In the municipal council elections of 9 and 10 October 2026, the ANO movement won in six regional capitals according to interim results, came fourth in Prague and lost a traditional stronghold in Ústí nad Labem.

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Image from Echo24, 11 Oct 2026

In the municipal council elections of 9 and 10 October 2026, the ANO movement won in six of the 13 regional capitals according to interim results of 11 October. In the previous elections four years earlier it had won in eight. In most of the cities it won, it lost part of its seats.[1]

ANO

The ANO movement won in Karlovy Vary, Olomouc, Ostrava, Pardubice and Plzeň, where it ran together with independents, and according to interim results was heading for victory in Zlín. Compared with the 2022 elections, it gained Plzeň, where the Spolu coalition had won at the time, and lost first place in Hradec Králové, Jihlava and Ústí nad Labem.[1] In Ostrava it won 18 seats in the 55-member council, three fewer than before; the second-placed srdcOVA coalition (ODS, KDU-ČSL, TOP 09) won 13 seats and the third-placed STAN 12.[1] The movement's chairman and prime minister Andrej Babiš called the result very good.[1]

Ústí nad Labem

In Ústí nad Labem the Jedno Ústí grouping won, uniting PRO! Ústí, the Pirates, the Greens, STAN, TOP 09, Ústecké fórum občanů and Naše Česko. It won 22 of the 37 seats, while ANO, the winner of the 2022 elections, won six. Babiš said in this regard that Ústí nad Labem must reflect on the outcome.[1][2]

Prague and other cities

In Prague, according to interim results, STAN won with 23.16 percent of the votes, Spolu (ODS, TOP 09) was second with 22.04 percent, Praha sobě third with 17.7 percent and ANO fourth with 14.48 percent. Turnout was approximately 45.95 percent.[2] The STAN leader Petr Hlaváček said he wanted to negotiate a coalition at Prague City Hall with Spolu, Praha sobě and the Pirates. The Spolu leader Tomáš Portlík said STAN was Spolu's closest partner and that he could rule out cooperation with ANO. The Prague ANO leader Jan Hušbauer described himself as ready to cooperate.[2]

In Brno the joint list of KDU-ČSL and STAN won with 18 of 55 seats, ODS with TOP 09 and independents was second with 13 and ANO third with 11 seats.[1] In České Budějovice the Naše Česko movement, founded by regional governor Martin Kuba after he left ODS, came first, and in Liberec Starostové for the Liberec Region won.[1][2]

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Chronology

  • — In the municipal council elections of 9 and 10 October 2026, the ANO movement won in six regional capitals, did worse in Prague and lost one of its traditional strongholds. Echo24 Ekonomický deník

Sources

  1. Echo24 — 11 October 2026
  2. Ekonomický deník — 11 October 2026