2004 Czech Senate election

Senate elections were held in the Czech Republic on 5 and 6 November 2004, with a second round on 12 and 13 November.^[1] The result was a victory for the Civic Democratic Party, which won 37 of the 81 seats. Voter turnout was 28.6% in the first round and just 18.4% in the second.^[2]

2004 Czech Senate election

← 2002 5 and 6 November 2004 (first round) 12 and 13 November 2004 (second round) 2006 →

First party Second party Third party   Leader Mirek Topolánek Miroslav Kalousek Miroslav Grebeníček Party ODS Lidovci KSČM Seats won 19 4 1 First round 241,120 33.27% 97,956 13.52% 125,892 17.37% Second round 257,861 53.85% 54,501 11.38% 65,136 13.60%

Results

Nominating party		First round			Second round			Total seats
		Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats
	Civic Democratic Party	241,120	33.27	1	257,861	53.85	17	18
	Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia	125,892	17.37	0	65,136	13.60	1	1
	KDU-ČSL	97,956	13.52	0	54,501	11.38	3	3
	Czech Social Democratic Party	90,446	12.48	0	24,923	5.20	0	0
	Independents	35,900	4.95	0	7,337	1.53	1	1
	Freedom Union – Democratic Union	26,431	3.65	0	23,922	5.00	1	1
	SNK–ED	20,503	2.83	0	16,067	3.36	1	1
	United Democrats – Association of Independents	17,433	2.41	0	8,244	1.72	1	1
	Non-Partisans for Moravia	7,838	1.08	0				0
	Green Party	7,137	0.98	0	13,296	2.78	1	1
	Liberal Reform Party	6,815	0.94	0				0
	Party of Common Sense	5,804	0.80	0				0
	Voter Self-Defence – Your Vote for Healthcare	4,299	0.59	0	7,604	1.59	0	0
	Path of Change	3,586	0.49	0				0
	Free Civic Self-Government	2,682	0.37	0				0
	State Party Direct Democracy – Labour Party	2,031	0.28	0				0
	Mayors for the Region	1,491	0.21	0				0
	Koruna Česká	1,190	0.16	0				0
	Hope	886	0.12	0				0
	Right Bloc	881	0.12	0				0
	Party for Life Security	832	0.11	0				0
	Civic Democratic Alliance	538	0.07	0				0
	Fair Play – HNPD	494	0.07	0				0
	Balbín's Poetic Party	429	0.06	0				0
	Conservative and Social Movements	335	0.05	0				0
	Conservative Party	309	0.04	0				0
	Moravané	285	0.04	0				0
	National Party	274	0.04	0				0
	HNHRM	142	0.02	0				0
	Moravian Democratic Party	141	0.02	0				0
	Conservative Alternative	44	0.01	0				0
	Independents	20,542	2.83	0				0
Total		724,686	100.00	1	478,891	100.00	26	27
Valid votes		724,686	93.22		478,891	99.52
Invalid/blank votes		52,731	6.78		2,300	0.48
Total votes		777,417	100.00		481,191	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		2,715,437	28.63		2,614,630	18.40
Source: Nohlen & Stöver, Volby