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Senate district 70 – Ostrava-City

Senate district 70 – Ostrava-City is electoral district to the Senate, upper house of the Parliament of the Czech Republic, comprising part of Ostrava-City District. The district is represented by Civic Democratic Senator Zdeněk Nytra.

Senators

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Term Senator Party
1996-2004 Mirek Topolánek Civic Democratic Party
2004-2010 Liana Janáčková Party of Free Citizens, INDEPENDENTS
2010-2016 Antonín Maštalíř Czech Social Democratic Party
Since 2016 Zdeněk Nytra Civic Democratic Party

Election results

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1996 election

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Candidate Party First round Second round
Votes % Votes %
Mirek Topolánek Civic Democratic Party 9,416 37.9% 12,322 51.3%
Jiří Smejkal Czech Social Democratic Party 5,639 22.7% 11,692 48.7%
Otakar Podhajský Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia 4,020 16.2%
Ilja Racek Christian and Democratic Union – Czechoslovak People's Party 2,444 9.9%
Miroslav Nejezchleba Civic Democratic Alliance 1,742 7.0%
František Vyhňák Green Party 461 1.9%
Ladislav Vrchovský Czech National Social Party 358 1.4%
Ladislav Kachel Democratic Union 310 1.3%
Jozef Facuna Roma Civic Initiative 262 1.1%
Jan Vozárik Party of Democratic Socialism 163 0.7%

1998 election

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Candidate Party First round Second round
Votes % Votes %
Mirek Topolánek Civic Democratic Party 9,551 39.4% 9,269 63.3%
Jiří Grossmann Czech Social Democratic Party 4,858 20.0% 5,375 36.7%
Josef Babka Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia 4,851 20.0%
František Hromek Freedom Union – Democratic Union 4,022 16.6%
Václav Vápeník Democratic League 992 4.1%

2004 election

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Candidate Party First round Second round
Votes % Votes %
Hana Heráková Civic Democratic Party 6,066 26.6% 5,594 43.3%
Liana Janáčková Party of Free Citizens, INDEPENDENTS 5,151 22.6% 7,337 56.7%
Milan Peša Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia 3,979 17.5%
Vojtěch Mynář Czech Social Democratic Party 2,680 11.8%
Jiří Hořínek Christian and Democratic Union – Czechoslovak People's Party 1,964 8,6%
Helena Fousková United Democrats - Association of Independents 1,729 7.6%
Jan Černota SNK European Democrats 623 2.7%
Maxmilián Šimek Labour Party 280 1.2%
Vladimír Smetana Party of Common Sense 173 0.8%
Ing. Jaroslav Broulík Movement of Independents for Democratic Development of Countryside 142 0.6%

2010 election

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Candidate Party First round Second round
Votes % Votes %

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Liana Janáčková INDEPENDENTS 8,922 24.7% 10,707 47,0%
Antonín Maštalíř Czech Social Democratic Party 8,561 23.7% 12,091 53.0%
Lukáš Ženatý Civic Democratic Party 5,725 15.9
Justina Kamenná Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia 4,507 12.5%
Tomáš Čermák TOP 09 4 271 11,84
Zbyněk Pražák Christian and Democratic Union – Czechoslovak People's Party 1,782 4,9%
Aleš Dobrozemský Public Affairs 1,101 3.1%
Zdeněk Pavlíček Sovereignty 752 2,10
Radoslav Štědroň Labour Party 449 1.2%

2016 election

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The 2016 election was held as part of the 2016 Czech Senate election. Independent candidate Liana Janáčková was considered the front-runner of the election. Social democratic candidate Josef Pravda was considered her main rival.[1] Janáčková was eventually defeated by Zdeněk Nytra, candidate of right wing parties.[2][3] First candidates appeared in March 2016. Incumbent senator Antonín Maštalíř decided to not run. Civic Democratic Party decided to nominate Chairman of Moravia-Silesian firefighters Zdeněk Nytra. Nytra stated that he wants to geet support from other right wing parties, notably TOP 09.[4] TOP 09 endorsed Nytra in April 2016.[5] Nytra was eventually registered as an independent candidate due to a conflict of his partisan affiliation with a newly passed law that banned him from running as a partisan candidate due to his position as a Chairman of Firefighters. Nytra also received support from Freeholder Party of the Czech Republic.[6] Christian democrats nominated former Chairman of Czech television Ilja Racek. Communists nominated Ivan Strachoň. Political movement INDEPENDENTS nominated Liana Janáčková, Mayor of Mariánské Hory. Social democrats were yet to decide their nominee. Social democratic nomination was pursued by Josef Pravda, Vladimír Majer and Marian Starý.[7] In April 2016, Social democrats nominated Josef Pravda.[8] ANO 2011 nominated Radim Babinec.[9] Dawn - National Coalition nominated Chairwoman of Czech energetic regulation bureau Alena Vitásková who faced criminal trial for corruption.[10] Janáčková was considered front-runner while Social democratic nominee Josef Pravda was seen as her main rival. Zdeněk Nytra was also considered a serious contender.[1] There were 10 candidates overall.[6] Zdeněk Nytra ran a contact campaign. He was attending meetings with people. Nytra stated that he wants to focus on safety and readability of laws if he is elected.[11] Liana Janáčková also led campaign for regional election. Her campaign gained attention for giving matches to voters.[12] Candidate of Dawn Alena Vitásková focused during campaign on Zdeněk Bakala. She promised to ensure investigation of OKD case. Vitásková herself faced criminal trial which led to suspicion that she wants to get immunity by winning the election.[13] First round was held on 7 and 8 October 2016. Janáčková received highest number of votes. Zdeněk Nytra also advanced to second round.[14] Janáčková stated that she is looking forward to a fair duel with Nytra. Nytra stated that he si glad but also noted that his rival is strong and hard to defeat. He also admitted that he didn't expect that he will advance to the second round.[15] Janáčková was considered front runner for the second round.[16][17] Second round was held on 14 and 15 October 2016. Nytra eventually defeated Janáčková by a narrow margin.[18]

