1996 Czech Senate election

none Czech Republic parliamentary 15–16 November 1996 (first round)22–23 November 1996 (second round) Czech Senate election, 1998 1998 First round Second round Václav Klaus Civic Democratic Party (Czech Republic) 32 1,006,03636.48% 1,134,04449.15% Miloš Zeman Czech Social Democratic Party 25 559,30420.28% 733,71331.80% Josef Lux Christian and Democratic Union – Czechoslovak People's Party 13 274,3169.95% 247,81910.74% Jan Kalvoda Civic Democratic Alliance 7 222,3198.06% 119,7305.19% Miroslav Grebeníček Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia 2 393,49414.27% 45,3041.96% 300px First round results by constituency 300px Second round results by constituency 2 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.Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p471 978-3-8329-5609-7 the first after independence. The Civic Democratic Party emerged as the largest party, winning 32 of the 81 seats. Voter turnout was 35% in the first round and 31% in the second.Nohlen & Stöver, p472 This was the only time Senate elections were held in all 81 single-member constituencies at the same time. Senators elected in 1996 were divided into three classes depending on number of their constituencies to determine which Senate seats would be up for election in 1998, 2000 and 2002. Senators in the Czech Republic are elected for six-year terms, with one-third being renewed every two years. The elections were held using the two-round system, with an absolute majority required to be elected. Opinion polls Date Polling firm ODS ČSSD KSČM KDU-ČSL ODA SPR-RSČ Others/Undecided August 1996 IVVMNesstar WebView http://nesstar.soc.cas.cz/webview/ nesstar.soc.cas.cz 4 January 2017 15.7 10.4 3.0 2.6 1.5 0.9 65.9 September 1996 IVVM 38.4 21.0 15.3 8.4 6.6 2.3 8.0 October 1996 IVVM 34.6 25.7 12.3 11.2 8.6 1.1 6.6 November 1996 IVVM 40.8 24.1 11.8 9.9 8.0 1.6 3.8 Results File:Czechia Senate 1996.svg Civic Democratic Party 1006036 3 1134044 29 32 Czech Social Democratic Party 559304 0 733713 25 25 Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia 393494 0 45304 2 2 KDU-ČSL 274316 1 247819 12 13 Civic Democratic Alliance 222319 0 119730 7 7 Free Democrats – Liberal National Social Party 43895 0 0 Moravian–Silesian Coalition 96 26643 0 0 Democratic Union 24454 0 14656 1 1 Green Party 21146 0 0 Party for Life Security 16793 0 0 Independents 13442 0 0 Club of Committed Non-Party Members 5309 0 0 Masaryk Democratic Party 4272 0 0 Party of the Democratic Left 4241 0 0 Right Bloc 4238 0 0 Left 3164 0 0 #BF0202 Independent Initiative 2565 0 0 Right Alternative 2332 0 0 Coexistence 1794 0 0 Communist Party of Czechoslovakia 1640 0 0 Czech Right cs Česká pravice 1599 0 0 #FFD700 Republican Union (Czech Republic) cs Republikánská unie Republican Union 1299 0 0 National Active Citizens 1221 0 0 Republican Party of Agricultural and Smallholder People 1181 0 0 Party of Entrepreneurs, Sole Traders and Peasants cs Strana podnikatelů, živnostníků a rolníků České republiky 901 0 0 Humanist Party 715 0 0 #EC5800 Republican Party 695 0 0 Prague Residents 482 0 0 Party of Small Business Owners 431 0 0 Democrats 92 288 0 0 red Roma Civic Initiative 262 0 0 Eastern European National Political Movement 13 0 0 Independents 117641 0 11993 1 1 32960 16182 7992740 7594316 Nohlen & Stöver, Czech Statistical Office References Czech Republic Senate Senate Category:Senate elections in the Czech Republic Czech