2018 Czech Senate election

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← 2016 5–6 October 2018 (first round)
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27 of the 81 seats in the Senate
  First party Second party Third party
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Leader Petr Fiala Petr Gazdík Pavel Bělobrádek
Party ODS STAN KDU-ČSL
Seats won 10 5 2
First round 163,630
15.02%		 79,025
7.25%		 99,383
9.12%
Second round 116,376
27.86%		 47,317
11.33%		 34,833
8.34%
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
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Leader Andrej Babiš Jan Hamáček Ivan Bartoš
Party ANO ČSSD Pirates
Seats won 1 1 1
First round 147,477
13.53%		 100,478
9.22%		 66,281
6.08%
Second round 57,500
13.76%		 33,887
8.11%		 17,528
4.20%

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Senate elections were held in the Czech Republic on 5 and 6 October 2018 alongside municipal elections, with a second round held on 12 and 13 October 2018. The Conservative Civic Democratic Party (ODS) won the election with 10 seats. Governing parties ANO 2011 and the Czech Social Democratic Party were heavily defeated, winning only 1 seat each. The Communist Party lost its last seat in the Senate when Václav Homolka failed to be re-elected, meaning the party would be without representation in the Senate for the first time in the history of Czech Republic. The election was considered the first major win for the opposition to Andrej Babiš' Cabinet. Commentators including Josef Kopecký also noted ODS confirmed their position as the main opposition party, ahead of the Czech Pirate Party.[1][2][3][4]

Electoral system

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.[5]

Composition of contested seats prior to the elections

Name Ideology Leader Seats
Czech Social Democratic Party Social democracy Jan Hamáček
13 / 27
Civic Democratic Party Conservatism Petr Fiala
4 / 27
KDU-ČSL Christian democracy Pavel Bělobrádek
2 / 27
Mayors and Independents Localism Petr Gazdík
2 / 27
Independents
2 / 27
Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia Communism Vojtěch Filip
1 / 27
Pirates Pirate politics Ivan Bartoš
1 / 27
Green Party Green politics Petr Štěpánek
1 / 27

List of contested districts

District Incumbent Standing for reelection
2 - Sokolov Zdeněk Berka (ČSSD) No
5- Chomutov Václav Homolka (KSČM) Yes
8 - Rokycany Milada Emmerová (ČSSD) Yes
11 - Domažlice Jan Látka (ČSSD) Yes
14 - České Budějovice Jiří Šesták (STAN) Yes
17 - Prague 12 Tomáš Grulich (ODS) No
20 - Prague 4 Eva Syková (ČSSD) Yes
23 - Prague 8 Daniela Filipiová (ODS) No
26 - Prague 2 Libor Michálek (Piráti) Yes
29 - Litoměřice Hassan Mezian (ČSSD) No
32 - Teplice Jaroslav Kubera (ODS) Yes
35 - Jablonec nad Nisou Jaroslav Zeman (ODS) Yes
38 - Mladá Boleslav Jaromír Jermář (ČSSD) No
41 - Benešov Luděk Jeništa (TOP 09) No
44 - Chrudim Jan Veleba (SPOZ) No
47 - Mladá Boleslav Lubomír Franc (ČSSD) No
50 - Svitavy Radko Martínek (ČSSD) No
53 - Třebíč František Bublan (ČSSD) No
56 - Břeclav Jan Hajda (ČSSD) Deceased prior to election
59 - Brno-City Eliška Wagnerová (Zelení) No
62 - Prostějov Božena Sekaninová (ČSSD) Yes
65 - Šumperk Zdeněk Brož (KDU–ČSL) Yes
68 - Opava Vladimír Plaček (ČSSD) Deceased prior to election
71 - Ostrava-City Leopold Sulovský (Ostravak) Yes
74 - Karviná Petr Vícha (ČSSD) Yes

Campaign

The Senate election campaign ran parallel to the campaign for the municipal elections.[6]

ANO 2011 launched their campaign on 3 September 2018. Babiš said that ANO was offering many highly qualified candidates, including Ivan Pilný and Eva Syková.[7]

The Czech Social Democratic Party launched their campaign on 5 September 2018, focused on social issues.[which?][8]

The Civic Democratic Party (ODS) launched their campaign on 7 September 2018. Petr Fiala stated that the election would be a conflict of two worlds, with ODS representing the world of experienced candidates and ANO 2011 representing the world of repeated restarts.[9]

Election forecast

Media Date ANO ODS Piráti SPD KSČM ČSSD KDU–ČSL TOP 09 STAN Others Notes
Election 12–13 Oct 2018 1 10 1 0 0 1 2 1 5 6
Reflex[10] 10 Oct 2018 3 8 0 0 0 2 2 2 4 4
Aktuálně.cz[11] 10 Oct 2018 1 7 1 0 0 2 4 1 5 6
Eurozprávy.cz[12] 7 Oct 2018 2 6 1 0 0 2 4 1 4 5
1st round
Referendum[13][14][15] 2 Oct 2018 5 5 1 0 1 3 4 1 4 4
Hospodářské noviny[16] 30 Sep 2018 5 3 1 0 0 4 4 1 4 5 based on betting odds
Novinky.cz[17] 11 Sep 2018 4 4 1 0 0 Template:Party shading/Czech Social Democratic Party|5 4 1 3 5 based on betting odds

Campaign finances

Party Money Spent Source
ANO 2011 18,700,000 CZK [18]
Civic Democratic Party 15,600,000 CZK [19]
Freedom and Direct Democracy 12,700,000 CZK [20]
Czech Social Democratic Party 12,300,000 CZK [21]
Christian and Democratic Union – Czechoslovak People's Party 10,200,000 CZK [22]
Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia 7,000,000 CZK [23]
Mayors and Independents 6,900,000 CZK [24]
TOP 09 6,300,000 CZK [25]
Czech Pirate Party 5,600,000 CZK [26]

Results

File: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

The Civic Democratic Party (ODS) was the most successful party in the first round, with 11 candidates proceeding to the second round. ANO 2011 had 10 candidates proceeding.[12]

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Notes

References

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