# 2020 Czech Senate election

Senate elections were held in the Czech Republic on 2–3 October 2020 alongside regional elections, with second rounds on 9–10 October.

## Electoral system

One-third of the 81-member Senate is elected every two years, giving Senators six year terms. Members of the Senate are elected in single-member constituencies using the two-round system.

### Composition of contested seats prior to the elections

Contested seats :
| Name | Ideology | Leader | Seats |
| Czech Social Democratic Party | Social democracy | Jan Hamáček | 10 / 27 |
| KDU-ČSL | Christian democracy | Marian Jurečka | 6 / 27 |
| Mayors and Independents | Localism | Vít Rakušan | 4 / 27 |
| ANO 2011 | Centrism | Andrej Babiš | 2 / 27 |
| Civic Democratic Party | Conservatism | Petr Fiala | 2 / 27 |
| Senator 21 | Liberalism | Václav Láska | 2 / 27 |
| Freeholder Party of the Czech Republic | Conservatism | Petr Bajer | 1 / 27 |

## Districts

Elections were held in 27 districts:
* 3 – Cheb
* 6 – Louny
* 9 – Plzeň-City
* 12 – Strakonice
* 15 – Pelhřimov
* 18 – Příbram
* 21 – Prague 5
* 24 – Prague 9
* 27 – Prague 1
* 30 – Kladno
* 33 – Děčín
* 36 – Česká Lípa
* 39 – Trutnov
* 42 – Kolín
* 45 – Hradec Králové
* 48 – Rychnov nad Kněžnou
* 51 – Žďár nad Sázavou
* 54 – Znojmo
* 57 – Vyškov
* 60 – Brno-City
* 63 – Přerov
* 66 – Olomouc
* 69 – Frýdek-Místek
* 72 – Ostrava-City
* 75 – Karviná
* 78 – Zlín
* 81 – Uherské Hradiště

## Results

Seats :
| Nominating party | Nominating party | Votes | % | Seats | Votes | % | Seats | Won | Not up | Total | +/– |
| | Civic Democratic Party | 140,293 | 14.07 | 0 | 82,377 | 18.23 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 18 | +2 |
| | Mayors and Independents | 128,317 | 12.87 | 1 | 97,550 | 21.59 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 18 | +8 |
| | ANO 2011 | 115,202 | 11.55 | 0 | 39,473 | 8.74 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | –2 |
| | KDU-ČSL | 90,584 | 9.08 | 0 | 65,397 | 14.47 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 12 | –4 |
| | Czech Social Democratic Party | 81,105 | 8.13 | 0 | 18,175 | 4.02 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | –10 |
| | Czech Pirate Party | 62,583 | 6.28 | 0 | 18,804 | 4.16 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 |
| | Freedom and Direct Democracy | 61,352 | 6.15 | 0 | | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | TOP 09 | 46,575 | 4.67 | 0 | 33,938 | 7.51 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | +2 |
| | Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia | 42,258 | 4.24 | 0 | | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | Senator 21 | 32,884 | 3.30 | 0 | 25,071 | 5.55 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | –3 |
| | Tricolour Citizens' Movement | 27,239 | 2.73 | 0 | | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | New |
| | Independents | 17,244 | 1.73 | 0 | 7,479 | 1.66 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | Green Party | 11,315 | 1.13 | 0 | 8,085 | 1.79 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| | Freeholder Party of the Czech Republic | 11,213 | 1.12 | 0 | 8,499 | 1.88 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | –1 |
| | Mayors for the Liberec Region | 10,418 | 1.04 | 0 | 6,988 | 1.55 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | For the Citizens | 10,275 | 1.03 | 0 | 7,733 | 1.71 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | New |
| | Party of Free Citizens | 9,297 | 0.93 | 0 | 8,433 | 1.87 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 |
| | Mayors and Personalities for Moravia | 7,778 | 0.78 | 0 | 8,723 | 1.93 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | New |
| | Hradec Králové Democratic Club | 7,445 | 0.75 | 0 | 15,138 | 3.35 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | New |
| | Change 2020 | 7,056 | 0.71 | 0 | | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | New |
| | Alternative for Independent Candidates | 6,992 | 0.70 | 0 | | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | New |
| | Independent Candidate | 6,853 | 0.69 | 0 | | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | New |
| | Czech Right | 5,227 | 0.52 | 0 | | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | New |
| | Good Choice 2016 | 4,260 | 0.43 | 0 | | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | New |
| | Union for Sport and Health | 3,910 | 0.39 | 0 | | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | New |
| | Moravian Land Movement | 2,970 | 0.30 | 0 | | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | Initiative of the Citizens | 2,827 | 0.28 | 0 | | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | New |
| | Choice for the Region | 2,732 | 0.27 | 0 | | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | New |
| | Reliance – Joint Movement of the Czech Republic | 2,547 | 0.26 | 0 | | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | New |
| | For Health and Sport | 2,308 | 0.23 | 0 | | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | New |
| | Písek to Itself | 1,898 | 0.19 | 0 | | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | New |
| | Severočeši.cz | 1,645 | 0.16 | 0 | | | | 0 | 1 | 1 | New |
| | Better North | 1,153 | 0.12 | 0 | | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | New |
| | WAY | 1,107 | 0.11 | 0 | | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | New |
| | Marek Hilšer for Senate | 916 | 0.09 | 0 | | | | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| | Nation for Itself | 763 | 0.08 | 0 | | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | New |
| | Independent Initiative | 725 | 0.07 | 0 | | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | New |
| | Unified – Alternative for Patriots | 639 | 0.06 | 0 | | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | New |
| | Democratic Party of Greens | 508 | 0.05 | 0 | | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | New |
| | Alliance of National Forces | 257 | 0.03 | 0 | | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | Moravian and Silesian Pirate Party | 236 | 0.02 | 0 | | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | Happy Czechia | 236 | 0.02 | 0 | | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | New |
| | Patriotic Citizens | | | | | | | – | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| | Citizens Together – Independents | | | | | | | – | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| | Movement for Prague 11 | | | | | | | – | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| | Ostravak | | | | | | | – | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| | United Democrats – Association of Independents | | | | | | | – | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| | Independents | 26,119 | 2.62 | 0 | | | | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 |
| Total | Total | 997,261 | 100.00 | 1 | 451,863 | 100.00 | 26 | 27 | 54 | 81 | 0 |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | 997,261 | 97.60 | | 451,863 | 99.60 | | | | | |
| Invalid/blank votes | Invalid/blank votes | 24,527 | 2.40 | | 1,812 | 0.40 | | | | | |
| Total votes | Total votes | 1,021,788 | 100.00 | | 453,675 | 100.00 | | | | | |
| Registered voters/turnout | Registered voters/turnout | 2,815,827 | 36.29 | | 2,711,956 | 16.73 | | | | | |
| Source: Volby.cz ||||||||||||

