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

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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 Lidovci 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%

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

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

Constituencies in grey are those not up for election.^[3][4]

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

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		SLK	Jiří Vosecký		SLK	Jiří Vosecký
Trutnov		STAN	Jan Sobotka		STAN	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.

References

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