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Senate elections for a third of the members of the Senate (the constituencies 3, 6, 9 etc.) were held in the Czech Republic on 17 and 18 October 2008, with a second round on 24 and 25 October 2008. [1] [2] [3] At least 180 candidates contested the 27 seats, and more than two thirds of the incumbents ran for another term – only seven retired. [4]
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Party | Seats | ||||||
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before | open | elected | after | ||||
Civic Democratic Party | 41 | 9 | 3 | 35 | |||
Czech Social Democratic Party | 13 | 7 | 23 | 29 | |||
Christian and Democratic Union – Czechoslovak People's Party | 10 | 3 | 0 | 7 | |||
Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |||
SNK European Democrats | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |||
Freedom Union–Democratic Union | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||
Liberal Reform Party | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
Movement of Independents for Harmonious Development of Municipalities and Towns (Hnutí nezávislých za harmonický rozvoj obcí a měst) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
Path of Change | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
Green Party | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
Independent Mayors for Region (Nezávislí starostové pro kraj) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
Party for the Open Society | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
Independents, Independent Associations (Nezávislí, Sdružení nezávislých) | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | |||
Total (turnout 39.52% first round, 29.85% second round) | 81 | 27 | 27 | 81 | |||
Source: Senate |
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