2016 Czech Senate election

2016 Czech Senate election
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  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Pavel Bělobrádek Petr Fiala Andrej Babiš
Party Lidovci ODS ANO
Seats won 6 3 3
First round 74,709
8.48% 		103,216
11.71% 		151,388
17.18%
Second round 78,448
18.50% 		42,551
10.03% 		92,051
21.71%
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Leader Bohuslav Sobotka Miroslav Kalousek Petr Gazdík
Party ČSSD TOP 09 STAN
Seats won 2 2 2
First round 128,830
14.62% 		70,653
8.02% 		43,234
4.91%
Second round 55,622
13.12% 		30,820
7.27% 		25,389
5.99%
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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.

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]

  1. ^ "Presidential decree on elections term Sbírka Zákonů" (PDF). Ministry of the Interior (in Czech).
  2. ^ "Czech coalition keeps majority in Senate election but leader's party suffers". Reuters. 15 October 2016. Retrieved 17 October 2016.
  3. ^ Daniela Lazarová (2016-10-17). "Christian Democrats celebrate election victory as stronger coalition partners digest defeat". Radio Prague. Retrieved 2016-10-18.
  4. ^ "Fiala (ODS): Gratuluji čtyřem kandidátům ODS k výhře ve 2. kole senátních voleb". Parlamentní Listy. Retrieved 27 October 2016.
  5. ^ "ODS se opravdu vrací, jásá po senátních volbách Petr Fiala". Parlamentní Listy. Retrieved 27 October 2016.