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

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2016 Czech regional elections

← 2012 7–8 October 2016 2020 →
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 96 Popular vote 533,061 386,150 267,047 Percentage 21.05% 15.25% 10.55% Swing N/A 8.33% 9.88% 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 0 18 Popular vote 239,836 159,610 101,696 Percentage 9.47% 6.30% 4.02% Swing 2.81% 0.48% 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

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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.

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]