Czech Senate election, 1996

15–16 November 1996 (first round)
22–23 November 1996 (second round)

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	First party	Second party	Third party

Leader	Václav Klaus	Miloš Zeman	Miroslav Grebeníček
Party	ODS	ČSSD	KSČM
Seats won	32	25	2
1st round	1,006,036 36.5%	559,304 20.3%	393,494 14.3%
2nd round	1,134,044 49.2%	733,713 31.8%	45,304 2.0%

	Fourth party	Fifth party

Leader	Josef Lux	Jan Kalvoda
Party	KDU–ČSL	ODA
Seats won	13	7
1st round	274,316 9.9%	222,319 8.1%
2nd round	247,819 10.7%	119,730 5.2%

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. 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.

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.

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