2014 Czech Senate election

Senate elections were held in the Czech Republic on 10–11 October 2014, with a second round on 17–18 October 2014.[1] One-third of Senate seats (27 out of 81) were elected,[1] along with approximately 62,300 local council seats.[2] The election date was announced by the President Miloš Zeman in June, 2014.[3]

2014 Czech Senate election

10–11 October 2014 (first round) 17–18 October 2014 (second round)

First party Second party Third party   Leader Bohuslav Sobotka Andrej Babiš Pavel Bělobrádek Party ČSSD ANO KDU–ČSL Seats won 10 4 4 1st round 226,239 22.0% 180,136 17.5% 84,328 8.2% 2nd round 165,629 34.9% 71,739 15.1% 77,103 16.3%   Fourth party   Leader Petr Fiala Party ODS Seats won 2 1st round 118,268 11.5% 2nd round 53,149 11.2%

Results

Map of senate constituencies of the Czech Republic. The 2014 election were held in the constituencies Nos. 3, 6, 9, 12, 15, 18, 21, 24, 27, 30, 33, 36, 39, 42, 45, 48, 51, 54, 57, 60, 63, 66, 69, 72, 75, 78 and 81[4]

Party	First round		Second round		Seats
	Votes	%	Votes	%	Won	Total	+/–
Czech Social Democratic Party	226,239	22.04	165,629	34.95	10		-13
ANO 2011	180,136	17.55	71,739	15.14	4		+4
Civic Democratic Party	110,485	10.76	44,264	9.34	1		-2
Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia	99,973	9.74	–	–	0		-1
TOP+STAN	87,143	8.49	30,476	6.43	0
Christian and Democratic Union – Czechoslovak People's Party	84,328	8.21	77,103	16.27	4		+4
KDU-CSL–Green Party	34,765	3.39	32,854	6.93	3		+3
Party of Civic Rights	22,080	2.15	11,971	2.53	1		+1
Mayors and Independents	15,576	1.52	11,099	2.34	1		+1
Party of Free Citizens	14,508	1.41	–	–	0
Freeholder Party of the Czech Republic	14,071	1.37	11,660	2.46	1		+1
Dawn of Direct Democracy	13,331	1.30	–	–	0		New
Republika	9,107	0.89	–	–	0		New
Civic Democratic Party–KC	7,783	0.76	8,885	1.87	1		+1
KDU-CSL–Z21	7,704	0.75	–	–	0
Green Party	6,670	0.65	–	–	0
Mayors for Liberec Region	6,633	0.65	8,246	1.74	1		+1
KDU–SZ–HNHR–B10	5,779	0.56	–	–	0
Czech Pirate Party	5,454	0.53	–	–	0
TOP 09	4,994	0.49	–	–	0
Ostravak	4,605	0.45	–	–	0
NEZAVISLI	4,390	0.43	–	–	0
Czech Pirate Party–Green Party	4,231	0.41	–	–	0
Mayors for Citizens	4,080	0.40	–	–	0
City for You	3,945	0.38	–	–	0
Our City F-M	3,356	0.33	–	–	0
NEZAVISLI/Democrats	3,267	0.32	–	–	0
Club of Committed Non-Party Members	2,738	0.27	–	–	0
Dawn of Direct Democracy–Hora 2014	2,387	0.23	–	–	0
O.K. strana	2,270	0.22	–	–	0
KOZY	2,186	0.21	–	–	0
Tories	1,917	0.19	–	–	0
HDP	1,742	0.17	–	–	0
United Democrats–Association of Independents	1,534	0.15	–	–	0
No Brussels	1,476	0.14	–	–	0
DOMOV	1,172	0.11	–	–	0
For Sport and Health	1,104	0.11	–	–	0
Conservative Alliance 2014	1,055	0.10	–	–	0
VIZE 2014	819	0.08	–	–	0
Ostrava Forum	779	0.08	–	–	0
APPlzen.cz	702	0.07	–	–	0
ANEO	639	0.06	–	–	0
SVAZ	564	0.05	–	–	0
SNK European Democrats	560	0.05	–	–	0
MDS–ZH	508	0.05	–	–	0
Rozumni	474	0.05	–	–	0
DOMA	459	0.04	–	–	0
OCR	457	0.04	–	–	0
Moravané–LEV 21	450	0.04	–	–	0
ABS	347	0.03	–	–	0
SP	249	0.02	–	–	0
CS	166	0.02	–	–	0
Independents	15,228	1.48	–	–	0		0
Invalid/blank votes	53,933	–	2,176	–	–	–	–
Total	1,080,548	100	476,102	100	27	81	–
Registered voters/turnout	2,853,106	37.87			–	–	–
Source: Volby.cz

References

1. "Senátní volby 2014". Mladá fronta DNES (in Czech). iDNES. Retrieved 8 October 2014.
2. "Politika v Česku v roce 2014: Jmenování vlády a troje volby" (in Czech). Reflex. 1 January 2014. Retrieved 8 October 2014.
3. Wirnitzer, Jan (12 June 2014). "Senátní a komunální volby budou 10. a 11. října, rozhodl prezident Zeman". Mladá fronta DNES (in Czech). iDNES. Retrieved 8 October 2014.
4. "Volby do Senátu v roce 2014" (in Czech). Senate of the Parliament of the Czech Republic. Retrieved 8 October 2014.

External links

• 2014 Czech Senate election (Senate of the Parliament of the Czech Republic) (in Czech)