Elections to regional councils in the Czech Republic in 13 regions (except Prague) were held on 7 and 8 October 2016. In one third of constituencies, the elections were combined with Czech Senate elections. Also, several municipal

referendum A referendum (plural: referendums or less commonly referenda) is a direct vote by the electorate on a proposal, law, or political issue. This is in contrast to an issue being voted on by a representative. This may result in the adoption of a ...

s were held, notably in Brno its Central station referendum.

Background

Czech Social Democratic Party The Czech Social Democratic Party ( cs, Česká strana sociálně demokratická, ČSSD, ) is a social-democratic political party in the Czech Republic. Sitting on the centre-left of the political spectrum and holding pro-European views, it is a ...

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.

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resulted in political Earthquake as populist

ANO 2011 ANO 2011, often shortened to simply ANO ("Yes" in English), the initials meaning Action of Dissatisfied Citizens ( cs, Akce nespokojených občanů), is a populist political party in the Czech Republic. The party was founded by Andrej Babiš. Hi ...

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. Leader of ANO 2011 Andrej Babiš stated that his party is underdog of election and that he hopes to win in 5 regions. Babiš stated that he wants to break rule of Social Democrats and Communists in regions.

Result

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

References

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