Senát 2026 · forecast

Czech Senate 2026 — a public AI forecasting experiment

Probabilistic forecasts for all 27 Czech Senate districts up for election in 2026, published day by day: first without odds, then market-aware, with daily updates and a final evaluation.

What's new today (2026-10-17, data as of 17:38)

Score: final evaluation → · Details in the journal →

Final score

Main scoring: forecasts of 9 Oct, all 27 districts

seriesBrier ↓favourite won
1.AI + betting0.35221/27
2.AI0.36921/27
3.AI + model0.37521/27
4.Betting0.38120/27
5.Statistical model0.41821/27

Round 2: forecasts of 16 Oct, 20 duels where everyone has numbers

seriesBrier ↓favourite won
1.Betting0.16918/20
2.AI + betting0.17018/20
3.AI + model0.18816/20
4.STEM (CNN Prima)0.18818/20
5.Statistical model0.18816/20
6.AI0.22715/20
7.Seznam Zprávy0.23616/20
8.Transfers (internal test)0.26816/20

Brier: lower is better. External models and the internal test in grey.

Who did better where

Round-2 forecasts (16–17 Oct)

Probability of winning the runoff. Scored separately from the freeze; the freeze (9 Oct) is scored on the final winner.

Our forecastsMarketCombinedExternal
#DistrictRound-1 resultAIStatistical model AI + modelBettingAI + bettingSTEM (CNN Prima)Seznam Zprávy
33 · ChebPlevný 40.1 · Tsoukernik 27.1
Elected: Miroslav Plevný 71.3 %
Plevný 89 %Plevný 96 %Plevný 94 %Plevný 99 %Plevný 98 %Plevný 99 %Plevný 92 %
66 · LounyTrešl 43.5 · Mikoláš 25.6
Elected: Ivo Trešl 66.2 %
Trešl 89 %Trešl 97 %Trešl 94 %Trešl 99 %Trešl 98 %Trešl 99 %Trešl 98 %
99 · Plzeň-městoŘehka 32.9 · Kantorová 27.3
Elected: Karel Řehka 59.4 %
Řehka 82 %Řehka 97 %Řehka 94 %Řehka 99 %Řehka 98 %Řehka 99 %Řehka 98 %
1515 · PelhřimovMed 30.5 · Kozár 27.1
Elected: Ladislav Med 61.8 %
Med 78 %Med 84 %Med 82 %Med 91 %Med 88 %Med 99 %Med 74 %
1818 · PříbramŠtěpánek 43.7 · Daňhová 25.2
Elected: Petr Štěpánek 74.2 %
Štěpánek 93 %Štěpánek 97 %Štěpánek 96 %Štěpánek 99 %Štěpánek 98 %Štěpánek 99 %Štěpánek 99 %
2121 · Praha 5Láska 32.5 · Sáblík 27.1
Elected: Václav Láska 53.2 %
Láska 64 %Láska 64 %Láska 62 %Láska 77 %Láska 73 %Sáblík 70 %Láska 68 %
2424 · Praha 9Smoljak 48.9 · Pecková 23.1
Elected: David Smoljak 78.7 %
Smoljak 95 %Smoljak 97 %Smoljak 96 %Smoljak 98 %Smoljak 98 %Smoljak 99 %Smoljak 97 %
2727 · Praha 1Padevět 49.6 · Čižinský 27.7
Elected: Jiří Padevět 66.7 %
Padevět 93 %Padevět 95 %Padevět 94 %——Padevět 99 %Padevět 98 %
3030 · KladnoSucharda Šípová 30.8 · Paták 29.4
Elected: Petr Paták 51.7 %
Šípová 53 %Šípová 54 %Šípová 52 %Paták 58 %Paták 55 %Paták 87 %Paták 57 %
3636 · Česká LípaVolfová 35.0 · Půta 32.7
Elected: Martin Půta 55.8 %
Půta 72 %Půta 72 %Půta 74 %Půta 92 %Půta 88 %Půta 98 %Půta 92 %
4242 · KolínKašpar 45.3 · Brzobohatá 25.5
Elected: Michael Kašpar 73.2 %
Kašpar 95 %Kašpar 97 %Kašpar 96 %——Kašpar 99 %Kašpar 99 %
4545 · Hradec KrálovéDvořák 25.1 · Ceralová Petrofová 21.9
Elected: Zuzana Ceralová Petrofová 60.1 %
Dvořák 51 %Dvořák 58 %Dvořák 51 %Petrofová 51 %Petrofová 50 %Petrofová 71 %Dvořák 77 %
5151 · Žďár nad SázavouŠmarda 27.6 · Klement 25.6
Elected: Josef Klement 54.1 %
Klement 56 %Klement 78 %Klement 66 %Klement 77 %Klement 74 %Klement 55 %Šmarda 53 %
5454 · ZnojmoTřetina 35.5 · Kyněra 22.3
Elected: Tomáš Třetina 63.7 %
Třetina 84 %Třetina 97 %Třetina 91 %Třetina 98 %Třetina 96 %Třetina 99 %Třetina 93 %
6060 · Brno-městoPapoušek 42.1 · Zitterbart 24.4
Elected: Zdeněk Papoušek 65.8 %
Papoušek 84 %Papoušek 91 %Papoušek 86 %Papoušek 97 %Papoušek 95 %Papoušek 99 %Papoušek 92 %
6363 · PřerovNavařík 38.5 · Vrána 37.6
Elected: Jakub Navařík 56.9 %
Vrána 51 %Navařík 79 %Navařík 62 %Navařík 64 %Navařík 63 %Navařík 53 %Navařík 66 %
6666 · LitovelOšťádal 32.2 · Škurek 28.8
Elected: Marek Ošťádal 65.4 %
Ošťádal 83 %Ošťádal 84 %Ošťádal 88 %Ošťádal 98 %Ošťádal 96 %Ošťádal 99 %Ošťádal 97 %
6969 · Frýdek-MístekPešatová 34.8 · Korč 32.5
Elected: Petr Korč 52.1 %
Pešatová 52 %Pešatová 56 %Pešatová 54 %Pešatová 57 %Pešatová 56 %Korč 77 %Pešatová 59 %
7272 · Ostrava-městoŠimetka 46.7 · Baránková Vilamová 30.6
Elected: Ondřej Šimetka 65.9 %
Šimetka 91 %Šimetka 97 %Šimetka 95 %Šimetka 98 %Šimetka 98 %Šimetka 99 %Šimetka 96 %
7575 · KarvináBrzyszkowská 33.6 · Kazík 14.3
Elected: Petr Kazík 52.9 %
Brzyszkowská 72 %Brzyszkowská 73 %Brzyszkowská 65 %Brzyszkowská 82 %Brzyszkowská 77 %Brzyszkowská 90 %Brzyszkowská 72 %
7878 · ZlínGoláň 33.5 · Mitáček 22.8
Elected: Tomáš Goláň 62.1 %
Goláň 73 %Goláň 77 %Goláň 74 %Goláň 87 %Goláň 84 %Goláň 96 %Goláň 66 %
8181 · Uherské HradištěBazala 47.8 · Vašica 28.3
Elected: Josef Bazala 65.5 %
Bazala 94 %Bazala 97 %Bazala 96 %Bazala 99 %Bazala 98 %Bazala 99 %Bazala 97 %

