Senate elections were held in the

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on 7 and 8 October 2016, with a second round on 14 and 15 of October. The first round was held alongside regional elections and several municipal referendums, notably in a referendum in Brno on the location of the town's train station. The governing coalition of the

Czech Social Democratic Party The Czech Social Democratic Party ( cs, Česká strana sociálně demokratická, ČSSD, ) is a social-democratic political party in the Czech Republic. Sitting on the centre-left of the political spectrum and holding pro-European views, it is a m ...

(ČSSD),

ANO 2011 ANO 2011, often shortened to simply ANO ("Yes" in English), the initials meaning Action of Dissatisfied Citizens ( cs, Akce nespokojených občanů), is a populist political party in the Czech Republic. The party was founded by Andrej Babiš. Hi ...

and the

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(KDU-ČSL) retained a majority in the full Senate, with the KDU-ČSL making the largest gains, 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. 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).

Electoral system

One third of the 81-member

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is elected every two years, giving Senators six year terms. The seats are elected in single-member constituencies using the

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Results

Re-run in Most

On 10 November the results in

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were annulled due to the illegitimacy of

Alena Dernerová Alena Dernerová (born 13 September 1958) is a Czech politician and pediatric neurologist. An independent, Dernerová became Senator for Most as a result of the 2010 Czech Senate election, ahead of Social Democrat Social democracy is a pol ...

's candidature. A re-run of the vote was organised for 27–28 January 2017, in which Dernerová was elected in the first round. Voter turnout was only 12%.

References

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