Turnout in Czech municipal elections rose to 48%, but kept falling in the towns with the lowest turnout
48.00% of voters turned out, 1.9 percentage points more than in 2022, and turnout rose in 12 of the 14 regions. But in the quarter of larger towns with the lowest turnout it fell in 18 of 24. Five towns are below 30% this year; four years ago there were none.
10/16/2026
About half of last year's ANO voters skipped the municipal and Senate elections, among SPOLU voters mostly a fifth at most
In the 14 cities and 8 Senate districts with counted results, between 38% and 76% of people who voted for ANO last year did not vote (median 54%). Among SPOLU voters, no more than 20% stayed away in 20 of the 22 places (median 7%). The estimates are based on polling-district results and two independent methods.
10/12/2026