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No statutory deadline. Precedent: notice 290/2024 Sb. was in force 1 Oct 2024, three days after the 28 Sep runoff. Notice 293/2022 Sb. was in force 4 Oct 2022, 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), six days past precedent, because this is the first Senate election under Act 88/2024 Sb. The SVK issues certificates of election within one month of publication (§ 78 Act 247/1995 Sb.). Challenges are due within 10 days of the declaration (§ 87(2)). Observed: notice No. 194/2026 Sb., 'Sdělení Státní volební komise ze dne 19. října 2026 o vyhlášení celkových výsledků voleb do Senátu Parlamentu České republiky konaných ve dnech 9. a 10. října 2026 (I. kolo) a ve dnech 16. a 17. října 2026 (II. kolo)'. e-Sbírka records its promulgation (datumCasVyhlaseni) as 2026-10-20T14:02:26 CEST, in force the same day; observedAt is that moment (12:02:26 UTC), as the 2024 precedent counts the date in force. The five districts won outright had already been declared by notice No. 188/2026 Sb. of 12 Oct 2026 (I. kolo only; promulgated 13 Oct 2026 14:23:16 CEST, https://e-sbirka.gov.cz/sb/2026/188), so in 2026 the round-one winners were declared before the runoffs; 194/2026 Sb. repeats them and declares the whole renewal." }, "last_final": { "election": "Senate 2024 (second round)", "election_id": null, "polling_day": "2024-09-28", "final_on": "2024-10-01", "days": 3, "act": "The State Electoral Commission declared the overall Senate result by notice No. 290/2024 Sb. in the Collection of Laws", "source": "https://www.zakonyprolidi.cz/cs/2024-290", "source_kind": "authority", "note": "Notice dated 30 Sep 2024, in force 1 Oct 2024. One notice covers both rounds. The source is a private reprint of the Collection of Laws." }, "previous": null, "stages": [ { "stage": "election-night", "from": "2026-10-17T12:00:00Z", "by": "2026-10-18T21:59:59Z", "replacedAt": null, "confidence": "precedent", "citation": "Runoff voting follows the same hours as round one (§ 76(6) Act 247/1995 Sb.; § 2(2) Act 88/2024 Sb.), so polls close at 14:00 CEST on Sat 17 Oct. 2024: ČT24's live blog of Sat 28 Sep 2024 has the first district winner at about 15:00 and all 27 winners decided that afternoon. The ČSÚ 2022 open data is marked \"stav po zpracování 2. kola voleb - 01.10.2022\", the runoff polling day. The window closes at the end of Sunday 18 Oct, CEST. This is the count, not the SVK's declaration.", "source": null, "observedAt": null, "observedSource": null }, { "stage": "final-result", "from": "2026-10-18T22:00:00Z", "by": "2026-10-26T22:59:59Z", "replacedAt": null, "confidence": "precedent", "citation": "The State Electoral Commission (SVK) declares the overall Senate result, both rounds together, by a notice in the Collection of Laws after it signs the result record (§ 8(e) Act 88/2024 Sb.). No statutory deadline. Precedent: notice 290/2024 Sb. was in force 1 Oct 2024, three days after the 28 Sep runoff. Notice 293/2022 Sb. was in force 4 Oct 2022, 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), six days past precedent, because this is the first Senate election under Act 88/2024 Sb. The SVK issues certificates of election within one month of publication (§ 78 Act 247/1995 Sb.). Challenges are due within 10 days of the declaration (§ 87(2)). Observed: notice No. 194/2026 Sb., 'Sdělení Státní volební komise ze dne 19. října 2026 o vyhlášení celkových výsledků voleb do Senátu Parlamentu České republiky konaných ve dnech 9. a 10. října 2026 (I. kolo) a ve dnech 16. a 17. října 2026 (II. kolo)'. e-Sbírka records its promulgation (datumCasVyhlaseni) as 2026-10-20T14:02:26 CEST, in force the same day; observedAt is that moment (12:02:26 UTC), as the 2024 precedent counts the date in force. The five districts won outright had already been declared by notice No. 188/2026 Sb. of 12 Oct 2026 (I. kolo only; promulgated 13 Oct 2026 14:23:16 CEST, https://e-sbirka.gov.cz/sb/2026/188), so in 2026 the round-one