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.
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2016 Czech Senate election|
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First party |
Second party |
Third party |
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Leader |
Pavel Bělobrádek |
Petr Fiala |
Andrej Babiš |
Party |
KDU-ČSL |
ODS |
ANO |
Seats won |
6 |
3 |
3 |
First round |
74,709 8.48% |
103,216 11.71% |
151,388 17.18% |
Second round |
78,448 18.50% |
42,551 10.03% |
92,051 21.71% |
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Fourth party |
Fifth party |
Sixth party |
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Leader |
Bohuslav Sobotka |
Miroslav Kalousek |
Petr Gazdík |
Party |
ČSSD |
TOP 09 |
STAN |
Seats won |
2 |
2 |
2 |
First round |
128,830 14.62% |
70,653 8.02% |
43,234 4.91% |
Second round |
55,622 13.12% |
30,820 7.27% |
25,389 5.99% |
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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]