Czech Senate election, 2010

Last updated March 22, 2019

Senate elections were held in the Czech Republic for a third of the Czech Senate (27 seats) in October 2010. The first round was held on 15 and 16 October 2010, with a second round on 22 and 23 October 2010.^[1]

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.

The election was a major success for the Czech Social Democratic Party, who gained 12 seats to become the largest party, with 41. The liberal conservative Civic Democratic Party fell 11 seats to 25, while the centre-right group led by TOP 09 lost 4 seats to leave them on 5 seats: equal with the Christian and Democratic Union – Czechoslovak People's Party.

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.

Liberal conservatism is a political ideology combining conservative policies with liberal stances, especially on economic, social and ethical issues, or a brand of political conservatism strongly influenced by liberalism.

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.

Issues

The Czech Social Democratic Party ran on a platform of promising to put off austerity measures as well as stopping the expansion of Czech troops in the War in Afghanistan.^[2]

The War in Afghanistan, code named Operation Enduring Freedom – Afghanistan (2001–14) and Operation Freedom's Sentinel (2015–present), followed the United States invasion of Afghanistan of 7 October 2001. The U.S. was initially supported by the United Kingdom, Canada, and Australia and later by a coalition of over 40 countries, including all NATO members. The war's public aims were to dismantle al-Qaeda and to deny it a safe base of operations in Afghanistan by removing the Taliban from power. Since the initial objectives were completed at the end of 2001, the war mostly involves U.S. and allied Afghan government troops battling Taliban insurgents. The War in Afghanistan is the longest war in U.S. history.

Election

In the first round, a turnout of 44.33% of voters was reached and no candidate gained 50% of the vote in their district, which means the top two in each district advance to the run-off round.^[3] The ČSSD's candidates advanced to the second round in 22 districts despite the fact that they held none of the seats. The ruling ODS, which held 18 of the seats, advanced to the run-off in 19. TOP 09 advanced in 5 seats, KDU–ČSL in 3, the regional Severočeši.cz in 2, Public Affairs in 1, and independent candidates in 2.^[4]

TOP 09 is a liberal-conservative political party in the Czech Republic, led by the former Civic Democratic Minister of Justice Jiří Pospíšil. TOP 09 holds 7 seats in the Chamber of Deputies and has four MEPs.

The Christian and Democratic Union – Czechoslovak People's Party (Czech: Křesťanská a demokratická unie – Československá strana lidová, KDU–ČSL, often shortened to lidovci is a Christian-democratic political party in the Czech Republic. The party took part in almost every Czech Government since 1990. In the June 2006 election, the party won 7.2% of the vote and 13 out of 200 seats; but in the 2010 election, this dropped to 4.4% and they lost all their seats. The party regained its parliamentary standing in the 2013 legislative election, winning 14 seats in the new parliament, thereby becoming the first party ever to return to the Chamber of Deputies after dropping out.

Severočeši.cz is a regionalist political party in the Czech Republic. It operates in the Ústí nad Labem Region of northern Bohemia.

Results

e • d **Summary of the 15–16 and 22–23 October 2010 Czech Senate election results**
Parties		First round			Second round		Seats Won	Not Up	Total Seats	±
Parties		Votes	%	Run-off	Votes	%	Seats Won	Not Up	Total Seats	±
	Czech Social Democratic Party	290,090	25.28	22	299,526	44.02	12	29	41	+12
	Civic Democratic Party	266,311	23.21	19	225,708	33.17	8	17	25	–11
	TOP 09 – Mayors and Independents	165,277	14.40	5	51,310	7.54	2	3	5	–4
	Christian and Democratic Union – Czechoslovak People's Party	87,182	7.60	3	42,990	6.32	2	3	5	+1
	NorthBohemians.cz	20,062	1.75	2	23,279	3.42	2	0	2	+2
	Independent candidates	21,551	1.88	1	14,944	2.20	1^[5]	0	1	+1
	Public Affairs	57,179	4.98	1	11,973	1.76	0	0	0	±0
	Independents (NEZÁVISLÍ)	10,739	0.94	1	10,707	1.57	0	0	0	±0
	Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia	117,374	10.23	0			0	2	2	–1
	Sovereignty – Jana Bobošíková Bloc	40,295	3.51	0			0	0	0	±0
	Party of Civic Rights – Zemanovci	17,195	1.50	0			0	0	0	±0
	Green Party	10,473	0.91	0			0	0	0	±0
	Party of Free Citizens	5,447	0.47	0			0	0	0	±0
	Democratic Green Party (Demokratická strana zelených)	3,348	0.29	0			0	0	0	±0
	Czech National Social Party	1,791	0.16	0			0	0	0	±0
	Czech National Socialist Party	1,773	0.15	0			0	0	0	±0
	Bohemian Crown	828	0.07	0			0	0	0	±0
	Others	30,475	2.66	0			0	0	0	±0
Totals		1,147,390	100.00	54	680,167	100.00	27	54	81	—

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[2] >> Czech opposition wins Senate majority

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[5] Miluše Horská

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