The last region to vote for new leadership after the September elections (due to waiting for the regional court to resolve two complaints about the elections) was the Ústí region. The councillors elected Richard Brabec from the victorious ANO party as governor. He became the eighth governor for the winner of the regional elections. Two (Petra Pecková in the Central Bohemia Region and Martin Půta in the Liberec Region) are held by STAN, and actually also by ODS, where in addition to Martin Kubo from South Bohemia, Prague Mayor Bohuslav Svoboda must be counted, the others are Jan Grolich from KDU-ČSL in South Moravia and Martin Netolický from Pardubice (SOCDEM).
Let's recall how the constituent meetings of the regional councillors turned out - in the opposite direction: today's last one is the first one here, and indeed the first one took place on 11 October in Pardubice. Therefore, Martin Netolický is again the last...
Ústí nad Labem Region
Richard Brabec did not have an opponent. He won 46 of the 54 councillors present. The region will be led by a coalition of ANO, ODS and Better North, with a majority of 37 votes out of 55. For the past four years, the region has been ruled by ANO with ODS and the grouping Allies for the Region, but they did not make it to the council. ANO won 26 seats in the council, while the second-placed Mayors for the Ústí nad Labem Region and the third-placed ODS won seven seats each, the coalition of SPD, Trikolora and PRO has six seats, STAČILO! has five and the Better North movement has four.
South Moravian Region
35 councillors voted for Jan Grolich, 25 voted against and five abstained. The SPOLU coalition, of which Grolich was the leader in the regional elections, is leading the region alongside the Mayors for South Moravia. Together, the two entities have a majority of 35 seats in the 65-member council. The coalition has worked like this for the past four years, but with the Pirates, who have now not crossed the 5 % threshold needed to be elected. In opposition remain the national winner of the regional elections ANO, the coalition STAČILO (KSČM, ČSSD, ČSNS, DOMOV) and the coalition of SPD, Trikolora, PRO and Svobodné.
Zlín Region
Radim Holiš did not have an opponent and the councillors elected him with 28 votes out of 44 present. ANO governs together with the Mayors for the Zlín Region with the support of TOP 09 and ZVUK 12 (STAN). The new regional coalition has 25 seats, while the opposition was formed by K21 Zlínský kraj 21. století (KDU-ČSL, Zlín 21) with 10 seats, ODS with five, the coalition STAČILO! with three and SPD with two seats.
Highlands
26 of the 44 councillors present voted in favour of Martin Kukla (ANO), who will take over the management of the region from Vítězslav Schreka of the ODS (Together with Mayors for Citizens). He also ran for the post, but received only 16 votes. ANO will lead the region for the next four years in a coalition with Social Democracy and a coalition of SPD, Trikolora and PRO. The coalition has 25 votes in the 45-member council. The opposition roles went to the grouping Together with Mayors for Citizens, KDU-ČSL, Mayors for Vysočina and the coalition STAČILO!.
Hradec Králové Region
The mayor of Hronov in the Náchod region, Petr Koleta, received 26 votes in the public vote in the Hradec Králové Region, ten councillors voted against him and seven others abstained. ANO and the HLAS grouping of local governments, which includes Social Democracy, Together for the Region and Develop Hradec, agreed on a joint approach on 24 September. Together, however, they had 21 seats in the 45-member council, so they needed two more mandates. Negotiations with the Strong Leaders for the Region, whose core is the ODS, failed, and the current coalition was formed. SPD, Trikolora, PRO and Svobodní have three mandates, which went to each entity with the exception of Trikolora. In total, the coalition has 24 seats in the region. In addition to the Strong Leaders for the Region, which has thirteen seats, the opposition in the Hradec Králové Region includes the Čtyřkoalice (STAN, TOP 09, HDK and LES) with six seats and STAČILO! (KSČM, Czech National Social Party) with two seats.
