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Czech Republic legislative election 2026

Polling day · date declared · local times in Europe/Prague (hover for UTC) · last verified 2026-09-24

RaceBodySeatsPolls closeNowCounting authority
Senate (one third, 27 single-member districts), first roundlegislature-upper27ScheduledState Electoral Commission

Senate (one third, 27 single-member districts), first round

Count stages

StageExpected fromExpected byReplaced on the live pageConfidenceBasis
election-night — precedentPolls close at 14:00 on the second day (§ 2(2) Act 88/2024 Sb.: "Druhý den voleb začíná hlasování v 8.00 hodin a končí ve 14.00 hodin"). The ČSÚ publishes the count live on volby.gov.cz. Per district, the ČSÚ and the registration office sign the district result record, which names the elected candidate or states that no one won a majority (§ 73 Act 247/1995 Sb.). 2024: ČT24's live blog dated Sat 21 Sep 2024, the first-round polling day, reported the count complete with five senators elected outright. The window closes at the end of Sunday 11 Oct, CEST. Senate counting runs alongside the municipal count this year. This is the count, not the SVK's declaration.
final-result — precedentThe State Electoral Commission (SVK) approves the ČSÚ's result record and declares the overall Senate result by a notice in the Collection of Laws (§ 8(e) Act 88/2024 Sb.; MV timetable: "po podepsání zápisu o výsledku voleb"). No statutory deadline. The one notice covers both rounds, so districts won outright on 10 Oct are formally declared only after the runoffs. Precedent: notice 290/2024 Sb., dated 30 Sep 2024 and in force 1 Oct, three days after the 28 Sep runoff. Notice 293/2022 Sb., dated 3 Oct 2022 and in force 4 Oct, three days after the 1 Oct runoff. By that precedent, Tue 20 Oct 2026. The opening (Mon 19 Oct) is an ESTIMATED floor. The window closes at the end of Mon 26 Oct (CET, after the 25 Oct clock change), six days past precedent, because 2026 is the first Senate election under Act 88/2024 Sb. Challenges are due within 10 days of the SVK's declaration (§ 87(2) Act 247/1995 Sb.).

Sources

URLRoleKindCan answer a results questionLast check
volby.gov.cz/app/senat/20261009/cs/resultsresults-liverace resultsyesOK 2026-09-24
volby.gov.cz/appdata/senat/20261009/odata/vysledky.xmlresults-livefeedyesOK 2026-09-24
mv.gov.cz/documents/volby-referenda/prehled-terminu-a-lhut-pro-volby-do-senatutimetableotherno (no election or results marker)OK 2026-09-24
zakonyprolidi.cz/cs/2026-117timetableotherno (election page without a results marker)OK 2026-09-24
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Czech_Senate_electionsee-alsootherno (election page without a results marker)OK 2026-09-24
volby.gov.czresults-indexemb homeno (site root: cannot answer a results question)OK 2026-09-24
volby.gov.cz/opendata/opendata.htmopen-dataresults indexno (results section without an election code)OK 2026-09-24
mv.gov.cz/volby-referendaauthority-homeotherno (no election or results marker)OK 2026-09-24

Questions and answers

When is the Czech Republic legislative election 2026?
Polling day is 2026-10-09 (declared).
When will the final result of the Senate (one third, 27 single-member districts), first round race be official?
Expected between 2026-10-18T22:00:00Z and 2026-10-26T22:59:59Z (UTC), confidence precedent. The State Electoral Commission (SVK) approves the ČSÚ's result record and declares the overall Senate result by a notice in the Collection of Laws (§ 8(e) Act 88/2024 Sb.; MV timetable: "po podepsání zápisu o výsledku voleb"). No statutory deadline. The one notice covers both rounds, so districts won outright on 10 Oct are formally declared only after the runoffs. Precedent: notice 290/2024 Sb., dated 30 Sep 2024 and in force 1 Oct, three days after the 28 Sep runoff. Notice 293/2022 Sb., dated 3 Oct 2022 and in force 4 Oct, three days after the 1 Oct runoff. By that precedent, Tue 20 Oct 2026. The opening (Mon 19 Oct) is an ESTIMATED floor. The window closes at the end of Mon 26 Oct (CET, after the 25 Oct clock change), six days past precedent, because 2026 is the first Senate election under Act 88/2024 Sb. Challenges are due within 10 days of the SVK's declaration (§ 87(2) Act 247/1995 Sb.).
Where are the official Senate (one third, 27 single-member districts), first round results?
https://volby.gov.cz/app/senat/20261009/cs/results, https://volby.gov.cz/appdata/senat/20261009/odata/vysledky.xml

Data

Provenance: researcher agent 2026-09-24: MV timetable (prehled-terminu-a-lhut-pro-volby-do-senatu), decision 117/2026 Sb., Acts 88/2024 Sb. and 247/1995 Sb., SVK notices 290/2024 Sb. and 293/2022 Sb., volby.gov.cz (CC BY 4.0 (Election Index)). Cite as: Election Index, "Czech Republic legislative election 2026", https://electionindex.org/election/czech-republic-senate-2026, dataset 2026-09-24.29d6dd3f.