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

2–3 October 2020 (first round) 9–10 October 2020 (second round)
27 out of 81 seats in the Senate
Leader Vít Rakušan Petr Fiala Marian Jurečka Party STAN ODS KDU–ČSL Seats won 11 5 3 1st round 122,948 12.3% 140,293 14.0% 82,814 8.3% 2nd round 104,538 23.1% 82,377 18.2% 65,397 14.5%   Leader Markéta Pekarová Adamová Václav Láska Andrej Babiš Party TOP 09 SEN 21 ANO Seats won 2 2 1 1st round 46,575 4.7% 32,884 3.3% 115,202 11.6% 2nd round 33,938 7.5% 25,071 5.6% 39,473 8.7%

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

Election will be 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

Party[n 4]		First round			Second round			Seat totals
		Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats	Won	Not up	Total	+/–
	Civic Democratic Party	140,293	14.07	0	82,377	18.23	5	5	13	18	+3
	Mayors and Independents[n 2]	122,948	12.33	1	104,538	23.13	10	11	8	19	+7
	ANO 2011	115,202	11.55	0	39,473	8.74	1	1	4	5	-1
	Christian and Democratic Union – Czechoslovak People's Party	82,814	8.30	0	65,397	14.47	3	3	9	12	-3
	Czech Social Democratic Party	81,105	8.13	0	18,175	4.02	0	0	3	3	-10
	Freedom and Direct Democracy	60,284	6.04	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	40,994	4.11	0	–	–	–	0	0	0	0
	Czech Pirate Party	36,717	3.69	0	18,804	4.61	1	1	1	2	+1
	Senator 21	32,884	3.30	0	25,071	5.55	2	2	1	3	0
	Tricolour Citizens' Movement	25,609	2.57	0	–	–	–	0	0	0	0
	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
	FOR THE CITIZENS	10,275	1.03	0	7,733	1.71	0	0	0	0	0
	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	0
	Hradec Králové Democratic Club	7,445	0.75	0	15,138	3.35	1	1	0	1	+1
	Change 2020	7.056	0.71	0	–	–	–	0	0	0	0
	Alternative for Independent Candidates	5.901	0.59	0	–	–	–	0	0	0	0
	Czech Right	5,227	0.52	0	–	–	–	0	0	0	0
	Good Choice 2016	4,260	0.43	0	–	–	–	0	0	0	0
	Union for Sport and Health	3,910	0.39	0	–	–	–	0	0	0	0
	Moravian Country Movement	2,970	0.30	0	–	–	–	0	0	0	0
	Initiative of the Citizens	2,827	0.28	0	–	–	–	0	0	0	0
	RELITION	2,547	0.26	0	–	–	–	0	0	0	0
	Choice for the Region	2,334	0.23	0	–	–	–	0	0	0	0
	FOR Health and Sport	2,308	0.23	0	–	–	–	0	0	0	0
	PÍSEK TO ITSELF	1,898	0.19	0	–	–	–	0	0	0	0
	Severočeši.cz	1,645	0.16	0	–	–	–	0	1	1	0
	Better North	1,153	0.12	0	–	–	–	0	0	0	0
	Marek Hilšer for Senate	916	0.09	0	–	–	–	0	1	1	0
	WAY	742	0.07	0	–	–	–	0	0	0	0
	Independent Initiative	725	0.07	0	–	–	–	0	0	0	0
	Unified – Alternative for Patriots	639	0.06	0	–	–	–	0	0	0	0
	Nation to Itself	554	0.06	0	–	–	–	0	0	0	0
	Democratic Party of Greens	508	0.05	0	–	–	–	0	0	0	0
	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	0
	Independents	26,119	2.61	0	–	–	–	0	4	4	0
	Invalid/blank votes	24,527	–	–	1,812	–	–	–	–	–	–
Total		1,021,788	100	1	453,675	100	26	27	[n 5]54	81	0
Registered voters/turnout		2,815,827	36.29	–	2,711,956	16.74	–	–	–	–	–
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			Jiří Vosecký			Jiří Vosecký
Trutnov			Jan Sobotka			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.
4. Name of "nominating party" (navrhující strana).
5. In the Senate also hold seats "Movement for Prague 11" (1 seat), "Ostravak" (1), "Citizens Patriots" (1), "Citizens Together - Independents" (1) and "United Democrats - Association of Independents" (1) but these parties didn't take part in the 2020 election.

References

1. Electoral system IPU
2. https://www.irozhlas.cz/volby/senatni-volby-2020