Voting has ended in municipal elections and elections to a third of seats in the Czech Senate. With 60 percent of the votes in municipal elections counted, it is clear that independent candidates running alone and within various coalition groupings have won the lion’s share of votes.
Of the parties standing alone the ANO party presently has the strongest showing, followed by the Civic Democrats, Christian Democrats, Mayors and Independents, Social Democrats, the Freedom and Direct Democracy Party, the Communist Party, the Pirate Party and TOP 09.
However votes from the big cities, which are still coming in, may still significantly influence the outcome.
In the Senate elections, the ANO party has 18 candidates likely to advance to the second round, followed by the Civic Democrats who have first or second place in eight districts, and the Christian Democrats who…