Czech Senate election, 1996

Senate elections were held in the Czech Republic for the first time on 15 and 16 November 1996, with a second round on 22 and 23 November.^[1] the first after independence. The result was a victory for the Civic Democratic Party, which won 32 of the 81 seats. Voter turnout was 34.9% in the first round and 30.6% in the second.^[2]

Results

Party	First round		Second round		Seats
	Votes	%	Votes	%
Civic Democratic Party	1,006,036	36.5	1,134,044	49.2	32
Czech Social Democratic Party	559,304	20.3	733,713	31.8	25
Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia	393,494	14.3	45,304	2.0	2
KDU-ČSL	274,316	9.9	247,819	10.7	13
Civic Democratic Alliance	222,319	8.1	119,730	5.2	7
Independent Candidate	117,641	4.3	11,993	0.5	1
Democratic Union	185,015	6.7	14,656	0.6	1
Independents and others					0
Invalid/blank votes	32,960	–	16,182	–	–
Total	2,791,085	100	2,323,441	100	81
Sourcesa: Nohlen & Stöver, Czech Statistical Office

References

1. Nohlen, D & Stöver, P (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p471 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
2. Nohlen & Stöver, p472