Second round vote
The second round of partial Senate elections in the Czech Republic ended on Saturday, 17 October 2026. Early media estimates put turnout at between 10 and about 20 percent of eligible voters, and preliminary results were expected that evening. Every two years one third of the upper house is renewed. Five of the 27 seats had been filled a week earlier, and the remaining contests pit pairs of candidates with the most votes in each district against each other, 22 pairs in all.
What the results show
ANO, the party of Prime Minister Andrej Babiš, failed to win a seat in the second round, so it lost the only mandate it had been defending. Control of the Senate stays with the current opposition after the party's losses in the upper house. First-round results show the government coalition will not win a Senate majority, which had been its goal for the vote.
Expectations before the vote
More than half of the 22 pairs include an ANO candidate, but polls forecast that the party could win three seats at most. The contest therefore left the coalition short of the majority it wanted in the upper house.
- Five of the 27 Senate seats are filled in the first round
- Second round of partial Senate elections is held, with turnout estimated at 10 to about 20 percent
- Preliminary results are expected