Pilsen Region
MP Kamal Farhan of the ANO movement was elected governor, receiving 35 votes from the 50 councillors present. The ANO movement has joined with STAN in western Bohemia to form the For Our Region grouping, and the coalition has 36 seats in the 55-member council. In opposition are ODS and TOP 09 - Together for the Region with nine seats, the coalition STAČILO! (KSČM, SD-SN and Czech National Social Party) with four, the Czech Pirate Party with three and the coalition of SPD and Trikolory with three.
| Country | Winner (of representatives) | Coalition (number of councillors) | The Governor |
| South Bohemia | ODS (34/55) | ODS (11) | Martin Kuba (ODS) |
| South Moravian | TOTAL (31/65) | TOTAL (9) + TENT (2) | Jan Grolich (KDU-ČSL) |
| Karlovy Vary | YES (28/45) | YES (9) | Jana Mračková Vildumetzová (ANO) |
| Hradec Kralove | YES (18/45) | YES (7) + SOCDEM (1) + SPD (1) | Petr Koleta (YES) |
| Liberec | SLK (20/45) | SLK (6) + TOTAL (3) | Martin Půta (SLK) |
| Moravian-Silesian | YES (35/65) | YES (9) + SPD (2) | Josef Bělica (YES) |
| Olomouc | YES (26/55) | YES (9) + SPD (2) | Ladislav Oklestek (YES) |
| Pardubice | YES (15/45) | SOCDEM (3) + ANO (2) + KDU-ČSL (2) + ODS and TOP 09 (2) | Martin Netolický (SOCDEM) |
| Pilsen | YES (24/55) | YES (8) + STAN (2) + KDU-ČSL (1) | Kamal Farhan (YES) |
| Central Bohemia | YES (25/65) | TENT (5) + TOTAL (6) | Petra Pecková (STAN) |
| Ústí | YES (26/55) | ANO (7) + ODS (2) + Better North (1) | Richard Brabec (YES) |
| Highlands | YES (18/45) | YES (7) + SOCDEM (2) | Martin Kukla (YES) |
| Zlín | YES (20/45) | YES (9) + TENT (2) | Radim Holiš (YES) |
Karlovy Vary Region
Jana Mračková Vildumetzová was elected governor by 30 votes out of 43 present councillors. The September elections were won by the ANO movement, which won 28 seats out of 45, a clear majority where nothing prevents a one-colour government. The STAN movement won seven seats, the SPD and Trikolora coalition won four seats, and Volba pro kraj and the Civic Democratic Party won three seats.
Central Bohemia Region
Petra Pecková, the leader of STAN, is the governor again. She was elected by a narrow majority of 33 of the 62 councillors present. The winner of the election, ANO, has 25 seats in the 65-member council, the second STAN movement has 20 seats, and the third SPOLU has 13. Thus, the new coalition will rule by a narrow majority of one vote. The coalition STAČILO! - UNITED LEFT lost that one at the last minute at the end of the counting of the votes from the September regional elections and ended up with only three instead of the four deputies it had long seemed to have. The coalition of SPD, Trikolora and PRO won four. Dana Smejkalová (ČSSD) missed out on a mandate by some 100 votes, otherwise the cards in the Central Bohemian Council could have been dealt very differently, because STAN and SPOLU would not have had a majority of that single vote.
Liberec Region
Martin Půta, who did not have an opponent, is the new governor. 27 of the 44 councillors present voted for Půta, who led the Mayors for the Liberec Region to electoral triumph for the fourth time. The region will be led for the next four years by a coalition which, in addition to the Mayors, includes SPOLU pro Liberecký kraj (ODS, TOP 09, KDU-ČSL). Together they hold 25 of the 45 seats. In the opposition is ANO, which has 18 deputies, and the coalition of SPD and Trikolora, which has two seats.
South Bohemia region
South Bohemian councillors elected Martin Kuba (ODS) as governor of the region, a position he held in the previous term. No coalition was formed in the region, as the winning ODS party won 34 of 55 seats in the September elections. In opposition are ANO, which won 17 seats in September, and the coalition STAČILO! (KSČM, SD-SN, Czech National Social Party, ČSSD), which has four seats.
Moravian-Silesian Region
Josef Bělica (ANO), who is both a deputy and mayor of Havířov, was elected governor.He had no opponent at the constituent session and received 47 votes from the 65 deputies present. He will thus continue in office. ANO won 35 seats out of 65 in the regional elections, so it could comfortably form a single-colour government. However, in the end it reached an agreement with the coalition of SPD, Trikolora and PRO, which is represented by four councillors after the elections. This coalition has two members on the council, while the winning ANO movement has nine. In opposition are the Mayors and Personalities for the Region with 11 representatives, the SPOLU coalition with ten and STAČILO! with five.
