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Pro-West Opposition Wins Senate, Blocking Babiš Coalition Seats

By Drooid · Oct 18, 2026, 6:13 AM UTC · How we work

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Pro-West opposition parties won the Senate election, denying Prime Minister Andrej Babiš’s coalition any seats.
Opposition candidates captured 22 of the 27 contested Senate seats.
Mayors and Independents (STAN) won ten seats and the Civic Democratic Party secured seven.
The ANO movement won no seats and lost its sole previous Senate seat.
Second-round turnout reached roughly one-quarter of the electorate.

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Pro-West opposition parties won the Senate election, denying Prime Minister Andrej Babiš’s coalition any seats.
Opposition candidates captured 22 of the 27 contested Senate seats.
Mayors and Independents (STAN) won ten seats and the Civic Democratic Party secured seven.
The ANO movement won no seats and lost its sole previous Senate seat.
Second-round turnout reached roughly one-quarter of the electorate.