Elected in round 1: Strakonice (12): Tomáš Fiala 55.4 % · Děčín (33): Zbyněk Linhart 52.2 % · Trutnov (39): Jan Sobotka 58.4 % · Rychnov nad Kněžnou (48): Jan Grulich 62.2 % · Vyškov (57): Jan Grolich 63.3 %

AI + betting (called Blend in the journal until 14 Oct) is a weighted average of AI + model (31 %) and betting (69 %) in log-odds. The weights are pre-registered since 5 Oct.

STEM (CNN Prima) is an external benchmark, not one of our series. The probabilities were published by CNN Prima NEWS on 10 Oct at 21:56. Our round-2 forecasts were locked before we saw them (3dd3820, f4179ec). After round 2 we score STEM the same way as our series.

Seznam Zprávy is a second external benchmark: a model by Konstantin Sulimenko published by Seznam Zprávy on 12 Oct at 18:00. We copied the numbers from the article's chart on 14 Oct. Our agents never saw them. After round 2 we score it the same way as STEM.

What this is. A test of how good a forecaster an AI agent can be. Forecasts come from a multi-stage AI pipeline (Claude): question normalization, research, forecast, a check that every claim rests on a source, and an adversarial red-team. A human runs and supervises it.

Why “blind”. The first published number is made without seeing betting odds. Odds are added later, as a separate step. After the election this lets us measure whether the model adds information or just echoes the market.

Dates. Round 1 on 9–10 Oct 2026 (together with municipal elections), runoff on 16–17 Oct 2026. Scoring rules are published in advance, see Rules. The Journal records the process day by day.