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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]

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

Jihomoravský kraj (South Moravian region)

Moravskoslezský kraj (Moravia-Silesia region)

Olomoucký kraj (Olomouc region)

Zlínský kraj (Zlín region)

Královéhradecký kraj (Hradec Králové region)

Pardubický kraj (Pardubice region)

Středočeský kraj (Central Bohemian region)

Kraj Vysočina (Vysočina region)

Plzeňský kraj (Plzeň region)

Jihočeský kraj (South Bohemian region)

Karlovarský kraj (Karlovy Vary region)

Ústecký kraj (Ústí nad Labem region)

Liberecký kraj (Liberec region)

Opinion Polls

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.