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Senate elections were held in the Czech Republic on 23 and 24 September 2022 alongside municipal elections.[1][2][3] The election were won by the Spolu alliance consisting of the Civic Democratic Party (ODS), KDU-ČSL and TOP 09 which won 20 seats (including Tábor 2020 candidate Marek Slabý and ProMOST candidate Jan Paparega). The ODS was the most successful party, winning eight seats.[4]
Districts and incumbents
Candidates
According to information from the Czech Statistical Office, 178 candidates (135 men and 43 women) applied candidacy.[5] Compared to 2016 election, the number of candidates decreased by 55.[6] The three youngest candidates seeking the senatorial seat are all 40 years old, the oldest candidate is 79 years old.[7] The average age of the candidates is 56.63 years.[5]
- In Senate district 1 – Karlovy Vary, Senate Vice-President Jan Horník is defending his seat, Karlovy Vary Region Governor Petr Kulhánek, who is also the son of former senator Vladimír Kulhánek, former deputy Věra Procházková and the mayor of Žlutice Václav Slavík are also running for the post of senator.
- In Senate district 4 – Most, the neurologist Alena Dernerová defends her mandate as a senator, other candidates include mayor of Most and the representative of the Ústí Region, Jan Paparega, or the former long-time member of the KSČM Hana Aulická Jírovcová, who is running as an independent candidate.
- In 7 – Pilsen-City, the candidates include senator and director Václav Chaloupek, jockey Josef Váňa, sports shooter Jan Kůrka, former Minister of Justice Daniela Kovářová or two former MPs Pavel Šrámek and Jiří Valenta.
- In Senate district 10 – Český Krumlov, senator Tomáš Jirsa, local politician Miroslav Lorenc or hospice director Robert Huneš are candidates.
- In Senate district 13 - Tábor, senator Jaroslav Větrovský is running for reelection. Other candidates include doctor Marek Slabý and mayor of Planá nad Lužnicí Jiří Šimánek.
- In 16 – Beroun, producer and deputy mayor of Karlštejn Janis Sidovský, lawyer Martin Karim or Senate vice-chairman Jiří Oberfalzer are candidates.
- In Senate district 19 – Prague 11, Senator Ladislav Kos is defending his mandate, his challengers include former Prime Minister Vladimír Špidla, politician Hana Kordová Marvanová, security expert David Bohbot or former Mayor of Prague Tomáš Hudeček.
- In Senate district 22 – Prague 10 candidates include the former mayor of Prague 10 Renata Chmelová, cardiac surgeon Jan Pirk and MP Jiří Kobza.
- In Senate district 25 – Prague 6, Senate Vice President Jiří Růžička is defending his mandate, against other candidates such as former deputy Dana Balcarová, 2018 presidential candidate Petr Hannig and manager Lenka Helena Koenigsmark.
- In Senate district 28 – Mělník, Senator Petr Holeček is defending his mandate, and other candidates include the manager of a non-profit organization Andrea Brzobohatá, the mayor of the village of Hlavenec Jarmila Smotlachová or the publicist Zdeněk Šarapatka.
- In Senate district 31 – Ústí nad Labem, the rector of the University of Jan Evangelista Purkyně in Ústí nad Labem Martin Balej, the director of the gymnasium Alfréd Dytrt, the mayor of Ústí nad Labem Petr Nedvědický and the former mayor of Ústí Věra Nechybová are among others running.
- In Senate district 34 – Liberec, Senator Michael Canov defends his mandate.
- In Senate district 37 – Jičín, senator Tomáš Czernin, ZOO Chleby director René Franěk, mayor of Železnice Dana Kracíková or former vice-chairman of the KSČM Václav Ort are candidates.
- In Senate district 40 – Kutná Hora, senator Jaromír Strnad is defending his mandate. Mayor of Vlašim Luděk Jeništa is running against him.
- In Senate district 43 – Pardubice, the candidates include senator Miluše Horská, mayor of Pardubice Martin Charvát and doctor Vladimír Ninger.
- In Senate district 46 – Ústí nad Orlicí, only technologist Stanislav Ešner and mayor of Letohrad Petr Fiala are seeking the post of senator.
- In Senate district 49 – Blansko, senator Jaromíra Vítková and the mayor of Kuřim Drago Sukalovský are candidates.
- In Senate district 52 – Jihlava, Senate President Miloš Vystrčil is defending the senator's mandate while other candidates include Agrofert employee Jana Nagyová, former representative of the Vysočina Region Josef Pavlík or lawyer Tomáš Nielsen.
