2016 Liberec regional election

Liberec regional election in 2016 was held as part of 2016 regional elections. It was a surprising victory of Mayors for Liberec Region (SLK) led by Martin Půta. Půta faced accusations of corruption prior election.[1] Půta remained Governor of Liberec region. SLK formed coalition with ANO 2011, ODS and ČSSD.[2]

2016 Liberec regional election

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All 45seats in the Assembly
23 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Martin Půta Jitka Volfová Stanislav Mackovík
Party SLK ANO KSČM
Seats won 18 9 4
Popular vote 40,058 21.156 10,039
Percentage 32.3% 17.1% 8.1%

  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Leader Pavel Svoboda Dan Ramzer Jan Korytář
Party ČSSD ODS Change
Seats won 4 4 4
Popular vote 2,273,722 9,803 8,744
Percentage 11.0% 7.9% 7.1%

  Seventh party
 
Leader Radovan Vích
Party SPD
Alliance SPDSPO
Seats won 2
Popular vote 6,448
Percentage 5.2%

Governor before election

Martin Půta
SLK

Elected Governor

Martin Půta
SLK

Opinion polls

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Polling firm ANO 2011 KSČM SLK ČSSD ZMĚNA ODS TOP 09 DSSS SNK-MS SPD KDU-ČSL PIRÁTI ÚSVIT STAN Others
Sanep 15–31 July 2015 17.8 14.1 12.7 12.3 11.6 7.1 6.5 4.3 4.1 3.4 1.8 1.0 0.2 3.1
Sanep 27 October - 10 November 2015 17.9 14.3 12.8 11.6 11.4 7.2 5.9 4.7 4.0 3.5 1.7 0.8 0.6 3.6
Sanep 6–16 January 2016 17.6 14.5 12.9 11.9 11.8 7.5 5.1 4.7 4.1 3.4 1.8 0.9 0.7 3.1
Sanep 8–18 March 2016 14.9 14.9 15.1 10.4 12.1 7.8 4.8 4.1 4.8 3.5 1.7 1.4 0.6 3.9
Sanep 18–28 May 2016[3] 14.3 14.7 13.9 10.2 14.2 7.2 4.1 6.8 11.2
Election 7–8 October 2016 17.1 8.1 32.3 8.0 7.1 7.9 3.4 0.6 2.9 5.2 2.9 3.3 1.1 2.9

Results

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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
Freedom and Direct Democracy-Party of Civic Rights 6,448 5.20 2
TOP 09 4,236 3.42 0
Czech Pirate Party 4,048 3.26 0
Future for Liberec Region and KDU-ČSL 3,612 2.92 0
Freeholders and Free Citizens 2,380 1.92 0
Dawn - National Coalition 1,397 1.12 0
Others 1,935 1.53 -

References

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  1. ^ "Starosty volila třetina lidí v Libereckém kraji, hetmanem bude Půta". Euro.cz (in Czech). 8 October 2016. Retrieved 6 August 2017.
  2. ^ "Po volební prohře uhraje ČSSD nejspíš remízu s ANO na počet hejtmanů". iDNES.cz. 13 October 2016. Retrieved 6 August 2017.
  3. ^ "Agentura SANEP mapovala krajské volební preference. Zde jsou výsledky". Parlamentní Listy. Retrieved 6 August 2017.