Korzo Národní, a commemorative event on 17 November in Prague on Národní, 2023
Korzo Národní, a commemorative event on 17 November in Prague on Národní, 2023Photo: Jan Beránek, 2023 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Michal Šmarda is an independent and long-serving mayor of Nové Město na Moravě. He previously led the SOCDEM party.[1]

In the Senate elections on 9 and 10 October 2026 he ran in the Žďár nad Sázavou district with the backing of Volt Česko and other smaller parties. He won the first round with just under 28 percent of the vote.[1] Šmarda said that, as an independent without the backing of a political party, he could not afford an expensive campaign.[1]

He advanced to the second round together with the sitting senator Josef Klement of KDU-ČSL, who received a single vote more than the next candidate.[2] Šmarda and Klement already met in the second round in 2020, when Klement won.[1]

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  1. iDNES.cz — 10 October 2026
  2. ČT24: regiony — 10 October 2026
  3. Novinky.cz — 10 October 2026
  4. iDNES.cz — 10 October 2026