## Transfer of seats

| District | Before election | Before election | Before election | After election | After election | After election |
| District | Party | Party | Senator | Party | Party | Senator |
| Cheb | | ČSSD | Miroslav Nenutil | | STAN | Miroslav Plevný |
| Kolín | | ČSSD | Emilie Třísková | | STAN | Pavel Kárník |
| Vyškov | | ČSSD | Ivo Bárek | | STAN | Karel Zitterbart |
| Rychnov nad Kněžnou | | ČSSD | Miroslav Antl | | TOP 09 | Jan Grulich |
| Znojmo | | ČSSD | Pavel Štohl | | TOP 09 | Tomáš Třetina |
| Karviná | | ČSSD | Radek Sušil | | ANO | Ondřej Feber |
| Strakonice | | ČSSD | Karel Kratochvíle | | ODS | Tomáš Fiala |
| Kladno | | ČSSD | Jiří Dienstbier Jr. | | Pirates | Adéla Šípová |
| Pelhřimov | | ČSSD | Milan Štěch | | Freedomites | Jaroslav Chalupský |
| Hradec Králové | | ČSSD | Jaroslav Malý | | HDK | Jan Holásek |
| Žďár nad Sázavou | | KDU-ČSL | František Bradáč | | KDU-ČSL | Josef Klement |
| Přerov | | KDU-ČSL | Jitka Seitlová | | KDU-ČSL | Jitka Seitlová |
| Prague 1 | | KDU-ČSL | Václav Hampl | | ODS | Miroslava Němcová |
| Brno-City | | KDU-ČSL | Zdeněk Papoušek | | ODS | Roman Kraus |
| Olomouc | | KDU-ČSL | Alena Šromová | | STAN | Marek Ošťádal |
| Frýdek-Místek | | KDU-ČSL | Jiří Carbol | | STAN | Helena Pešatová |
| Prague 9 | | STAN | David Smoljak | | STAN | David Smoljak |
| Děčín | | STAN | Zbyněk Linhart | | STAN | Zbyněk Linhart |
| Česká Lípa | | SLK | Jiří Vosecký | | SLK | Jiří Vosecký |
| Trutnov | | STAN | Jan Sobotka | | STAN | Jan Sobotka |
| Louny | | ANO | Zdeňka Hamousová | | STAN | Ivo Trešl |
| Ostrava-City | | ANO | Peter Koliba | | ODS | Ondřej Šimetka |
| Plzeň-City | | ODS | Lumír Aschenbrenner | | ODS | Lumír Aschenbrenner |
| Příbram | | ODS | Jiří Burian | | STAN | Petr Štěpánek |
| Prague 5 | | SEN 21 | Václav Láska | | SEN 21 | Václav Láska |
| Zlín | | SEN 21 | Tomáš Goláň | | SEN 21 | Tomáš Goláň |
| Uherské Hradiště | | Freeholders | Ivo Valenta | | KDU-ČSL | Josef Bazala |