# 2016 Czech Senate election

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

## Results

| Nominating party | Nominating party | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Seats | Seats | Seats | Seats |
| Nominating party | Nominating party | Votes | % | Seats | Votes | % | Seats | Won | Not up | Total | +/– |
| | ANO 2011 | 151,388 | 17.18 | 0 | 92,051 | 21.71 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 7 | +3 |
| | Czech Social Democratic Party | 128,830 | 14.62 | 0 | 55,622 | 13.12 | 2 | 2 | 23 | 25 | –10 |
| | Civic Democratic Party | 103,216 | 11.71 | 0 | 42,551 | 10.03 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 9 | –5 |
| | Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia | 83,741 | 9.50 | 0 | 5,737 | 1.35 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| | KDU-ČSL | 74,709 | 8.48 | 0 | 78,448 | 18.50 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 14 | +4 |
| | TOP 09 | 70,653 | 8.02 | 0 | 30,820 | 7.27 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | +1 |
| | Mayors and Independents | 43,234 | 4.91 | 0 | 25,389 | 5.99 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | +1 |
| | Green Party | 18,798 | 2.13 | 0 | 12,565 | 2.96 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | +1 |
| | Mayors for the Liberec Region | 18,698 | 2.12 | 0 | 16,579 | 3.91 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 |
| | Nestraníci | 16,172 | 1.84 | 0 | 9,849 | 2.32 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | New |
| | Dawn – National Coalition | 16,078 | 1.82 | 0 | | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | Severočeši.cz | 14,901 | 1.69 | 0 | 13,377 | 3.15 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | New |
| | Citizens Together – Independent | 12,892 | 1.46 | 0 | 10,804 | 2.55 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | New |
| | Freeholder Party of the Czech Republic | 11,093 | 1.26 | 0 | | | | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| | Independents | 9,492 | 1.08 | 0 | 5,634 | 1.33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | Alternative for the Czech Republic 2017 | 8,714 | 0.99 | 0 | | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | New |
| | Czech Pirate Party | 7,352 | 0.83 | 0 | | | | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| | Patriotic Citizens | 6,424 | 0.73 | 0 | 8,966 | 2.11 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | New |
| | Tábor 2020 | 6,358 | 0.72 | 0 | | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | New |
| | Freedom and Direct Democracy | 5,988 | 0.68 | 0 | | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | Moravané | 5,394 | 0.61 | 0 | | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | Movement for Prague 11 | 4,702 | 0.53 | 0 | 9,639 | 2.27 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | New |
| | Party of Civic Rights | 4,618 | 0.52 | 0 | | | | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| | Party of Free Citizens | 4,568 | 0.52 | 0 | | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | Change | 4,515 | 0.51 | 0 | | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | New |
| | JsmePRO! | 3,432 | 0.39 | 0 | | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | New |
| | Party of Common Sense | 3,325 | 0.38 | 0 | | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | Koruna Česká | 3,305 | 0.38 | 0 | | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | Coalition | 3,303 | 0.37 | 0 | | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | New |
| | For Prague | 3,033 | 0.34 | 0 | | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | New |
| | Alternativa | 2,709 | 0.31 | 0 | | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | New |
| | Ostravak | 2,147 | 0.24 | 0 | | | | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| | New Future for the Liberec Region | 2,003 | 0.23 | 0 | | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | New |
| | Independent Candidates to the Senate | 1,962 | 0.22 | 0 | | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | New |
| | Ústecká Citizens' Forum | 1,961 | 0.22 | 0 | | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | New |
| | SNK European Democrats | 1,882 | 0.21 | 0 | | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | SPR-RSČ | 1,812 | 0.21 | 0 | | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | New |
| | Order of the Nation | 1,723 | 0.20 | 0 | | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | New |
| | Association of Independent Candidates 1 | 1,685 | 0.19 | 0 | | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | New |
| | South City – Our Home | 1,560 | 0.18 | 0 | | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | New |
| | Bystrčáci | 1,296 | 0.15 | 0 | | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | New |
| | Workers' Party | 1,127 | 0.13 | 0 | | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | New |
| | HOZK | 938 | 0.11 | 0 | | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | New |
| | National Democracy | 830 | 0.09 | 0 | | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | New |
| | Czech Republic Patriots | 632 | 0.07 | 0 | | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | New |
| | Czechoslovak Community Party | 554 | 0.06 | 0 | | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | New |
| | New Direction | 551 | 0.06 | 0 | | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | New |
| | Nation for Itself | 380 | 0.04 | 0 | | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | New |
| | State Party Direct Democracy – Labour Party | 266 | 0.03 | 0 | | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | New |
| | Czech National Socialist Party | 133 | 0.02 | 0 | | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | New |
| | Independents | 6,093 | 0.69 | 0 | 6,058 | 1.43 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 |
| Total | Total | 881,170 | 100.00 | 0 | 424,089 | 100.00 | 27 | 27 | 54 | 81 | 0 |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | 881,170 | 95.52 | | 424,089 | 99.20 | | | | | |
| Invalid/blank votes | Invalid/blank votes | 41,323 | 4.48 | | 3,434 | 0.80 | | | | | |
| Total votes | Total votes | 922,493 | 100.00 | | 427,523 | 100.00 | | | | | |
| Registered voters/turnout | Registered voters/turnout | 2,780,706 | 33.17 | | 2,780,597 | 15.38 | | | | | |
| Source: Volby, Volby ||||||||||||

### Re-run in Most

On 10 November the results in Most District were annulled due to the illegitimacy of Alena Dernerová'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%.
| Candidate | Candidate | Party | Votes | % |
| | Alena Dernerová | United Democrats – Association of Independents | 5,933 | 54.91 |
| | Jiří Šlégr | Czech Social Democratic Party | 1,700 | 15.73 |
| | Josef Nétek | Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia | 797 | 7.38 |
| | Roman Ziegler | ANO 2011 | 723 | 6.69 |
| | Jiří Biolek | Mayors and Independents | 639 | 5.91 |
| | Libuše Hrdinová | Civic Democratic Party | 444 | 4.11 |
| | Jiří Maria Sieber | Order of the Nation | 246 | 2.28 |
| | Zbyněk Vodák | TOP 09 | 195 | 1.80 |
| | Jiří Fiala | Party of Common Sense | 128 | 1.18 |
| Total | Total | Total | 10,805 | 100.00 |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | Valid votes | 10,805 | 99.46 |
| Invalid/blank votes | Invalid/blank votes | Invalid/blank votes | 59 | 0.54 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 10,864 | 100.00 |
| Registered voters/turnout | Registered voters/turnout | Registered voters/turnout | 90,567 | 12.00 |
| Source: Volby |||||