2016 Czech regional elections

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

2016 Czech regional elections
7–8 October 2016
675 seats in the regional councils
13 governors
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Andrej Babiš Bohuslav Sobotka Vojtěch Filip
Party ANO ČSSD KSČM
Seats won 176 125 86
Seat change new party 80 Decrease 96 Decrease
Popular vote 533,061 386,150 267,047
Percentage 21.05% 15.25% 10.55%
Swing N/A 8.33% Decrease 9.88% Decrease
Governors 5 5 1
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Leader Petr Fiala Pavel Bělobrádek Petr Gazdík
Party ODS KDU-ČSL STAN
Seats won 76 61 56[n 1]
Seat change 26 Decrease 0 Steady 18 Increase
Popular vote 239,836 159,610 101,696
Percentage 9.47% 6.30% 4.02%
Swing 2.81% Decrease 0.48% Increase in 2012 with TOP 09
Governors 0 1 1
Chairman of Regional Association before election

Michal Hašek
ČSSD

 Elected Chairman of Regional Association

Jana Vildumetzová
ANO

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
PartyVotes%VotesSeats
ANO 2011533,06121.05%176
Czech Social Democratic Party386,15015.25%125
Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia267,04710.55%86
Civic Democratic Party239,8369.47%76
Christian and Democratic Union – Czechoslovak People's Party159,6106.30%42
SPD-SPO127,3285.02%32
Mayors and Independents101,6964.02%24
Mayors for Liberec Region40,0581.58%18
TOP 0986,1643.4%12
Coalition for Pardubice Region23,4210.92%9
Coalition for Olomouc Region with Mayors19,2790.76%7
Coalition for Hradec Králové Region - KDU-ČSL - HDK — VpM15,9120.63%5
For South Bohemia — Mayors, HOPB and TOP 0914,6580.58%5
Free Citizens and Freeholders46,9481.854
TOP 09 with Mayors and Žít Brno22 9970.91%4
Mayors for South Moravia21,3860.84%4
Mayors and East Bohemians14,6490.58%4
Mayors and Patriots supported by Free Citizens and Freeholders13,0660.52%4
South Bohemians 201210,6290.42%4
Mayors for Vysočina10,3900.41%4
Change for Liberec Region8,7440.35%4
Czech Pirate Party44,0701.74%3
Greens and Pirates38,9380.7%3
Movement of Independents for Harmonic Development of Municipalities and Cities4,4920.18%3
Freedom and Direct Democracy16,7300.66%2
SPD-SPO-SNK9,0410.36%2
Pirates and Green Party + Change for Hradec Králové Region15,9120.342
Coalition for Pilsen Region - KDU-ČSL, Green Party and Independents8,1960.32%2

Jihomoravský kraj (South Moravian region)
PartyVotes%VotesSeats

Moravskoslezský kraj (Moravia-Silesia region)
PartyVotes%VotesSeats

Olomoucký kraj (Olomouc region)
PartyVotes%VotesSeats

Zlínský kraj (Zlín region)
PartyVotes%VotesSeats

Královéhradecký kraj (Hradec Králové region)
PartyVotes%VotesSeats

Pardubický kraj (Pardubice region)
PartyVotes%VotesSeats

Středočeský kraj (Central Bohemian region)
PartyVotes%VotesSeats
ANO 201172,79520.7616
Mayors and Independents64,62118.4315
Czech Social Democratic Party48,22613.7511
Civic Democratic Party45,75913.0510
Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia35,53410.138
TOP 0922,9286.545
Others60,67617.340

Kraj Vysočina (Vysočina region)
PartyVotes%VotesSeats
Czech Social Democratic Party29,40719.3711
ANO 201125,87517.049
Christian and Democratic Union – Czechoslovak People's Party20,36813.417
Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia17,31111.406
Civic Democratic Party13,8199.105
Starostové PRO VYSOČINU10,3906.844
SPD-SPO9,7286.403
Others24,89216.440
Total151,79010045
Invalid/blank votes2,480--
Registered voters/turnout413,17137.34-
Source: Volby.cz

Plzeňský kraj (Plzeň region)
PartyVotes%VotesSeats
ANO 201134,50621.5211
Czech Social Democratic Party27,82917.359
Civic Democratic Party23,46114.638
Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia18,56711.586
Mayors and Patriots13,0668.154
SPD-SPO8,5595.332
Coalition for Pilsen Region8,1965.112
Others14,7649.240

Jihočeský kraj (South Bohemian region)
PartyVotes%VotesSeats
Czech Social Democratic Party41,29922.5515
ANO 201132,34817.6712
Civic Democratic Party23,21012.678
Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia18,31710.007
For South Bohemia — Mayors, HOPB and TOP 0914,6588.005
Christian and Democratic Union – Czechoslovak People's Party12,1476.634
JIH201210,6295.804
Others

Karlovarský kraj (Karlovy Vary region)
PartyVotes%VotesSeats

Ústecký kraj (Ústí nad Labem region)
PartyVotes%VotesSeats
ANO 201143,30823.4420
Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia29,48015.8213
Czech Social Democratic Party22,17811.9010
Civic Democratic Party15,9098.547
SPD-SPO15,9096.075
Others122,27234.430

Liberecký kraj (Liberec region)
PartyVotes%VotesSeats
Mayors for Liberec Region40,05832.3518
ANO 201121.15617.089
Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia10,0398.104
Czech Social Democratic Party9,9618.044
Civic Democratic Party9,8037.914
ZMĚNA8,7447.064
SPD-SPO6,4485.202
TOP 094,2363.420
Czech Pirate Party4,0483.260
BpLK3,6122.920
SaS2,3801.920
Dawn - National Coalition1,3971.120
Others1,9351.53-

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.
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