Janáčková showed disappointment with the result. She stated that she lost because she didn't have support of strong parties and everybody united against her. She also blamed her defeat on low turnout. Nytra was pleased by the result. He stated that result could have been influenced by the fact that Janáčková also ran in regional election which some people take unpleasantly.[2]

INDEPENDENTS later challenged the result at court. They argued that Nytra wasn't in fact an independent candidate because of his support from Civic Democratic Party and TOP 09.[19] In November, 2016 court declined the complaint.[19][20]

Candidate Party First round Second round
Votes % Votes %
Liana Janáčková INDEPENDENTS 5,777 19.53 5,634 48.18
Zdeněk Nytra Civic Democratic Party-TOP 09-Freeholder Party of the Czech Republic 4,569 15.44 6,058 51.81
Radim Babinec ANO 2011 4,258 14.39
Alena Vitásková Dawn - National Coalition 3,599 12.16
Ivan Strachoň Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia 2,635 8.90
Ilja Racek Christian and Democratic Union – Czechoslovak People's Party 2,577 8.71
Josef Pravda Czech Social Democratic Party 2,303 7.78
Tomáš Málek Ostravak 2,147 7.25
Jan Becher Czech Pirate Party 1,289 4.35
Petr Borna Workers' Party of Social Justice 423 1.43

References

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  1. ^ a b "Bitva o Senát: Toto jsou kandidáti do Senátu ve vašem obvodu". Nova.cz (in Czech). 24 September 2016. Retrieved 15 August 2017.
  2. ^ a b "Senátorské volby v Ostravě vyhrál Nytra, Janáčková v druhém kole neuspěla » Ostravský čas". Ostravský čas. 17 October 2016. Retrieved 15 August 2017.
  3. ^ "Janáčková v Ostravě neuspěla, senátorem bude ředitel hasičů Nytra". www.patriotmagazin.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 15 August 2017.
  4. ^ "Do Senátu za Ostravu chtějí šéf hasičů i režisér. Maštalíř nepokračuje". iDNES.cz. 6 March 2016. Retrieved 15 August 2017.
  5. ^ "TOP 09 bude mít společné senátní kandidáty se STAN i s ODS". Deník.cz (in Czech). 28 April 2016. Retrieved 15 August 2017.
  6. ^ a b "V Ostravě se bude o senátorský post ucházet 10 kandidátů, Maštalíř neobhajuje". www.patriotmagazin.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 15 August 2017.
  7. ^ "Nytra, Racek, Strachoň. Podzimní volby do Senátu už mají první kandidáty". www.patriotmagazin.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 15 August 2017.
  8. ^ "V Ostravě bude za ČSSD do Senátu kandidovat Pravda". Parlamentní Listy. Retrieved 15 August 2017.
  9. ^ "Kandidát do senátu: Svého rozhodnutí vstoupit do politiky nelituji, i když…". Parlamentní Listy. Retrieved 15 August 2017.
  10. ^ "Vitásková v Senátu nezasedne. I přes 'Lex Bakala" brala jen bramborovou medaili". Lidovky.cz. 8 October 2016. Retrieved 15 August 2017.
  11. ^ "Populismus vítězí nad pragmatičností, povzdechl si kandidát Nytra". Parlamentní Listy. Retrieved 15 August 2017.
  12. ^ "Krajské volby 2016 v Moravskoslezském kraji: Rasistka Janáčková vrací do kampaně sirky". Blesk.cz. Retrieved 15 August 2017.
  13. ^ "Bakalo, chci tvůj majetek, říká Alena Vitásková a kandiduje do Senátu". Blesk.cz. Retrieved 15 August 2017.
  14. ^ MojeOstravsko.cz, Redakce. "Senátní volby 2016: Do 2. kola v Ostravě postupuje Janáčková a Nytra". www.mojeostravsko.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 15 August 2017.
  15. ^ "Těším se na férový duel, napsala Liana Janáčková Zdeňku Nytrovi". Moravskoslezský deník (in Czech). 9 October 2016. Retrieved 15 August 2017.
  16. ^ "Volební předpověď Aktuálně.cz vyšla 23krát z 27 obvodů". Aktuálně.cz (in Czech). 15 October 2016. Retrieved 15 August 2017.
  17. ^ "2.kolo voleb do Senátu: zajímavé sázkové kurzy!". www.betarena.cz. Retrieved 15 August 2017.
  18. ^ "Druhé kolo senátních voleb online komentovali Petr Sokol a Ladislav Mrklas". Reflex.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 15 August 2017.
  19. ^ a b "Podle Nezávislých nebyl Nytra ve volbách nezávislý, soud ale stížnost zamítl". ČT24 (in Czech). Retrieved 15 August 2017.
  20. ^ "Nezávislí neuspěli se stížností na senátní volby v Ostravě". TÝDEN.cz. 9 November 2016. Retrieved 15 August 2017.

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