A Single Vote Decided the Outcome. The Battle for the Senate in ŽďÁrsko Was Incredibly Close
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In the first round of the Senate elections in Žďár region, former SOCDEM leader Michal Šmarda (non-partisan for SOM+Volt+HR) won with just under 28 percent of the vote. He will be accompanied into the second round by Josef Klement (KDU-ČSL), who is defending the seat and won a thrilling duel with Radek Černý from ODS by the closest possible margin of just one vote. The results were decided only by the last precinct.
The chairman of the People's Democratic Party senators, Josef Klement, reached the final of the Senate elections with the narrowest margin in their history. On Wednesday, he beat his opponent, doctor Radek Černý (ODS) by a single vote in the Žďár region. The narrowest difference so far between the advancing party and the first non-advancing party was five votes. The leader of the People's Democratic Party, Jan Grolich, received the most votes in…
The race for the senatorial seat in the Žďár region turned into a dramatic duel full of twists and turns. In the Žďár nad Sázavou district, the long-time mayor of Nové Město na Moravě, Michal Šmarda (a non-partisan candidate with the support of Volt Česko), took first place. But the second place was a tough and nerve-wracking fight until the last vote. Literally.
One single vote. That is the difference between second and third place in the Senate elections in the Žďár nad Sázavou constituency. And also an important result for the People's Party. According to this result, Josef Klement, who is the chairman of the People's Party's caucus in the Senate, would slip into the second round of the race for a seat in the upper chamber.
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