Senate election in 2018

In 2018, by-election took place in Constituency Nr. 39 - Trutnov and Constituency Nr. 78 - Zlín and election in one third of the constituencies.

Terms of the Senate election in 2018

1 ^st round

- Friday, October 5^th and Saturday, 6^th, 2018
(is announced by the President of the Czech Republic according to the Article 63, 1 f), Article 16 ,2 and with regard to the Article 17 ,1 of the Constitutional Act No. 1/1993 Coll., Constitution of the Czech Republic, and according to the § 1 Article 3 of the Act No. 247/1995 Coll.)

2 ^nd round

- Friday, October 12^th and Saturday, 13^th, 2018
(takes place on the 6^th day after the 1^st round according to the §76 article 1 of the Act No. 247/1995 Coll., on the Election to the Parliament of the Czech Republic)

Constituencies with election in 2018

Note: Click on the constituency number and you will get a summary of the constituency (in Czech only).

Abbreviations of political parties and movements:

ČSSD

Czech Social Democratic Party

KDU-ČSL

Christian Democratic Union - Czechoslovak People’s Party

KSČM

Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia

HOPB

Občané pro Budějovice

MHS

Marek Hilšer for Senator

ODS

Civic Democratic Party

Ostravak

Ostravak

Piráti

Czech Pirate Party

SPO

Party of Citizens' Rights - Zemanovci

BEZPP

no party affiliation

Summary according to party affiliation (before election):

Czech Social Democratic Party Caucus	13
Civic Democratic Party Caucus	4
Christian Democratic Union - Czechoslovak People’s Party Caucus	3
TOP 09 and Mayors Caucus	3
Caucus for Liberal Democracy - Senator 21	1
Independent senators	3
altogether	27

List of candidates to 1/3 of the Senate (on CZSO’s Election Server)

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Terms of the Senate by-election in 2018

Constituency Nr. 78 – Zlín

1^st round

- Friday, May 18^th and Saturday, May 19^th, 2018
(is announced by the President of the Czech Republic according to the Article 63, 1 f), Article 16 ,2 and with regard to the Article 17 ,1 of the Constitutional Act No. 1/1993 Coll., Constitution of the Czech Republic, and according to the § 1 Article 3 of the Act No. 247/1995 Coll.)

2^st round

- Friday, May 25^th and Saturday, May 26^th, 2018
(takes place on the 6^th day after the 1^st round according to the §76 article 1 of the Act No. 247/1995 Coll., on the Election to the Parliament of the Czech Republic)

Note: Click on the constituency number and you will get a summary of the constituency (in Czech only).

Abbreviations of political parties and movements:

BEZPP

no party affiliation

SPO

The People’s Rights Party

List of candidates (on CZSO’s Election Server)

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Constituency Nr. 39 - Trutnov

1 ^st round

- Friday, January 5^th and Saturday, January 6^th, 2018
(is announced by the President of the Czech Republic according to the Article 63, 1 f), Article 16 ,2 and with regard to the Article 17 ,1 of the Constitutional Act No. 1/1993 Coll., Constitution of the Czech Republic, and according to the § 1 Article 3 of the Act No. 247/1995 Coll.)

2 ^nd round

- Friday, January 12^rd and Saturday, January 13^th, 2018
(takes place on the 6^th day after the 1^st round according to the §76 article 1 of the Act No. 247/1995 Coll., on the Election to the Parliament of the Czech Republic)

Constituencies with election in 2018

constituency number	capital	senator in October, 2017	senator elected in 2018 election
39	Trutnov	Jiří Hlavatý (BEZPP)	Jan Sobotka (BEZPP)

Note: Click on the constituency number and you will get a summary of the constituency (in Czech only).

Abbreviations of political parties and movements:

BEZPP

no party affiliation

List of candidates (on CZSO’s Election Server)

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Constitutional Act No. 1/1993 Coll., Constitution of the Czech Republic

Article 16

(2) In the Senate there shall be eighty-one Senators, who are elected to a six-year term of office. Every second year elections for one-third of the Senators shall be held.

Article 17

(1) Elections to both chambers shall be held during the period commencing thirty days prior to the expiration of each electoral term and ending on the day of its expiration.

Article 63

(1) In addition, the President of the Republic:

f) calls elections to the Assembly of Deputies and the Senate;

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Act No. 247/1995 Coll., on the Election to the Parliament of the Czech Republic

§ 1 article 3

The election to the Parliament of the Czech Republic is announced by the President no later that 90 days before the election day. The decree of announcement of the election is published in the Collection of Laws. The day when the part of the Collection of Laws comprising the decree of announcement of the election is circulated is considered the day of announcement of the election.

§ 76 article 1

In case that no candidate obtains the quorum required to the election according to the § 75, the District Authority in the constituency capital arranges the 2^nd round which is to take place on the 6^th day after the end of voting in 1^st round.

§ 80 – By-election

(1) If the mandate of a Senator is terminated during the course of his or her term of office for any reason, the President of the Czech Republic shall announce a by-election in the respective constituency where the Senator has been elected and sets the date of the election elected no later than 90 days after the Senator´s mandate has been terminated.
(2) Provisions of this Act apply to by-elections with following reservations: periods according § 1 article 3, § 14c article 1 c) and d), § 14e article 3 and § 61 article 2 e) are shortened by one third. Periods according § 14c article 1 f), § 60 article 4 and § 62 article 1 to 3 and 6 are shortened by 20 days; the period according to § 62 article 7 is shortened to 8 days.
(3) A by-election is not held during the last year of a senator’s term of office.
(4) A senator elected in by-election is elected only for the rest of the term of office of the senator whose mandate was terminated.