winners were declared before the runoffs; 194/2026 Sb. repeats them and declares the whole renewal.", "source": null, "observedAt": "2026-10-20T12:02:26Z", "observedSource": "https://e-sbirka.gov.cz/sb/2026/194" } ], "sources": [ { "url": "https://volby.gov.cz/app/senat/20261009/cs/results", "role": "results-live", "kind": "race_results", "kindReason": "election code and results marker", "resolvable": false, "origin": "race", "note": "ČSÚ results app for this election (code 20261009). It holds both rounds; the runoff is the second round of the same election.", "check": { "status": 200, "state": "ok", "at": "2026-10-26T05:17:46Z" }, "figures_in_html": false, "oracle_reads": null, "not_resolvable_because": "its HTML shows no count: the figures load by script, or the page only links on" }, { "url": "https://volby.gov.cz/appdata/senat/20261009/odata/vysledky.xml", "role": "results-live", "kind": "feed", "kindReason": "machine-readable file", "resolvable": true, "origin": "race", "note": "ČSÚ open-data XML for this election. Second-round precinct batches are published under /odata/okrsky/K2/.", "check": { "status": 200, "state": "ok", "at": "2026-10-26T05:17:46Z" }, "figures_in_html": null, "oracle_reads": null, "not_resolvable_because": null }, { "url": "https://mv.gov.cz/documents/volby-referenda/prehled-terminu-a-lhut-pro-volby-do-senatu", "role": "timetable", "kind": "other", "kindReason": "no election or results marker", "resolvable": false, "origin": "race", "note": "Ministry of the Interior timetable: \"případné II. kolo ve dnech 16. a 17. října 2026\".", "check": { "status": 200, "state": "ok", "at": "2026-10-26T05:17:46Z" }, "figures_in_html": null, "oracle_reads": null, "not_resolvable_because": null }, { "url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Czech_Senate_election", "role": "see-also", "kind": "other", "kindReason": "election page without a results marker", "resolvable": false, "origin": "race", "check": { "status": 200, "state": "ok", "at": "2026-10-26T05:17:46Z" }, "figures_in_html": null, "oracle_reads": null, "not_resolvable_because": null }, { "url": "https://volby.gov.cz/", "role": "results-index", "kind": "emb_home", "kindReason": "site root: cannot answer a results question", "resolvable": false, "origin": "authority", "check": { "status": 200, "state": "ok", "at": "2026-10-26T05:17:46Z" }, "figures_in_html": false, "oracle_reads": null, "not_resolvable_because": null }, { "url": "https://volby.gov.cz/opendata/opendata.htm", "role": "open-data", "kind": "results_index", "kindReason": "results section without an election code", "resolvable": false, "origin": "authority", "check": { "status": 200, "state": "ok", "at": "2026-10-26T05:17:46Z" }, "figures_in_html": null, "oracle_reads": null, "not_resolvable_because": null }, { "url": "https://mv.gov.cz/volby-referenda", "role": "authority-home", "kind": "other", "kindReason": "no election or results marker", "resolvable": false, "origin": "authority", "check": { "status": 200, "state": "ok", "at": "2026-10-26T05:17:46Z" }, "figures_in_html": null, "oracle_reads": null, "not_resolvable_because": null } ], "results_page": { "url": "https://electionindex.org/election/czech-republic-senate-2026-r2/senate", "role": "secondary", "stage": "final-result", "final": true, "published_at": "2026-10-20", "retrieved_at": "2026-10-25T12:00:00Z", "copied_from": "https://e-sbirka.gov.cz/sb/2026/194", "publisher": "Státní volební komise, notice No. 194/2026 Sb. (seats and totals); Český statistický úřad, volby.gov.cz (votes per candidate, summed by us)", "note": "Global Election Index's copy of the count. The authority's own page (resolution_sources) is the primary source; use this when it cannot be read." }, "page_activity": [ { "url": "https://volby.gov.cz/app/senat/20261009/cs/results", "flag": "quiet-in-final-window", "first_live_at": "2026-10-17T12:00:25Z", "last_changed_at": null, "changes": 0, "last_checked_at": "2026-10-26T20:00:25Z", "last_status": 200, "checks": 