# 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.
In one third of constituencies, the elections were combined with Czech Senate elections. 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. 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. 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

| 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 | - |