Czech Senate election, 2016

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Czech Senate election, 2016
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  2014 7–8 October 2016 (first round)
14–15 October 2016 (second round)
27–28 January 2017 (Most)
2018  

 First partySecond partyThird party
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Leader Pavel Bělobrádek Petr Fiala Andrej Babiš
Party KDU–ČSL ODS ANO
Seats won643
1st round74,709
8.5%
107,785
12.2%
151,388
17.2%
2nd round78,448
18.5%
48,609
11.5%
92,051
21.7%

 Fourth partyFifth partySixth party
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Leader Bohuslav Sobotka Miroslav Kalousek Petr Gazdík
Party ČSSD TOP 09 STAN
Seats won222
1st round128,830
14.6%
70,653
8.0%
43,234
4.9%
2nd round55,622
13.1%
30,820
7.3%
25,389
6.0%
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Senate elections were held in the Czech Republic on 7 and 8 October 2016, with a second round on 14 and 15 of October. The first round was held alongside regional elections [1] and several municipal referendums, notably in a referendum in Brno on the location of the town's train station.

Czech Republic Republic in Central Europe

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.

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The governing coalition of the Czech Social Democratic Party (ČSSD), ANO 2011 and the Christian and Democratic Union (KDU-ČSL) retained a majority in the full Senate, with the KDU-ČSL making the largest gains, [2] while the Social Democrats incurred the greatest losses, retaining only two of their twelve seats up for re-election. ANO 2011 won the first round with fourteen candidates advancing, but only three of them were elected, which was a disappointment to the party. [3] The most successful opposition party was the centre-right Civic Democratic Party. It had 6 candidates advancing and four of them elected (including Zdeněk Nytra who ran as independent). [4] [5]

Czech Social Democratic Party Czech political 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.

ANO 2011 Czech political movement

ANO 2011 is a centrist, populist political party in the Czech Republic founded by Andrej Babiš, the second-richest person in the Czech Republic, owner of the Agrofert conglomerate, and Mafra media group. It is based on the former movement Action of Dissatisfied Citizens. "Ano" means "yes" in Czech.

Christian and Democratic Union – Czechoslovak Peoples Party Czech political party

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.

Electoral system

One third of the 81-member Senate is elected every two years, giving Senators six year terms. The seats are elected in single-member constituencies using the two-round system. [6]

Two-round system voting system used to elect a single winner where a second round of voting is used if no candidate wins an absolute majority in the first round

The two-round system is a voting method used to elect a single winner, where the voter casts a single vote for their chosen candidate. However, if no candidate receives the required number of votes, then those candidates having less than a certain proportion of the votes, or all but the two candidates receiving the most votes, are eliminated, and a second round of voting is held.

Results

Polling station of the electoral district no. 70 in Olomouc during Czech Senate elections and the regional elections held in the Czech Republic on 7 October 2016 2016 Czech Republic elections in Olomouc.jpg
Polling station of the electoral district no. 70 in Olomouc during Czech Senate elections and the regional elections held in the Czech Republic on 7 October 2016
Party [7] First roundSecond roundSeats
Votes%Votes%WonNot upTotal+/–
ANO 2011 151,38817.1892,05121.71347+3
Czech Social Democratic Party 128,83014.6255,62213.1222325–10
Civic Democratic Party 103,21611.7142,55110.03369–5
Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia 83,7419.505,7371.350110
KDU-ČSL 74,7098.4878,44818.506814+4
TOP 09 70,6538.0230,8207.27202+1
Mayors and Independents 43,2344.9125,3895.99235+1
Green Party 18,7982.1312,5652.96134+1
Mayors for Liberec Region 18,6982.1216,5793.91112+1
Nestraníci16,1721.849,8492.321010
Dawn - National Coalition 16,0781.820000
Severočeši.cz 14,9011.6913,3773.152020
Citizens Together – Independent 12,8921.4610,8042.55101+1
Freeholder Party 11,0931.260110
NEZÁVISLÍ9,4921.085,6341.330000
APAČI 20178,7140.990000
Czech Pirate Party 7,3520.830110
Patriotic Citizens6,4240.738,9662.11101+1
Tábor 20206,3580.720000
Freedom and Direct Democracy 5,9880.680000
Moravané 5,3940.610000
Movement for Prague 114,7020.539,6392.27101+1
Party of Civic Rights 4,6180.520110
Party of Free Citizens 4,5680.520000
Změna4,5150.510000
JsmePRO!3,4320.390000
Rozumní3,3250.380000
Koruna Česká 3,3050.380000
Koalice3,3030.370000
For Prague3,0330.340000
ALTERNATIVA2,7090.310000
Ostravak2,1470.240110
New future for the Liberec Region2,0030.230000
Independent Candidates to the Senate1,9620.220000
Ústecká Citizens' Forum1,9610.220000
SNK European Democrats 1,8820.210000
SPR-RSČ 1,8120.210000
Order of Nation 1,7230.200000
Association of Independent Candidates 11,6850.190000
South City – Our Home1,5600.180000
SaS1,2960.150000
Workers' Party 1,1270.130000
HOZK9380.110000
National Democracy 8300.090000
Czech Republic Patriots6320.070000
Czechoslovak Community Party5540.060000
New Direction5510.060000
NáS3800.040000
SSPD-SP2660.030000
Czech National Socialist Party 1330.020000
Independents6,0930.696,0581.43112+1
Invalid/blank votes41,3233,434
Total922,493100427,5231002754810
Registered voters/turnout [8] 2,780,70633.172,780,59715.38
Source: Volby.cz (results), Volby.cz (turnout)

Re-run in Most

On 10 November the results in Most District were annulled due to the illegitimacy of Alena Dernerová's candidature. [9] A re-run of the vote was organised for 27–28 January 2017, in which Dernerová was elected in the first round. [10] [11] Voter turnout was only 12%. [12]

Most District District in Ústí nad Labem Region, Czech Republic

Most District is one of seven districts (okres) located within the Ústí nad Labem Region in the Czech Republic. Its capital is the city of Most.

Alena Dernerová Czech senator of Czech Parliament and doctor

Alena Dernerová is a Czech politician and pediatric neurologist. An independent, Dernerová became Senator for Most as a result of the Czech Senate election, 2010, ahead of Social Democrat Zdeněk Brabec in the second round of voting. She was affiliated with the Severočeši.cz movement.

CandidatePartyVotes%
Alena Dernerová United Democrats - Association of Independents 5,93354.90
Jiří Šlégr Czech Social Democratic Party 1,70015.73
Josef Nétek Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia 7977.37
Roman Ziegler ANO 2011 7236.69
Jiří Biolek Mayors and Independents 6395.91
Libuše Hrdinová Civic Democratic Party 4444.10
Jiří Maria Sieber Order of Nation 2462.27
Zbyněk Vodák TOP 09 1951.80
Jiří FialaCommon Sense Party1281.18

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  7. Name of "nominating party" (navrhující strana).
  8. Turnout calculated by dividing number of votes cast; Czech Statistical Office present figures summing up of all voters who had signed the voter register and get ballot envelopes (vydané obálky), even if they did not cast their votes.
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