Olomouc Region
Ladislav Okleštěk is returning to the position of governor after four years, replacing Josef Suchánek of the STAN movement. 34 councillors voted in favour of his election, six were against, 12 abstained and three were absent. ANO was in the opposition in the previous term. Although it won the election, the council was composed of Pirates and STAN with representatives of ODS and Allies for the Olomouc Region. Now in opposition are the Mayors for the Olomouc Region, who came second in the elections, and thirdly the Allies24 with you, the Civic Democratic Party and the coalition STAČILO! The new two-coalition has a comfortable majority of 31 votes in the fifty-five-member council.
Pardubice Region
Martin Netolický (SOCDEM), elected for the 3PK - For a Prosperous Pardubice Region, remains governor for a fourth term. With this group he won 11 seats in the 45-member council and finished in the imaginary silver position. Together with the third Coalition for the Pardubice Region (six seats), in which KDU-ČSL members were elected in the majority, and ODS, which ran together with TOP 09 (five seats), Netolický and co. would not have won a majority. That is why they invited the winner of the elections - the ANO movement, which has 15 deputies - to join the current ruling coalition in the region. In today's election, he had only one opponent - Jan Foldyna of the STAČILO! coalition won three votes, Netolický 38. In the secret ballot, one ballot was invalid and three remained blank. In addition to STAČILO!, the opposition includes the STAN movement, which also has three seats, and the SPD, Trikolora and PRO coalition, which has two representatives.
| Country | Winner | the leader of the winner | most votes | Governor |
| South Bohemia | ODS | Martin Kuba | Martin Kuba | Martin Kuba |
| South Moravian | TOTAL | Jan Grolich | Jan Grolich | Jan Grolich |
| Karlovy Vary | YES | Jana Mračková Vildumetzová | Jana Mračková Vildumetzová | Jana Mračková Vildumetzová |
| Hradec Kralove | YES | Petr Koleta | Martin Červíček (ODS) | Petr Koleta |
| Liberec | SLK | Martin Puta | Martin Puta | Martin Puta |
| Moravian-Silesian | YES | Josef Bělica | Josef Bělica | Josef Bělica |
| Olomouc | YES | Ladislav Oklestek | Ladislav Oklestek | Ladislav Oklestek |
| Pardubice | YES | Dušan Salfický | Martin Netolický (ČSSD) | Martin Netolický |
| Pilsen | YES | Kamal Farhan | Roman Zarzycky (YES) | Kamal Farhan |
| Central Bohemia | YES | Tomas Helebrant | Petra Pecková (STAN) | Petra Pecková |
| Ústí | YES | Richard Brabec | Richard Brabec | Richard Brabec |
| Highlands | YES | Martin Kukla | Vítězslav Schrek (ODS) | Martin Kukla |
| Zlín | YES | Radim Holiš | Radim Holiš | Radim Holiš |
Who will be the first of the governors?
The Association of Regions of the Czech Republic is an open interest, non-partisan and non-governmental organisation established on the basis of the laws of the Czech Republic. The regular members of the Association of Regions of the Czech Republic are the regions of the Czech Republic.
The Association is an opinion platform that aims to defend and promote the common interests of the regions. The basic and common interest of the regions is to take care of the all-round development of the territory and the needs of the citizens living in it.
The proposal to create a joint body - the Association of Regions of the Czech Republic - was declared in a joint statement by the governors of the Czech Republic and the mayor of the capital city of Prague. Prague on 5 January 2001 on the ship "Arnošt z Pardubic" on the Elbe River in East Bohemia. The Association of Regions of the Czech Republic was subsequently established by registration with the Prague 1 Municipal Office on 30 August 2001 as an interest association of legal entities.
Founding members on the basis of the founding agreement of 8 June 2001: Karlovarský kraj, Liberecký kraj, Moravskoslezský kraj, Pardubický kraj, Ústecký kraj, Vysočina and Zlínský kraj.
On 14 September 2001, the South Bohemian Region, the Kralovehradecky Region, the Olomouc Region, the Pilsen Region and the Central Bohemian Region became members.On 13 June 2002, the South Moravian Region joined, and on 24 March 2003, the Capital City of Prague, which is by law both a municipality and a region, joined.
Present Chairman is the South Bohemian Governor Martin Kuba, but according to the numbers mentioned above, it is likely that the post will again go to someone from ANO. Specifically, Karlovy Vary Governor Jana Mračková Vildumetzová has already been in the position of chair from 8 December 2016 until the end of 2019.
So her name comes up again, then perhaps also "collector of functions" Josef Bělica or former Deputy Prime Minister Richard Brabec.
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