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PoliticsOpposition takes 22 of 27 Czech Senate seats
Opposition parties have won 22 of 27 contested seats in the Czech Senate election. ANO 2011, led by prime minister Andrej Babiš, placed third. It is the first time governing parties have won no seats in the vote as reported. The chamber is the Senate.
The contested total given is 27 seats. The opposition total given is 22 of those seats. The governing parties are reported at no seats. Babis is the prime minister whose party placed third.
ANO 2011 is the party named with Babis. Third place is the finish reported for that party. The opposition is the group credited with 22 seats. The result is for the 2026 Czech Senate election.
The report calls the shutout of governing parties a first. That first refers to governing parties winning no seats. It does not name every opposition party in the summary. It does give the seat split of 22 of 27.
Babis remains identified as prime minister in the result report. His party is the one that placed third. The opposition is the side that took the large majority of the contested seats. The figure for contested seats is 27.
The recorded electoral result is the Senate seat count. Opposition parties hold 22 of the 27 contested seats in that count. Governing parties hold none of them in the report. ANO 2011 is third.