- In Senate district 55 – Brno-City, the mayor of Železné Radomír Pavlíček, actor Tomáš Töpfer or mountaineer Pavel Trčala are running for the post of senator.
- Senator Jiří Dušek (now as a candidate of ODS) is defending his mandate in district Senate district 58 – Brno-City, other candidates are, for example, the former mayor of Brno Petr Vokřál, the architect of the city of Brno Michal Sedláček, the deputy mayor of the Brno-Židenice district Petr Kunc or former deputy Zdeněk Koudelka.
- In District Senate district 61 – Olomouc, candidates are Senator Lumír Kantor, MP Milan Brázdil, leader of Tricolour Citizens' Movement Zuzana Majerová and university teacher Michal Malacka.
- In Senate district 64 – Bruntál, the mandate of Senator Ladislav Václavec is being defended. Former Minister of Culture Antonín Staněk and Krnov representative Pavla Löwenthalová are also candidates for the Senate.
- In Senate district 67 – Nový Jičín, the ornithologist Petr Orel defends the senator's mandate, against him are, for example, former member of the KSČM Leo Luzar (now running as an independent candidate), general manager of Ostrava Leoš Janáček Airport Jaromír Radkovský and former member of parliament Dana Váhalová.
- Candidates in Senate district 70 – Ostrava-City include, Senator Zdeněk Nytra, former Senator Liana Janáčková, Chairman of the NEZ movement Patrik Hujdus or former Senator for District 48 – Rychnov nad Kněžnou Miroslav Antl.
- In Senate district 73 – Frýdek-Místek, manager Zdeněk Matušek, local politician Stanislav Folwarczny, former senator Petr Gawlas or former deputy Daniel Pawlas are among candidates.
- In Senate district 76 – Kroměříž, Senator Šárka Jelínková is defending her mandate. Her challengers include Holešov Mayor Rudolf Seifert, former MEP Olga Sehnalová and lawyer Jana Zwyrtek Hamplová.
- In Senate district 79 – Hodonín, candidates for the senatorial seat include, for example, the deputy mayor of Kyjov Antonín Kuchař, the mayor of Dambořice Zbyněk Pastyřík, the mayor of Dolní Bojanovice Eva Rajchmanová or the manager Ivo Vašíček.[8][9][10][11]
Among the incumbent senators, Anna Hubáčková, Jiří Cieńciała, Jan Žaloudík, Petr Šilar and Jaroslav Doubrava did not run.[8][12]
Campaign
KDU-ČSL introduced its candidates on 24 April 2022. Leader Marian Jurečka stated that party wants to win 7 seats at least.[13] On 29 May 2022 Czech Pirate Party launched campaign with slogan "Bravery to do what is right" and introduced its candidates. Party nominated 7 candidates.[14]
Parties that include Spolu (ODS, KDU-ČSL and TOP 09) decided to cooperate in the election nominating 19 common candidates with 6 nominated by ODS (including Senate president Miloš Vystrčil), 7 nominated by KDU-ČSL and 6 nominated by TOP 09. Candidates were introduced to public on 14 June 2022. Czech Prime Minister and leader of Spolu Petr Fiala stated that Spolu wants to retain democratic majority in senate.[15] KDU-ČSL would nominate 11 senators overall.[16] ODS nominated 13 candidates and TOP 09 7 candidates.[17]
ANO 2011 launched campaign on 5 September 2022 with party leader Andrej Babiš appealed to voter to make the election a referendum about Petr Fiala's cabinet.[18] Babiš decided to focus his personal campaign to help Jana Nagyová in Jihlava senate district against senate president Miloš Vystrčil believing that Vystčil's defeat would be a huge blow to governing coalition.[19]
Czech Social Democratic Party launched campaign on 11 September 2022. It focused on energy prices, progressive taxation for companies and higher minimal wages.[20]
First round was held on 23 and 24 September 2022. It was a big success for ANO 2011 which had 17 candidates advancing and one being elected in first round. Freedom and Direct Democracy had its candidate advancing to second round for the first time in its history. 3 candidates were elected in the first round including Jiří Růžička, Petr Fiala and Ladislav Václavec. Mayors and Independents suffered heavy losses in the first round with only one candidate advancing. Party lost some of its significant politicians such as Jan Horník, Petr Holeček or Václav Chaloupek who failed to advance for second round.[21][22][23] ODS was second most successful party with 9 candidates advancing. KDU-ČSL had 6 candidates advancing and 1 being elected in first round. TOP 09 had 3 candidates advancing and 1 being elected. Overall SPOLU parties had 18 candidates advancing and 2 elected in first round.[24]
ANO 2011 focused campaign for second round largely in Jihlava district.[25] Party leadership went to the district to personally support Nagyová against Vystrčil whose defeat would weaken government coalition.[26][27][28]
Results
| Party | First round | Second round | Seats | |||||||||
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| Votes | % | Seats | Votes | % | Seats | Won | Not up | Total | ||||
