Senate elections were held in the Czech Republic on 20 and 21 October 2006, with a second round on 27 and 28 October. [1] The result was a victory for the Civic Democratic Party, which won 41 of the 81 seats. Voter turnout was 41% in the first round and just 21% in the second. [2]
Nominating party | First round | Second round | Seats | |||||||||
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Votes | % | Seats | Votes | % | Seats | Won | Not up | Total | ||||
Civic Democratic Party | 354,273 | 33.31 | 0 | 289,568 | 50.40 | 14 | 14 | 27 | 41 | |||
Czech Social Democratic Party | 204,573 | 19.23 | 0 | 120,127 | 20.91 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 12 | |||
Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia | 134,863 | 12.68 | 0 | 26,001 | 4.53 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |||
KDU-ČSL | 131,307 | 12.35 | 0 | 59,603 | 10.37 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 10 | |||
Green Party | 50,508 | 4.75 | 0 | 8,044 | 1.40 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |||
SNK European Democrats | 31,711 | 2.98 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | ||||||
Freedom Union – Democratic Union | 21,360 | 2.01 | 0 | 7,367 | 1.28 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |||
Party for the Open Society | 13,662 | 1.28 | 0 | 14,120 | 2.46 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||
Head Up – Electoral Bloc | 12,639 | 1.19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
Vote for the City | 10,362 | 0.97 | 0 | 9,215 | 1.60 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Independent Democrats | 9,901 | 0.93 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
Independent Mayors for the Region | 7,548 | 0.71 | 0 | 8,754 | 1.52 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||
Conservative Party | 7,490 | 0.70 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
Independents | 5,826 | 0.55 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | ||||||
Greens | 4,959 | 0.47 | 0 | 8,113 | 1.41 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
HNHRM | 4,856 | 0.46 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||||||
Independent Vote | 4,783 | 0.45 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
Non-Partisans | 4,624 | 0.43 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
Rural Party – United Civic Forces | 3,401 | 0.32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
Celý plat senátora na zdravotn.našeho obvodu | 2,847 | 0.27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
Czech Right | 2,720 | 0.26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
Equal Opportunities Party | 1,840 | 0.17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
Mayors and Personalities for Moravia | 1,646 | 0.15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
Independents for Prague | 1,509 | 0.14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
Civic Democratic Alliance | 1,341 | 0.13 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||||||
Social Democratic Orientation Club | 942 | 0.09 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
Club of Committed Non-Party Members | 775 | 0.07 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
Party of Common Sense | 689 | 0.06 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
Humanist Party | 345 | 0.03 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
Koruna Česká | 272 | 0.03 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
State Party Direct Democracy – Labour Party | 230 | 0.02 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
4 VIZE | 175 | 0.02 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
Independent Initiative | 104 | 0.01 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
Liberal Reform Party | – | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
Path of Change | – | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
United Democrats – Association of Independents | – | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
Independents | 29,533 | 2.78 | 0 | 23,643 | 4.12 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
Total | 1,063,614 | 100.00 | 0 | 574,555 | 100.00 | 27 | 27 | 54 | 81 | |||
Valid votes | 1,063,614 | 93.28 | 574,555 | 99.70 | ||||||||
Invalid/blank votes | 76,633 | 6.72 | 1,737 | 0.30 | ||||||||
Total votes | 1,140,247 | 100.00 | 576,292 | 100.00 | ||||||||
Registered voters/turnout | 2,780,914 | 41.00 | 2,781,827 | 20.72 | ||||||||
Source: Nohlen & Stöver, Volby, IPU |
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