | 10.4 | 11 | –3 |
SNK European Democrats | 31,711 | 3.0 | – | – | 7 | 0 |
Green Party | 50,508 | 4.7 | 8,044 | 1.4 | 8 | –6 |
Independent Candidate | 29,533 | 2.8 | 23,643 | 4.1 | ||
Freedom Union – Democratic Union | 18,522 | 1.7 | 7,367 | 1.3 | ||
Party for the Open Society | 13,662 | 1.3 | 14,120 | 2.5 | ||
Vote for the City | 10,362 | 1.0 | 9,215 | 1.6 | ||
Independents and others | 90,219 | 8.5 | 16,867 | 2.9 | ||
Invalid/blank votes | 76,633 | – | 1,737 | – | – | – |
Total | 1,140,247 | 100 | 576,292 | 100 | 81 | 0 |
Sourcesa: Nohlen & Stöver |
References
- Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p471 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
- Nohlen & Stöver, p472
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