Municipal and Senate elections · 9–10 October 2026

Can you vote in Prague this October?

Tens of thousands of people who live in Prague hold a foreign passport, and some of them have the right to vote here without knowing it. Czech authorities publish election information almost entirely in Czech. This page is the short answer; the rest of this section is the detail.

The short answer depends on your citizenship

• Czech citizenship

  ✓ Yes — you vote on every ballot you are given.

  You elect the Prague city assembly and the assembly of your city district. In three of Prague’s Senate constituencies you also receive a Senate ballot this year.

• Citizenship of another EU member state

  ✓ Yes — you vote in the municipal elections.

  If you are registered for residence in a Prague city district, you elect the Prague city assembly and that district’s assembly, on exactly the same terms as a Czech citizen. You do not vote in the Senate election — that one is for Czech citizens only.

• Citizenship of a non-EU country

  ✕ No — not in these elections.

  Czech law extends the municipal vote to foreign nationals only where an international treaty grants it, and the only treaty that does covers citizens of EU member states. This holds however long you have lived here and whatever residence permit you hold. If you have since acquired Czech citizenship, you vote as a Czech citizen.

Check your own case step by step

The three things people ask first

When

Friday 9 October, 14:00–22:00. Saturday 10 October, 08:00–14:00.

What you elect

The Prague city assembly and your district assembly — two separate bodies with different powers. In three constituencies, also a senator.

Where

At the polling station assigned to your registered address. You cannot vote anywhere else, and there is no absentee voter card for municipal elections.

The detail

• Can I vote?

  The three conditions the law sets, why you almost certainly do not need to register, and what to do if you are missing from the list on election day.

• Where do I vote?

  Type your registered address and get your precinct number and polling station. Nothing leaves your browser.

• How to vote

  Opening hours, the identity document you must bring, and how to mark a Czech municipal ballot — which works differently from most voting systems.

• What you elect

  Prague has two tiers of self-government and the line between them is not intuitive. What the city hall decides, what your district decides, and why that changes how you read a campaign promise.

• Who is running

  The parties standing for the Prague city assembly, their drawn ballot numbers and their lead candidates.