Elections to regional councils in the Czech Republic in 13 regions (except Prague) were held on 7 and 8 October 2016.[1]

In one third of constituencies, the elections were combined with Czech Senate elections.[2] Also, several municipal referendums were held, notably in Brno its Central station referendum.

Background

Czech Social Democratic Party has won previous election while its main rival Civic Democratic Party saw large loss o support finishing third. Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia finished second.[3] 2013 Czech legislative election resulted in political Earthquake as populist ANO 2011 finished second to Social Democrats while Civic Democratic Party was reduced to 5th place.

Czech Social Democratic Party was viewed as front-runner of the election while ANO 2011 was expected to finish second. Civic Democratic Party was expected to become largest right-wing party.[4] Leader of ANO 2011 Andrej Babiš stated that his party is underdog of election and that he hopes to win in 5 regions.[5] Babiš stated that he wants to break rule of Social Democrats and Communists in regions.[6]

Result

Polling station of the electoral district no. 70 in Olomouc during the regional elections and the Czech Senate elections held in the Czech Republic on 7 October 2016
An example of the ballot for the elections. Czech Pirate Party in Plzeň region
Party Votes %Votes Seats
ANO 2011 533,061 21.05% 176
Czech Social Democratic Party 386,150 15.25% 125
Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia 267,047 10.55% 86
Civic Democratic Party 239,836 9.47% 76
Christian and Democratic Union – Czechoslovak People's Party 159,610 6.30% 42
SPD-SPO 127,328 5.02% 32
Mayors and Independents 101,696 4.02% 24
Mayors for Liberec Region 40,058 1.58% 18
TOP 09 86,164 3.4% 12
Coalition for Pardubice Region 23,421 0.92% 9
Coalition for Olomouc Region with Mayors 19,279 0.76% 7
Coalition for Hradec Králové Region - KDU-ČSL - HDK — VpM 15,912 0.63% 5
For South Bohemia — Mayors, HOPB and TOP 09 14,658 0.58% 5
Free Citizens and Freeholders 46,948 1.85 4
TOP 09 with Mayors and Žít Brno 22 997 0.91% 4
Mayors for South Moravia 21,386 0.84% 4
Mayors and East Bohemians 14,649 0.58% 4
Mayors and Patriots supported by Free Citizens and Freeholders 13,066 0.52% 4
South Bohemians 2012 10,629 0.42% 4
Mayors for Vysočina 10,390 0.41% 4
Change for Liberec Region 8,744 0.35% 4
Czech Pirate Party 44,070 1.74% 3
Greens and Pirates 38,938 0.7% 3
Movement of Independents for Harmonic Development of Municipalities and Cities 4,492 0.18% 3
Freedom and Direct Democracy 16,730 0.66% 2
SPD-SPO-SNK 9,041 0.36% 2
Pirates and Green Party + Change for Hradec Králové Region 15,912 0.34 2
Coalition for Plzeň Region - KDU-ČSL, Green Party and Independents 8,196 0.32% 2

South Moravian Region

Party Votes %Votes Seats

Moravian-Silesian Region

Party Votes %Votes Seats

Olomouc Region

Party Votes %Votes Seats

Zlín Region

Party Votes %Votes Seats

Hradec Králové Region

Party Votes %Votes Seats

Pardubice Region

Party Votes %Votes Seats

Central Bohemian Region

Party Votes %Votes Seats
ANO 2011 72,795 20.76 16
Mayors and Independents 64,621 18.43 15
Czech Social Democratic Party 48,226 13.75 11
Civic Democratic Party 45,759 13.05 10
Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia 35,534 10.13 8
TOP 09 22,928 6.54 5
Others 60,676 17.34 0

Vysočina Region

Party Votes %Votes Seats
Czech Social Democratic Party 29,407 19.37 11
ANO 2011 25,875 17.04 9
Christian and Democratic Union – Czechoslovak People's Party 20,368 13.41 7
Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia 17,311 11.40 6
Civic Democratic Party 13,819 9.10 5
Starostové PRO VYSOČINU 10,390 6.84 4
SPD-SPO 9,728 6.40 3
Others 24,892 16.44 0
Total 151,790 100 45
Invalid/blank votes 2,480 - -
Registered voters/turnout 413,171 37.34 -
Source: Volby.cz

Plzeň Region

Party Votes %Votes Seats
ANO 2011 34,506 21.52 11
Czech Social Democratic Party 27,829 17.35 9
Civic Democratic Party 23,461 14.63 8
Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia 18,567 11.58 6
Mayors and Patriots 13,066 8.15 4
SPD-SPO 8,559 5.33 2
Coalition for Plzeň Region 8,196 5.11 2
Others 14,764 9.24 0

South Bohemian Region

Party Votes %Votes Seats
Czech Social Democratic Party 41,299 22.55 15
ANO 2011 32,348 17.67 12
Civic Democratic Party 23,210 12.67 8
Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia 18,317 10.00 7
For South Bohemia — Mayors, HOPB and TOP 09 14,658 8.00 5
Christian and Democratic Union – Czechoslovak People's Party 12,147 6.63 4
JIH2012 10,629 5.80 4
Others

Karlovy Vary Region

Party Votes %Votes Seats

Ústí nad Labem Region

Party Votes %Votes Seats
ANO 2011 43,308 23.44 20
Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia 29,480 15.82 13
Czech Social Democratic Party 22,178 11.90 10
Civic Democratic Party 15,909 8.54 7
SPD-SPO 15,909 6.07 5
Others 122,272 34.43 0

Liberec Region

Party Votes %Votes Seats
Mayors for Liberec Region 40,058 32.35 18
ANO 2011 21.156 17.08 9
Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia 10,039 8.10 4
Czech Social Democratic Party 9,961 8.04 4
Civic Democratic Party 9,803 7.91 4
ZMĚNA 8,744 7.06 4
SPD-SPO 6,448 5.20 2
TOP 09 4,236 3.42 0
Czech Pirate Party 4,048 3.26 0
BpLK 3,612 2.92 0
SaS 2,380 1.92 0
Dawn - National Coalition 1,397 1.12 0
Others 1,935 1.53 -

Opinion polls

Main article: Opinion polling for Czech regional elections, 2016

Notes

  1. ^ Including Mayors for Liberec Region

References

  1. ^ "Česko čekají krajské a senátní volby, budou nejpozději 7. a 8. října 2016". EuroZprávy. Retrieved 30 January 2016.
  2. ^ "Presidential decret on elections term". mvcr.cz.
  3. ^ "Výsledky krajských voleb (2012) (English: "The results of the [2012 Czech] regional elections")" (in Czech). iDNES.cz. Archived from the original on 31 May 2013. Retrieved 21 July 2013.
  4. ^ "Podle bookmakerů Fortuny je favoritem krajských voleb ČSSD". forum24.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 11 December 2019.
  5. ^ Bartoníček, Radek (3 October 2016). "Babiš: V krajských volbách nejsme favorit, tím je ČSSD. Budeme rádi za pět krajů". Hospodářské noviny (IHNED.cz) (in Czech). Retrieved 11 December 2019.
  6. ^ "ANO vstupuje do kampaně s cílem prolomit vládu ČSSD a komunistů v krajích". ČT24 (in Czech). Česká televize. Retrieved 11 December 2019.
Allikas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Czech_regional_elections,_2016
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