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Senate elections were held in the Czech Republic on 2–3 October 2020 alongside regional elections, with second rounds on 9–10 October.
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]
| 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 | ||
Elections were held in 27 districts:
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| Nominating party | First round | Second round | Seats | |||||||||
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| 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 Country 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 | ||||||||||||
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