 |
|---|
| This article is part of a series on the politics and government of the Czech Republic |
 |
Executive |
| Political parties |
| Foreign relations |
 Czech Republic portal |
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]
The Senate of the Parliament of the Czech Republic, usually referred to as Senate, is the upper chamber of the Parliament of the Czech Republic. The seat of the Senate is Wallenstein Palace in Prague.
The Czech Republic, also known by its short-form name, Czechia, is a landlocked country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west, Austria to the south, Slovakia to the east and Poland to the northeast. The Czech Republic covers an area of 78,866 square kilometres (30,450 sq mi) with a mostly temperate continental climate and oceanic climate. It is a unitary parliamentary republic, with 10.6 million inhabitants; its capital and largest city is Prague, with 1.3 million residents. Other major cities are Brno, Ostrava, Olomouc and Pilsen. The Czech Republic is a member of the European Union (EU), NATO, the OECD, the United Nations, the OSCE, and the Council of Europe.
| Party | Seats | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |||||||
Government parties (ODS and KDU-CSL; the Greens had no open seats) suffered massive losses – only 3 candidates (all ODS) were elected. The Opposition Czech Social Democratic Party won the election with 23 out of the 27 seats contested. The Civic Democratic Party lost its majority in the Senate (which was used to delay ratification of the Lisbon Treaty in the Czech Republic).
The Civic Democratic Party is a liberal-conservative political party in the Czech Republic. It holds 25 seats in the Chamber of Deputies, and is the second strongest party following the 2017 election.
The Czech Social Democratic Party is a social-democratic political party in the Czech Republic. It holds 15 seats in the Chamber of Deputies following the 2017 legislative election, losing 35 seats. The party has been led by Jan Hamáček since 2018. It has been a junior coalition party within a minority cabinet since June 2018, and was a senior coalition party from 1998 to 2006 and from 2013 to 2017.
