2016 Czech Senate election
Senate elections were held in the Czech Republic on 7 and 8 October 2016, with a second round on 14 and 15 of October. The first round was held alongside regional elections[1] and several municipal referendums, notably in a referendum in Brno on the location of the town's train station.
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The governing coalition of the Czech Social Democratic Party (ČSSD), ANO 2011 and the Christian and Democratic Union (KDU-ČSL) retained a majority in the full Senate, with the KDU-ČSL making the largest gains,[2] while the Social Democrats incurred the greatest losses, retaining only two of their twelve seats up for re-election. ANO 2011 won the first round with fourteen candidates advancing, but only three of them were elected, which was a disappointment to the party.[3] The most successful opposition party was the centre-right Civic Democratic Party. It had 6 candidates advancing and four of them elected (including Zdeněk Nytra who ran as independent).[4][5]
Electoral system
One third of the 81-member Senate is elected every two years, giving Senators six year terms. The seats are elected in single-member constituencies using the two-round system.[6]
Results
| Party[7] | First round | Second round | Seats | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | Votes | % | Won | Not up | Total | +/– | |
| ANO 2011 | 151,388 | 17.18 | 92,051 | 21.71 | 3 | 4 | 7 | +3 |
| Czech Social Democratic Party | 128,830 | 14.62 | 55,622 | 13.12 | 2 | 23 | 25 | –10 |
| Civic Democratic Party | 103,216 | 11.71 | 42,551 | 10.03 | 3 | 6 | 9 | –5 |
| Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia | 83,741 | 9.50 | 5,737 | 1.35 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| KDU-ČSL | 74,709 | 8.48 | 78,448 | 18.50 | 6 | 8 | 14 | +4 |
| TOP 09 | 70,653 | 8.02 | 30,820 | 7.27 | 2 | 0 | 2 | +1 |
| Mayors and Independents | 43,234 | 4.91 | 25,389 | 5.99 | 2 | 3 | 5 | +1 |
| Green Party | 18,798 | 2.13 | 12,565 | 2.96 | 1 | 3 | 4 | +1 |
| Mayors for Liberec Region | 18,698 | 2.12 | 16,579 | 3.91 | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 |
| Nestraníci | 16,172 | 1.84 | 9,849 | 2.32 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Dawn - National Coalition | 16,078 | 1.82 | – | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Severočeši.cz | 14,901 | 1.69 | 13,377 | 3.15 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Citizens Together – Independent | 12,892 | 1.46 | 10,804 | 2.55 | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 |
| Freeholder Party | 11,093 | 1.26 | – | – | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| NEZÁVISLÍ | 9,492 | 1.08 | 5,634 | 1.33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| APAČI 2017 | 8,714 | 0.99 | – | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Czech Pirate Party | 7,352 | 0.83 | – | – | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Patriotic Citizens | 6,424 | 0.73 | 8,966 | 2.11 | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 |
| Tábor 2020 | 6,358 | 0.72 | – | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Freedom and Direct Democracy | 5,988 | 0.68 | – | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Moravané | 5,394 | 0.61 | – | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Movement for Prague 11 | 4,702 | 0.53 | 9,639 | 2.27 | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 |
| Party of Civic Rights | 4,618 | 0.52 | – | – | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Party of Free Citizens | 4,568 | 0.52 | – | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Změna | 4,515 | 0.51 | – | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| JsmePRO! | 3,432 | 0.39 | – | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rozumní | 3,325 | 0.38 | – | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Koruna Česká | 3,305 | 0.38 | – | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Koalice | 3,303 | 0.37 | – | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| For Prague | 3,033 | 0.34 | – | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| ALTERNATIVA | 2,709 | 0.31 | – | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ostravak | 2,147 | 0.24 | – | – | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| New future for the Liberec Region | 2,003 | 0.23 | – | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Independent