15–16 November 1996 (first round) 22–23 November 1996 (second round)
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Second party
Third party
Leader
Václav Klaus
Miloš Zeman
Josef Lux
Party
ODS
ČSSD
Christian and Democratic Union – Czechoslovak People's Party
Seats won
32
25
13
First round
1,006,036 36.48%
559,304 20.28%
274,316 9.95%
Second round
1,134,044 49.15%
733,713 31.80%
247,819 10.74%
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Fifth party
Leader
Jan Kalvoda
Miroslav Grebeníček
Party
ODA
KSČM
Seats won
7
2
First round
222,319 8.06%
393,494 14.27%
Second round
119,730 5.19%
45,304 1.96%
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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.[1] the first after independence. The result was a victory for the Civic Democratic Party, which won 32 of the 81 seats. Voter turnout was 34.9% in the first round and 30.6% in the second.[2]
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.
^Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p471 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
^Nohlen & Stöver, p472
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