2020 Czech Senate election

Senate elections were held in the Czech Republic on 2-3 October 2020 alongside regional elections, with second rounds on 9-10 October.

2020 Czech Senate election

2–3 October 2020 (first round)
9–10 October 2020 (second round)

27 out of 81 seats in the Senate
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Vít Rakušan Petr Fiala Marian Jurečka
Party STAN ODS KDU–ČSL
Seats won 11 5 3
1st round 122,948
12.3%
140,293
14.0%
82,814
8.3%
2nd round 104,538
23.1%
82,377
18.2%
65,397
14.5%

  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Leader Markéta Pekarová Adamová Václav Láska Andrej Babiš
Party TOP 09 SEN 21 ANO
Seats won 2 2 1
1st round 46,575
4.7%
32,884
3.3%
115,202
11.6%
2nd round 33,938
7.5%
25,071
5.6%
39,473
8.7%

Electoral system

One-third of the 81-member Senate is elected every two years, giving Senators six year terms. Members of the Senate are elected in single-member constituencies using the two-round system.[1]

Composition of contested seats prior to the elections

Contested seats[2]
Name Ideology Leader Seats Notes
Czech Social Democratic Party Social democracy Jan Hamáček
10 / 27
KDU-ČSL Christian democracy Marian Jurečka
6 / 27
[n 1]
Mayors and Independents Localism Vít Rakušan
4 / 27
[n 2]
ANO 2011 Centrism Andrej Babiš
2 / 27
Civic Democratic Party Conservatism Petr Fiala
2 / 27
Senator 21 Liberalism Václav Láska
2 / 27
[n 3]
Freeholder Party of the Czech Republic Conservatism Petr Bajer
1 / 27

Districts

Election will be held in 27 districts:

  • 3 – Cheb
  • 6 – Louny
  • 9 – Plzeň-City
  • 12 – Strakonice
  • 15 – Pelhřimov
  • 18 – Příbram
  • 21 – Prague 5
  • 24 – Prague 9
  • 27 – Prague 1
  • 30 – Kladno
  • 33 – Děčín
  • 36 – Česká Lípa
  • 39 – Trutnov
  • 42 – Kolín
  • 45 – Hradec Králové
  • 48 – Rychnov nad Kněžnou
  • 51 – Žďár nad Sázavou
  • 54 – Znojmo
  • 57 – Vyškov
  • 60 – Brno-City
  • 63 – Přerov
  • 66 – Olomouc
  • 69 – Frýdek-Místek
  • 72 – Ostrava-City
  • 75 – Karviná
  • 78 – Zlín
  • 81 – Uherské Hradiště

Results

Party[n 4] First round Second round Seat totals
Votes % Seats Votes % Seats Won Not up Total +/–
Civic Democratic Party140,29314.07082,37718.23551318+3
Mayors and Independents[n 2]122,94812.331104,53823.131011819+7
ANO 2011115,20211.55039,4738.741145-1
Christian and Democratic Union – Czechoslovak People's Party82,8148.30065,39714.4733912-3
Czech Social Democratic Party81,1058.13018,1754.020033-10
Freedom and Direct Democracy60,2846.0400000
TOP 0946,5754.67033,9387.512235+2
Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia40,9944.1100000
Czech Pirate Party36,7173.69018,8044.611112+1
Senator 2132,8843.30025,0715.5522130
Tricolour Citizens' Movement25,6092.5700000
INDEPENDENTS17,2441.7307,4791.6600000
Green Party11,3151.1308,0851.7900110
Freeholder Party of the Czech Republic11,2131.1208,4991.880000-1
FOR THE CITIZENS10,2751.0307,7331.7100000
Party of Free Citizens9,2970,9308,4331.871101+1
Mayors and Personalities for Moravia7,7780.7808,7231.9300000
Hradec Králové Democratic Club7,4450.75015,1383.351101+1
Change 20207.0560.7100000
Alternative for Independent Candidates5.9010.5900000
Czech Right5,2270.5200000
Good Choice 20164,2600.4300000
Union for Sport and Health3,9100.3900000
Moravian Country Movement2,9700.3000000
Initiative of the Citizens2,8270.2800000
RELITION2,5470.2600000
Choice for the Region2,3340.2300000
FOR Health and Sport2,3080.2300000
PÍSEK TO ITSELF1,8980.1900000
Severočeši.cz1,6450.1600110
Better North1,1530.1200000
Marek Hilšer for Senate9160.0900110
WAY7420.0700000
Independent Initiative7250.0700000
Unified – Alternative for Patriots6390.0600000
Nation to Itself5540.0600000
Democratic Party of Greens5080.0500000
Alliance of National Forces2570.0300000
Moravian and Silesian Pirate Party2360.0200000
Happy Czechia2360.0200000
Independents26,1192.6100440
Invalid/blank votes24,5271,812
Total1,021,7881001453,6751002627[n 5]54810
Registered voters/turnout2,815,82736.292,711,95616.74
Source: Volby.cz

Transfer of seats

District Before election After election
Party Senator Party Senator
Cheb ČSSD Miroslav Nenutil STAN Miroslav Plevný
Kolín Emilie Třísková Pavel Kárník
Vyškov Ivo Bárek Karel Zitterbart
Rychnov nad Kněžnou Miroslav Antl TOP 09 Jan Grulich
Znojmo Pavel Štohl Tomáš Třetina
Karviná Radek Sušil ANO Ondřej Feber
Strakonice Karel Kratochvíle ODS Tomáš Fiala
Kladno Jiří Dienstbier Jr. Pirates Adéla Šípová
Pelhřimov Milan Štěch Freedomites Jaroslav Chalupský
Hradec Králové Jaroslav Malý HDK Jan Holásek
Žďár nad Sázavou KDU-ČSL František Bradáč KDU-ČSL Josef Klement
Přerov Jitka Seitlová Jitka Seitlová
Prague 1 Václav Hampl ODS Miroslava Němcová
Brno-City Zdeněk Papoušek Roman Kraus
Olomouc Alena Šromová STAN Marek Ošťádal
Frýdek-Místek Jiří Carbol Helena Pešatová
Prague 9 STAN David Smoljak STAN David Smoljak
Děčín Zbyněk Linhart Zbyněk Linhart
Česká Lípa Jiří Vosecký Jiří Vosecký
Trutnov Jan Sobotka Jan Sobotka
Louny ANO Zdeňka Hamousová STAN Ivo Trešl
Ostrava-City Peter Koliba ODS Ondřej Šimetka
Plzeň-City ODS Lumír Aschenbrenner ODS Lumír Aschenbrenner
Příbram Jiří Burian STAN Petr Štěpánek
Prague 5 SEN 21 Václav Láska SEN 21 Václav Láska
Zlín Tomáš Goláň Tomáš Goláň
Uherské Hradiště Freeholders Ivo Valenta KDU-ČSL Josef Bazala

Notes

  1. Includes Jitka Seitlová, who has previously been a Green Party candidate.
  2. Including Mayors for Liberec Region
  3. Includes Václav Láska, who has previously been a Green Party candidate.
  4. Name of "nominating party" (navrhující strana).
  5. In the Senate also hold seats "Movement for Prague 11" (1 seat), "Ostravak" (1), "Citizens Patriots" (1), "Citizens Together - Independents" (1) and "United Democrats - Association of Independents" (1) but these parties didn't take part in the 2020 election.

References

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