Candidates to the Senate | 1,962 | 0.22 | – | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ústecká Citizens' Forum | 1,961 | 0.22 | – | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| SNK European Democrats | 1,882 | 0.21 | – | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| SPR-RSČ | 1,812 | 0.21 | – | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Order of Nation | 1,723 | 0.20 | – | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Association of Independent Candidates 1 | 1,685 | 0.19 | – | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| South City – Our Home | 1,560 | 0.18 | – | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| SaS | 1,296 | 0.15 | – | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Workers' Party | 1,127 | 0.13 | – | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| HOZK | 938 | 0.11 | – | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| National Democracy | 830 | 0.09 | – | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Czech Republic Patriots | 632 | 0.07 | – | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Czechoslovak Community Party | 554 | 0.06 | – | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| New Direction | 551 | 0.06 | – | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| NáS | 380 | 0.04 | – | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| SSPD-SP | 266 | 0.03 | – | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Czech National Socialist Party | 133 | 0.02 | – | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Independents | 6,093 | 0.69 | 6,058 | 1.43 | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 |
| Invalid/blank votes | 41,323 | – | 3,434 | – | – | – | – | – |
| Total | 922,493 | 100 | 427,523 | 100 | 27 | 54 | 81 | 0 |
| Registered voters/turnout[8] | 2,780,706 | 33.17 | 2,780,597 | 15.38 | – | – | – | – |
| Source: Volby.cz (results), Volby.cz (turnout) | ||||||||
Re-run in Most
On 10 November the results in Most District were annulled due to the illegitimacy of Alena Dernerová's candidature.[9] A re-run of the vote was organised for 27–28 January 2017, in which Dernerová was elected in the first round.[10][11] Voter turnout was only 12%.[12]
| Candidate | Party | Votes | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alena Dernerová | United Democrats - Association of Independents | 5,933 | 54.90 |
| Jiří Šlégr | Czech Social Democratic Party | 1,700 | 15.73 |
| Josef Nétek | Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia | 797 | 7.37 |
| Roman Ziegler | ANO 2011 | 723 | 6.69 |
| Jiří Biolek | Mayors and Independents | 639 | 5.91 |
| Libuše Hrdinová | Civic Democratic Party | 444 | 4.10 |
| Jiří Maria Sieber | Order of Nation | 246 | 2.27 |
| Zbyněk Vodák | TOP 09 | 195 | 1.80 |
| Jiří Fiala | Common Sense Party | 128 | 1.18 |
References
- Presidential decree on elections term Sbírka Zákonů
- "Czech coalition keeps majority in Senate election but leader's party suffers". Reuters. 15 October 2016. Retrieved 17 October 2016.
- Daniela Lazarová (2016-10-17). "Christian Democrats celebrate election victory as stronger coalition partners digest defeat". Radio Prague. Retrieved 2016-10-18.
- "Fiala (ODS): Gratuluji čtyřem kandidátům ODS k výhře ve 2. kole senátních voleb". page-maintitle-short-default. Retrieved 27 October 2016.
- "ODS se opravdu vrací, jásá po senátních volbách Petr Fiala". page-maintitle-short-default. Retrieved 27 October 2016.
- Electoral system IPU
- Name of "nominating party" (navrhující strana).
- Turnout calculated by dividing number of votes cast; Czech Statistical Office present figures summing up of all voters who had signed the voter register and get ballot envelopes (vydané obálky), even if they did not cast their votes.
- "Senátní volby v Mostě jsou neplatné". Novinky.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 10 November 2016.
- Hájek, Oldřich. "Už za necelý měsíc: Mostecko čekají opakované volby do Senátu". E-MOSTECKO.CZ (in Czech). Archived from the original on 2 February 2017. Retrieved 22 January 2017.
- "Dernerová bude opět senátorkou za Mostecko, dostala téměř 55 procent hlasů". Novinky.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 28 January 2017.
- "Dernerová s náskokem porazila Šlégra, senátorkou se stala hned v 1. kole". iDNES.cz. 28 January 2017. Retrieved 28 January 2017.
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