Rivals won over ANO's voters. The movement's candidates lost a third of their votes in the second round and won nowhere
Between the first and second rounds of the Senate election, ANO's candidates lost a third of their votes, their opponents only a tenth. The voters of candidates who did not make it to the run-off went mainly to ANO's rivals. The governing parties won none of the 27 seats, and only one woman was elected.
10/17/2026
Women make up a third of candidates for Czech municipal councils but only a quarter of mayors. In big cities, even fewer
The share of women on candidate lists for Czech municipal councils has been rising since 1994 and this year reached 35%. Among those elected, however, it is consistently four to five percentage points lower, and among mayors lower still. The larger the municipality and the higher the office, the fewer women.
10/2/2026