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The 2016 Regional Elections and New Political Parties in the Czech Republic

Publication at Faculty of Social Sciences |
2017

Abstract

Czech party system has significantly changed again after elections to the Chamber of Deputies Elections in 2013. There were successful two new parties ANO 2011 and Dawn of Direct Democracy.

This article focuses on the role of these new parties in regional elections 2016. Despite splitting PRO2016 off from ANO, was ANO with leader Andrej Babiš participating as a unitary actor in these elections.

Dawn has undergone a much more complex process. In result Dawn has split off to two new parties - Dawn-National Coalition which was following up former Dawn of Direct Democracy, and Freedom and Direct Democracy of previous Dawn's leader Tomio Okamura.

This article aims to focus on a success of only two parties from this mix of new parties in the regional elections 2016 - ANO as an election winner and Freedom and Direct Democracy as an election surprise - and describe different ways which led to their election achievement.