917 }, { "url": "https://volby.gov.cz/appdata/senat/20261009/odata/vysledky.xml", "flag": "quiet-in-final-window", "first_live_at": "2026-10-17T12:15:25Z", "last_changed_at": "2026-10-17T16:30:25Z", "changes": 13, "last_checked_at": "2026-10-26T20:00:25Z", "last_status": 200, "checks": 917 } ], "government": null, "results": [ { "stage": "final-result", "published_at": "2026-10-20", "retrieved_at": "2026-10-25T12:00:00Z", "source": "https://e-sbirka.gov.cz/sb/2026/194", "publisher": "Státní volební komise, notice No. 194/2026 Sb. (seats and totals); Český statistický úřad, volby.gov.cz (votes per candidate, summed by us)", "licence": "Seats and totals: notice No. 194/2026 Sb., an official act not protected by copyright (Czech Copyright Act 121/2000 Sb. § 3 a): 'úřední dílo, jímž je právní předpis, rozhodnutí, opatření obecné povahy, veřejná listina'). Votes: ČSÚ data, ČSÚ reuse conditions CC BY 4.0 (https://csu.gov.cz/podminky_pro_vyuzivani_a_dalsi_zverejnovani_statistickych_udaju_csu; stated for csu.gov.cz, applied here to the ČSÚ's election site volby.gov.cz); the party totals are derived (our sums), not official ČSÚ statistics", "total_votes": 473245, "electorate": 2252325, "ballots": 475476, "turnout": 21.11, "note": "RUNOFF ONLY: the 22 districts with a second round on 16–17 Oct 2026 and the 22 seats won there, as declared by notice No. 194/2026 Sb., part II; the 5 seats won outright on 10 Oct and the whole renewal (27 seats) are in czech-republic-senate-2026. Method: the SVK notice gives national totals and the elected senators with their nominating party, but no votes by party, so the party vote totals are OUR SUMS of the ČSÚ's official per-district candidate results (volby.gov.cz/appdata/senat/20261009/vysled/obvod/.json for the 27 districts, read 25 Oct 2026), grouped by nominating party (navrhující strana: the party itself, or for a coalition the party the notice names as 'Navrhující politická strana'; 'Nezávislý kandidát' groups the independents who stood on a petition); names from the ČSÚ's party register (cisel/cpp.json). Our sums add up exactly to the notice's valid-vote totals. Only the 13 nominating parties with a runoff finalist are listed, by second-round votes. Seats won in round two: STAROSTOVÉ A NEZÁVISLÍ 7, Občanská demokratická strana 7, KDU-ČSL 2, and one each for TOP 09, SEN 21, Starostové pro Liberecký kraj, Naše Město F-M, 24/7 and Osobnosti pro kraj = 22. winner marks the most second-round votes (STAROSTOVÉ A NEZÁVISLÍ, level on seats with ODS). Totals from the notice, part II: registered 2,252,325; envelopes issued 475,714; envelopes cast 475,476 (= ballots); valid votes 473,245 (= totalVotes); turnout 21.12%.", "rows": [ { "candidate": "STAROSTOVÉ A NEZÁVISLÍ", "ballot_name": null, "party": null, "party_id": null, "colour": null, "votes": 143726, "share": 30.37, "seats": 7, "winner": true }, { "candidate": "Občanská demokratická strana", "ballot_name": null, "party": null, "party_id": null, "colour": null, "votes": 104827, "share": 22.15, "seats": 7, "winner": false }, { "candidate": "ANO 2011", "ballot_name": null, "party": null, "party_id": null, "colour": null, "votes": 102148, "share": 21.58, "seats": 0, "winner": false }, { "candidate": "KDU-ČSL", "ballot_name": null, "party": null, "party_id": null, "colour": null, "votes": 26282, "share": 5.55, "seats": 2, "winner": false }, { "candidate": "Starostové pro Liberecký kraj", "ballot_name": null, "party": null, "party_id": null, "colour": null, "votes": 14287, "share": 3.02, "seats": 1, "winner": false }, { "candidate": "24/7", "ballot_name": null, "party": null, "party_id": null, "colour": null, "votes": 13201, "share": 2.79, "seats": 1, "winner": false }, { "candidate": "TOP 09", "ballot_name": null, "party": null, "party_id": null, "colour": null, "votes": 12422, "share": 2.62, "seats": 1, "winner": false }, { "candidate": "SEN 21", "ballot_name": null, "party": null, "party_id": null, "colour": null, "votes": 12205, "share": 2.58, "seats": 