Senate Elections In The Czech Republic – A Success For The Pirates
The Pirates became the third strongest party in the last parliamentary elections in 2017 with 10.79% (second place after the ODS with 11.32% and ANO, which won the election with 29.64%). In the regional elections the now Pirates came second (with 12.02%), ANO remained the strongest party with 21.82% (the third ODS came only to 6.96%, the mayor’s party STAN came fourth with 6.04%).
In partial Senate elections 27 of the total 81 senators were elected, senators are elected for 6 years, every 2 years there are partial senate elections, and there the one who gets the most votes wins. The Pirates conquered 1 senate seat, 2 others with a joint list. The mayor’s party STAN conquered 8 senate seats, ANO 1.