Lucie Baránková Vilamová is the mayor of the Ostrava borough of Poruba and a deputy mayor of Ostrava [1]. In the 2026 Senate elections she is running for the ANO movement in district No. 72, Ostrava-město [1]. In the first round she won 30.61 percent of the vote and Šimetka 46.74 percent; seven candidates competed for votes and turnout was 39.52 percent. [2]
In the first round in the district, according to Czech News Agency calculations, the incumbent senator Ondřej Šimetka (ODS) advanced to the second round, where a week later he was to face Baránková Vilamová [2][3]. The second round of the Senate elections was called for 16 and 17 October 2026, on Friday from 2 p.m. to 10 p.m. and on Saturday from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. [5] Novinky.cz report that Šimetka won the first round [4]. Ondřej Šimetka is a physician and university lecturer. [5] Šimetka is running as the joint candidate of ODS, KDU-ČSL, STAN, TOP 09, the Czech Pirate Party and the Greens. [3]
According to Novinky.cz she is forty-two years old. [4]
In the Ostrava-město district, Šimetka won in 2020, taking 67.89 percent of the vote in the second round; Zdeněk Jiříček for ANO came second. [4]
Sources
- iROZHLAS — 13 October 2026
- ČT24: regiony — 10 October 2026
- Deník: Moravskoslezský kraj — 10 October 2026
- Novinky.cz — 10 October 2026
- Dvojka / Radiožurnál — 13 October 2026