2020 Czech Senate election

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

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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	SEN21	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

Contested seats^[2]
	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

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
Nominating party		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

District	Before election			After election
District	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		TOP 09	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		KDU-ČSL	Jitka Seitlová
Prague 1			Václav Hampl		ODS	Miroslava Němcová
Brno-City			Zdeněk Papoušek		ODS	Roman Kraus
Olomouc			Alena Šromová		STAN	Marek Ošťádal
Frýdek-Místek			Jiří Carbol		STAN	Helena Pešatová
Prague 9		STAN	David Smoljak		STAN	David Smoljak
Děčín		STAN	Zbyněk Linhart		STAN	Zbyněk Linhart
Česká Lípa		SLK	Jiří Vosecký		SLK	Jiří Vosecký
Trutnov		STAN	Jan Sobotka		STAN	Jan Sobotka
Louny		ANO	Zdeňka Hamousová		STAN	Ivo Trešl
Ostrava-City		ANO	Peter Koliba		ODS	Ondřej Šimetka
Plzeň-City		ODS	Lumír Aschenbrenner		ODS	Lumír Aschenbrenner
Příbram		ODS	Jiří Burian		STAN	Petr Štěpánek
Prague 5		SEN 21	Václav Láska		SEN 21	Václav Láska
Zlín		SEN 21	Tomáš Goláň		SEN 21	Tomáš Goláň
Uherské Hradiště		Freeholders	Ivo Valenta		KDU-ČSL	Josef Bazala

Notes

References

^ Electoral system IPU
^ "SENÁTNÍ VOLBY 2020" [Senate elections 2020]. www.irozhlas.cz (in Czech).
^ "Volby do Senátu Parlamentu ČR". volby.cz. Retrieved 4 May 2021.
^ "48 - Rychnov nad Kněžnou Senátní volby 2020". iROZHLAS.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 4 May 2021.

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