2020 Teplice by-election
Czech Senate by-election
A by-election for the Teplice Senate seat in the Czech Republic was held in 2020, following the death of Jaroslav Kubera. The election, originally scheduled for 27 and 28 March 2020, was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the Czech Republic. The first round was eventually held on 5 and 6 June 2020. Hynek Hanza received the highest number of votes and advanced to a runoff, in which he defeated Zdeněk Bergman and became the new Senator.
Background
Jaroslav Kubera served as a Senator of the Senate of the Parliament of the Czech Republic from 2000, representing the ODS. He won his last Senate election in 2018, following which he was elected the President of the Senate of the Czech Republic. His seat became vacant on 20 January 2020 upon his death. The by-election for the seat was due to be held no later than 90 days following his death. The date for the first round of the by-election was set for 27 and 28 March 2020.
Talks about potential candidates started after Kubera's burial on 3 February 2020. It was reported that Tomáš Tožička and Zdeněk Bergman would compete for the Pirate Party nomination.
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