2020 Czech Senate election

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27 of the 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 10 5 3 First round 128,317 12.87% 140,293 14.07% 90,584 9.08% Second round 97,550 21.59% 82,377 18.23% 65,397 14.47%   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 First round 46,575 4.67% 32,884 3.30% 115,202 11.55% Second round 33,938 7.51% 25,071 5.55% 39,473 8.74%

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

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

Districts

Elections were 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

Nominating party		First round			Second round			Seats
		Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats	Won	Not up	Total	+/–
	Civic Democratic Party	140,293	14.07	0	82,377	18.23	5	5	13	18	+2
	Mayors and Independents	128,317	12.87	1	97,550	21.59	9	10	8	18	+8
	ANO 2011	115,202	11.55	0	39,473	8.74	1	1	4	5	–2
	KDU-ČSL	90,584	9.08	0	65,397	14.47	3	3	9	12	–4
	Czech Social Democratic Party	81,105	8.13	0	18,175	4.02	0	0	3	3	–10
	Czech Pirate Party	62,583	6.28	0	18,804	4.16	1	1	1	2	+1
	Freedom and Direct Democracy	61,352	6.15	0				0	0	0	0
	TOP 09	46,575	4.67	0	33,938	7.51	2	2	3	5	+2
	Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia	42,258	4.24	0				0	0	0	0
	Senator 21	32,884	3.30	0	25,071	5.55	2	2	1	3	–3
	Tricolour Citizens' Movement	27,239	2.73	0				0	0	0	New
	Independents	17,244	1.73	0	7,479	1.66	0	0	0	0	0
	Green Party	11,315	1.13	0	8,085	1.79	0	0	1	1	0
	Freeholder Party of the Czech Republic	11,213	1.12	0	8,499	1.88	0	0	0	0	–1
	Mayors for the Liberec Region	10,418	1.04	0	6,988	1.55	1	1	0	1	0
	For the Citizens	10,275	1.03	0	7,733	1.71	0	0	0	0	New
	Party of Free Citizens	9,297	0.93	0	8,433	1.87	1	1	0	1	+1
	Mayors and Personalities for Moravia	7,778	0.78	0	8,723	1.93	0	0	0	0	New
	Hradec Králové Democratic Club	7,445	0.75	0	15,138	3.35	1	1	0	1	New
	Change 2020	7,056	0.71	0				0	0	0	New
	Alternative for Independent Candidates	6,992	0.70	0				0	0	0	New
	Independent Candidate	6,853	0.69	0				0	0	0	New
	Czech Right	5,227	0.52	0				0	0	0	New
	Good Choice 2016	4,260	0.43	0				0	0	0	New
	Union for Sport and Health	3,910	0.39	0				0	0	0	New
	Moravian Land Movement	2,970	0.30	0				0	0	0	0
	Initiative of the Citizens	2,827	0.28	0				0	0	0	New
	Choice for the Region	2,732	0.27	0				0	0	0	New
	Reliance – Joint Movement of the Czech Republic	2,547	0.26	0				0	0	0	New
	For Health and Sport	2,308	0.23	0				0	0	0	New
	Písek to Itself	1,898	0.19	0				0	0	0	New
	Severočeši.cz	1,645	0.16	0				0	1	1	New
	Better North	1,153	0.12	0				0	0	0	New
	WAY	1,107	0.11	0				0	0	0	New
	Marek Hilšer for Senate	916	0.09	0				0	1	1	0
	Nation for Itself	763	0.08	0				0	0	0	New
	Independent Initiative	725	0.07	0				0	0	0	New
	Unified – Alternative for Patriots	639	0.06	0				0	0	0	New
	Democratic Party of Greens	508	0.05	0				0	0	0	New
	Alliance of National Forces	257	0.03	0				0	0	0	0
	Moravian and Silesian Pirate Party	236	0.02	0				0	0	0	0
	Happy Czechia	236	0.02	0				0	0	0	New
	Patriotic Citizens							–	1	1	0
	Citizens Together – Independents							–	1	1	0
	Movement for Prague 11							–	1	1	0
	Ostravak							–	1	1	0
	United Democrats – Association of Independents							–	1	1	0
	Independents	26,119	2.62	0				0	4	4	0
Total		997,261	100.00	1	451,863	100.00	26	27	54	81	0
Valid votes		997,261	97.60		451,863	99.60
Invalid/blank votes		24,527	2.40		1,812	0.40
Total votes		1,021,788	100.00		453,675	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		2,815,827	36.29		2,711,956	16.73
Source: Volby.cz

Transfer of seats

Notes

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