ANO takes eight regional towns in municipal elections, ruling parties dominant in Prague and Brno

Final results from the municipal elections show that the ANO party has won considerable gains in the big regional cities, but the ruling coalition has kept its dominance both in Prague and Brno.  In Prague the parties of the ruling coalition have a comfortable majority and are expected to start talks soon on forming a coalition.

Of the 13 regional towns, ANO has won in eight, the ruling parties in five. The ANO party won in Hradec Králové, Jihlava, Karlovy Vary, Olomouc, Ostrava, Pardubice, Ústí nad Labem and Zlín.

The parties of the ruling five-party coalition have a comfortable majority in Prague. The leader of the SPOLU coalition Bohuslav Svoboda, who is likely to be the future mayor of Prague, said he was ready for talks with the Pirate Party and the Mayors and Independents.

Traditionally, the lion’s share of the votes in the municipal elections went to independent candidates who dominated the elections in the smaller municipalities around the country.