1, "winner": false }, { "candidate": "Naše Město F-M", "ballot_name": null, "party": null, "party_id": null, "colour": null, "votes": 11321, "share": 2.39, "seats": 1, "winner": false }, { "candidate": "Česká pirátská strana", "ballot_name": null, "party": null, "party_id": null, "colour": null, "votes": 10524, "share": 2.22, "seats": 0, "winner": false }, { "candidate": "Volt Česko", "ballot_name": null, "party": null, "party_id": null, "colour": null, "votes": 9858, "share": 2.08, "seats": 0, "winner": false }, { "candidate": "Pražská městská strana PRAHA SOBĚ", "ballot_name": null, "party": null, "party_id": null, "colour": null, "votes": 6608, "share": 1.4, "seats": 0, "winner": false }, { "candidate": "Osobnosti pro kraj", "ballot_name": null, "party": null, "party_id": null, "colour": null, "votes": 5836, "share": 1.23, "seats": 1, "winner": false } ] } ], "live_count": { "note": "Provisional count as published by the authority, not the final result. Status \"elected-official\" / \"runoff-official\" is the authority's own mark; \"elected-complete\" / \"runoff-complete\" is our arithmetic once every counting unit is in, awaiting the authority's sign-off.", "source": "https://volby.gov.cz/appdata/senat/20261009/odata/vysledky.xml", "publisher": "Czech Statistical Office (ČSÚ), volby.gov.cz", "licence": "CC BY 4.0", "licence_url": "https://csu.gov.cz/podminky_pro_vyuzivani_a_dalsi_zverejnovani_statistickych_udaju_csu", "derived": "Shares are computed by Global Election Index from the published vote counts.", "generated_at": "2026-10-17T16:18:01Z", "fetched_at": "2026-10-17T16:18:11Z", "unit_label": "wards", "summary": { "contests": 22, "counted_pct": 100, "elected_official": 22, "runoff_official": 0, "elected_complete": 0, "runoff_complete": 0, "counting": 0 }, "contests": [ { "id": "3", "name": "Cheb", "units_counted": 172, "units_total": 172, "counted_pct": 100, "valid_votes": 19404, "status": "elected-official", "named": [ "Miroslav Plevný" ], "candidates": [ { "name": "Miroslav Plevný", "votes": 13846, "share": 71.36 }, { "name": "Sandra Tsoukernik", "votes": 5558, "share": 28.64 } ] }, { "id": "6", "name": "Louny", "units_counted": 295, "units_total": 295, "counted_pct": 100, "valid_votes": 22703, "status": "elected-official", "named": [ "Ivo Trešl" ], "candidates": [ { "name": "Ivo Trešl", "votes": 15033, "share": 66.22 }, { "name": "Jaroslav Mikoláš", "votes": 7670, "share": 33.78 } ] }, { "id": "9", "name": "Plzeň-město", "units_counted": 140, "units_total": 140, "counted_pct": 100, "valid_votes": 26942, "status": "elected-official", "named": [ "Karel Řehka" ], "candidates": [ { "name": "Karel Řehka", "votes": 15998, "share": 59.38 }, { "name": "Lucie Kantorová", "votes": 10944, "share": 40.62 } ] }, { "id": "15", "name": "Pelhřimov", "units_counted": 346, "units_total": 346, "counted_pct": 100, "valid_votes": 24873, "status": "elected-official", "named": [ "Ladislav Med" ], "candidates": [ { "name": "Ladislav Med", "votes": 15383, "share": 61.85 }, { "name": "Michal Kozár", "votes": 9490, "share": 38.15 } ] }, { "id": "18", "name": "Příbram", "units_counted": 268, "units_total": 268, "counted_pct": 100, "valid_votes": 25613, "status": "elected-official", "named": [ "Petr Štěpánek" ], "candidates": [ { "name": "Petr Štěpánek", "votes": 19020, "share": 74.26 }, { "name": "Barbora Daňhová", "votes": 6593, "share": 25.74 } ] }, { "id": "21", "name": "Praha 5", "units_counted": 139, "units_total": 139, "counted_pct": 100, "valid_votes": 22935, "status": "elected-official", "named": [ "Václav Láska" ], "candidates": [ { "name": "Václav Láska", "votes": 12205, "share": 53.22 }, { "name": "Radko Sáblík", "votes": 10730, "share": 46.78 } ] }, { "id": "24", "name": "Praha 9", "units_counted": 101, "units_total": 101, "counted_pct": 100, "valid_votes": 18720, "status": "elected-official", "named": [ "David Smoljak" ], "candidates": [ { "name": "David Smoljak", "votes": 14739, 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