Senate elections were held in the Czech Republic on 20 and 21 October 2006, with a second round on 27 and 28 October.[ 1] Civic Democratic Party , which won 41 of the 81 seats. Voter turnout was 41% in the first round and just 21% in the second.[ 2]
Results
Nominating party First round Second round Seats Votes % Seats Votes % Seats Won Not up Total Civic Democratic Party 354,273 33.31 0 289,568 50.40 14 14 27 41 Czech Social Democratic Party 204,573 19.23 0 120,127 20.91 6 6 6 12 Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia 134,863 12.68 0 26,001 4.53 0 0 2 2 KDU-ČSL 131,307 12.35 0 59,603 10.37 4 4 6 10 Green Party 50,508 4.75 0 8,044 1.40 0 0 1 1 SNK European Democrats 31,711 2.98 0 0 3 3 Freedom Union – Democratic Union 21,360 2.01 0 7,367 1.28 0 0 1 1 Party for the Open Society 13,662 1.28 0 14,120 2.46 1 1 0 1 Head Up – Electoral Bloc 12,639 1.19 0 0 0 0 Vote for the City 10,362 0.97 0 9,215 1.60 0 0 0 0 Independent Democrats 9,901 0.93 0 0 0 0 Independent Mayors for the Region 7,548 0.71 0 8,754 1.52 1 1 0 1 Conservative Party 7,490 0.70 0 0 0 0 Independents 5,826 0.55 0 0 2 2 Greens 4,959 0.47 0 8,113 1.41 0 0 0 0 HNHRM 4,856 0.46 0 0 1 1 Independent Vote 4,783 0.45 0 0 0 0 Non-Partisans 4,624 0.43 0 0 0 0 Rural Party – United Civic Forces 3,401 0.32 0 0 0 0 Celý plat senátora na zdravotn.našeho obvodu 2,847 0.27 0 0 0 0 Czech Right 2,720 0.26 0 0 0 0 Equal Opportunities Party 1,840 0.17 0 0 0 0 Mayors and Personalities for Moravia 1,646 0.15 0 0 0 0 Independents for Prague 1,509 0.14 0 0 0 0 Civic Democratic Alliance 1,341 0.13 0 0 1 1 Social Democratic Orientation Club 942 0.09 0 0 0 0 Club of Committed Non-Party Members 775 0.07 0 0 0 0 Party of Common Sense 689 0.06 0 0 0 0 Humanist Party 345 0.03 0 0 0 0 Koruna Česká 272 0.03 0 0 0 0 State Party Direct Democracy – Labour Party 230 0.02 0 0 0 0 4 VIZE 175 0.02 0 0 0 0 Independent Initiative 104 0.01 0 0 0 0 Liberal Reform Party – 1 1 Path of Change – 1 1 United Democrats – Association of Independents – 1 1 Independents 29,533 2.78 0 23,643 4.12 1 1 1 2 Total 1,063,614 100.00 0 574,555 100.00 27 27 54 81 Valid votes 1,063,614 93.28 574,555 99.70 Invalid/blank votes 76,633 6.72 1,737 0.30 Total votes 1,140,247 100.00 576,292 100.00 Registered voters/turnout 2,780,914 41.00 2,781,827 20.72 Source: Nohlen & Stöver, Volby , IPU
References
^ Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook , p471 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7^ Nohlen & Stöver, p472
