2000 Czech Senate election

Senate elections were held in the Czech Republic on 12 November 2000, with a second round on 19 November.^[1] The result was a victory for the Civic Democratic Party, which won 22 of the 81 seats. Voter turnout was 33.4% in the first round and 21.5% in the second.^[2]

Opinion polls

Date	Polling firm	ODS	4K	ČSSD	KSČM	Others	Undecided
4 - 9 October 2000	STEM[3]	36.0	23.0	18.0	16.0	5.0	30.0

Results

Party		First round			Second round			Seats
		Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats	Won	Not up	Total	+/–
	Four-Coalition	236,861	27.53	1	247,197	43.87	16	17	22	39	+13
	Civic Democratic Party	203,039	23.60	0	166,133	29.48	8	8	14	22	–4
	Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia	152,934	17.77	0	73,372	13.02	0	0	3	3	–1
	Czech Social Democratic Party	151,943	17.66	0	53,503	9.49	1	1	14	15	–8
	Independents	10,348	1.20	0				0	0	0	0
	Czech National Social Party	8,726	1.01	0				0	0	0	0
	Right Bloc	5,523	0.64	0				0	0	0	0
	Actions for Real Democracy	4,073	0.47	0				0	0	0	New
	Vote for the City	2,888	0.34	0				0	0	0	New
	National Active Citizens	2,401	0.28	0				0	0	0	New
	Party for Life Security	1,506	0.18	0				0	0	0	New
	Independents for Moravia	1,255	0.15	0				0	0	0	New
	Union for Europe	970	0.11	0				0	0	0	New
	Green Party	850	0.10	0				0	0	0	0
	National Democratic Party	600	0.07	0				0	0	0	New
	Right Alternative	520	0.06	0				0	0	0	0
	Party of Conservative Accord	352	0.04	0				0	0	0	0
	Conservative Alternative	262	0.03	0				0	0	0	New
	Young Democrats	185	0.02	0				0	0	0	Mew
	Independents	75,206	8.74	0	23,319	4.14	1	1	1	2	+2
Total		860,442	100.00	1	563,524	100.00	26	27	54	81	0
Valid votes		860,442	94.23		563,524	99.32
Invalid/blank votes		52,698	5.77		3,867	0.68
Total votes		913,140	100.00		567,391	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		2,730,142	33.45		2,633,794	21.54
Source: Nohlen & Stöver, Volby