| ANO 2011 | 244,516 | 21.98 | 1 | 149,331 | 31.12 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 5 | |||
| Civic Democratic Party | 151,908 | 13.65 | 0 | 111,071 | 23.15 | 8 | 8 | 15 | 23 | |||
| KDU-ČSL | 120,972 | 10.87 | 1 | 74,696 | 15.57 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 12 | |||
| Freedom and Direct Democracy | 85,855 | 7.72 | 0 | 2,791 | 0.58 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Mayors and Independents | 75,406 | 6.78 | 0 | 6,410 | 1.34 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 15 | |||
| TOP 09 | 73,473 | 6.60 | 1 | 33,341 | 6.95 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | |||
| Czech Social Democratic Party | 43,870 | 3.94 | 0 | 10,344 | 2.16 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |||
| Independents | 32,431 | 2.92 | 0 | 9,031 | 1.88 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Czech Pirate Party | 28,302 | 2.54 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | ||||||
| Senator 21 | 27,672 | 2.49 | 0 | 21,051 | 4.39 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | |||
| PRO 2022 | 27,048 | 2.43 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Mayors for the Liberec Region | 19,613 | 1.76 | 0 | 14,000 | 2.92 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia | 17,612 | 1.58 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Tricolour Citizens' Movement | 14,832 | 1.33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Tábor 2020 | 14,186 | 1.28 | 0 | 10,676 | 2.23 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Svobodní | 11,730 | 1.05 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| South Bohemians 2020 | 10,718 | 0.96 | 0 | 9,289 | 1.94 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Green Party | 8,828 | 0.79 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| ProMOST | 8,672 | 0.78 | 0 | 6,747 | 1.41 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||
| United Democrats – Association of Independents | 8,608 | 0.77 | 0 | 4,729 | 0.99 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Moravian Land Movement | 6,556 | 0.59 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Movement for Prague 11 | 6,524 | 0.59 | 0 | 5,569 | 1.16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| For Plzen | 4,683 | 0.42 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| For Health | 4,276 | 0.38 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Choice for the Region | 4,226 | 0.38 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Karlovy Vary Civic Alternative | 3,972 | 0.36 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Manifest.cz | 3,319 | 0.30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Ústí Citizen's Forum | 3,084 | 0.28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Safety, Responsibility, Solidarity | 3,083 | 0.28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| No Movement | 2,822 | 0.25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| For Sport and Healthy Milestone | 2,768 | 0.25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Freeholder Party of the Czech Republic | 2,617 | 0.24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Independent for Prague 10 | 1,984 | 0.18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Domov | 1,811 | 0.16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Party of Common Sense | 1,587 | 0.14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Czech National Socialist Party | 1,478 | 0.13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Přísaha | 1,471 | 0.13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| PES Movement | 1,187 | 0.11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Doma | 1,040 | 0.09 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Moravané | 954 | 0.09 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Heart for ... | 693 | 0.06 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| State Party Direct Democracy – Labour Party | 396 | 0.04 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| National Democracy | 290 | 0.03 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Democratic Party of Greens | 269 | 0.02 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Hradec Králové Democratic Club | – | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| Marek Hilšer for the Senate | – | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| Ostravak | – | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| Independents | 25,177 | 2.26 | 0 | 10,707 | 2.23 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | |||
| Total | 1,112,519 | 100.00 | 3 | 479,783 | 100.00 | 24 | 27 | 54 | 81 | |||
| Valid votes | 1,112,519 | 96.47 | 479,783 | 99.60 | ||||||||
| Invalid/blank votes | 40,670 | 3.53 | 1,947 | 0.40 | ||||||||
| Total votes | 1,153,189 | 100.00 | 481,730 | 100.00 | ||||||||
| Registered voters/turnout | 2,749,658 | 41.94 | 2,479,869 | 19.43 | ||||||||
| Source: Volby | ||||||||||||