Christian Democrat wins Senate seat freed up by Okamura

Patrik Kunčar of the Christian Democrats has won a Senate by-election in the Zlín constituency in southern Moravia. Mr. Kunčar, the mayor of Uherský Brod, beat Libor Lukáš of the Civic Democrats in a second-round runoff that saw turnout of 16 percent. The seat in the Senate became vacant when Tomio Okamura of Dawn gave it up to take up a seat in the Chamber of Deputies.