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The Civic Democrats and the Mayors and Independents gained 10 and seven seats, respectively, in elections to one-third of seats in the Senate that concluded at the weekend. In stark contrast, governing parties ANO and the Social Democrats won only one mandate apiece. Though ANO\u2019s poor showing has vexed leader Andrej Babi\u0161, the outcome was not unexpected, says political scientist Petr Just.<\/p>\n

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\u201cThe Senate actually works as a kind of balance chamber towards the lower chamber of Parliament.<\/p>\n

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\u201cSo it\u2019s no surprise, actually, that the party that is leading the government and has the strongest position in the lower chamber does not succeed in upper chamber elections.<\/p>\n

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\u201cThis is not a new situation. It\u2019s a new situation for Mr. Babi\u0161, so this is why he\u2019s reacting the way he is, but it\u2019s not a new situation in Czech politics in general.<\/p>\n

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\u201cWe have seen several times before that the party that was in charge of the government lost these mid-term Senate elections.<\/p>\n

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\u201cThe second factor, I would say, is that Mr. Babi\u0161 has for a long time been undermining the position of the Senate, talking in general very critically against the Senate and doubting whether it has any sense to exist.<\/p>\n

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\u201cThese statements actually don\u2019t help ANO candidates.<\/p>\n

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\u201cI would say that by undermining the Senate\u2019s position, Mr. Babi\u0161 also undermines the candidates of his own movement in the Senate elections.\u201d<\/p>\n

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The Civic Democrats were among the big winners in the Senate elections and seem to be back as a major force in Czech politics. Does that prove they were right to refuse to enter a coalition with ANO?<\/strong><\/p>\n

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\u201cFollowing a crisis after the 2013 elections, the Civic Democratic Party has been, I would say, undergoing several rehabilitation steps.<\/p>\n

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\u201cOne of them was to stay away from the government of Andrej Babi\u0161 in order to maybe strengthen their position as an opposition force and therefore to increase the possibility of winning the next elections.<\/p>\n

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\u201cSo actually their position to stay away and to appear as the biggest challenger of the current government led by ANO is one of the reasons why this party is catching the votes of opposition voters.\u201d<\/p>\n

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The Social Democrats gained only one seat in the Senate elections and the Communists now have no seats in the upper house for the first time. What do the results of the Senate elections tell us about the position of the Czech left right now?<\/strong><\/p>\n

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\u201cThe Communist Party has never been very successful in Senate elections.<\/p>\n

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\u201cThey are held in a two-round system, with voters voting more consensually in the second round.<\/p>\n

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\u201cIt was obvious since the first Senate elections in 1996 \u2013 and we\u2019ve seen it since then at every Senate elections \u2013 that Communist Party candidates, or in general any candidates of parties on the extreme left or extreme right, were much less successful in gaining support in the second round.<\/p>\n

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Because in the second round you have to address the voters of other political parties, of other political formations.<\/p>\n

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\u201cBut also we have to say that the left-wing agenda, and therefore also left-wing voters, have been taken over by ANO and Andrej Babi\u0161.<\/p>\n

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\u201cSo it\u2019s also not so surprising in this context, as we have already seen the steep decline of left-wing parties\u2019 results in last fall\u2019s Chamber of Deputies elections, and this is just a continuation of that.<\/p>\n

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\u201cIn the case of the Social Democratic Party, they\u2019ve always been present in the Senate, but their results have reflected whether the party has been in opposition or in government.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Listen to the full story on\u00a0Radio Praha<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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