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 SPD–SPO Seats won 2 Popular vote 6,448 Percentage 5.2%
Governor before election Martin Půta SLK Elected Governor Martin Půta SLK

Opinion polls

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

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	-