2017 Slovak regional elections

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2017 Slovak regional election
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All 416 seats in regional parliaments
All 8 seats for regional governors
Turnout1,348,114 (29.95%)
Increase2.svg 9.84 pp
PartyLeader%Seats+/–
Regional deputies
Independents Vacant38.7165+92
Smer–SD Robert Fico 21.489−72
KDH Alojz Hlina 11.147−10
SMK József Menyhárt 7.933−4
OĽaNO Igor Matovič 5.521+21
SaS Richard Sulík 3.615+6
SNS Andrej Danko 3.615+10
Most Béla Bugár 2.410−7
NOVA Gábor Grendel 1.77+2
ZZ–DÚ Ján Budaj 1.25+3
Šanca Viliam Novotný 0.52+2
ĽSNS Marian Kotleba 0.52+2
OKS Ondrej Dostál 0.21−1
NF Tomáš Černý0.210
DD Vladimír Chovan0.21+1
ŠKV Igor Sidor0.21+1
Regional governors
Independents Vacant25.02+2
Smer–SD Robert Fico 25.02−4
OĽaNO Igor Matovič 25.02+2
KDH Alojz Hlina 12.51+1
SaS Richard Sulík 12.51+1
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.

Elections were held in Slovakia's 8 self-governing regions on 4 November 2017. [1]

Contents

In 2017, deputies of the Slovak National Council voted to extend the term of governors from 4 years to 5 years, and change from a 2-round election to only 1 round. [2]

The turnout was around 30%, biggest in the history of Slovak regional elections.

Results

Bratislava Region

Summary of the 4 November 2017 regional elections in Bratislava Region [3]
PresidencyRegional government
CandidateVotes %DiagramParties and coalitionsSeats
Juraj Droba (Center-right coalition)36,86420.42
Slovakia Bratislava Region Parliament 2017.svg
Independent candidates (NEKA)25
Rudolf Kusý (NEKA)33,48918.55Centre-right coalition [lower-alpha 1] 17
Milan Ftáčnik (NEKA)31,63817.52Coalition of Smer-SD, SDKU-DS, Most-Hid and others6
Ján Mrva (NEKA)28,84215.97 Doma dobre 1
Pavol Frešo (NEKA)19,64010.88Nezávislé forum1
Daniel Krajcer (SKOK-ELD, Most-Hid, SZ)13,9347.72
Others16,0838.91
Total180,49050
Valid votes180,49098.44
Invalid votes2,8521.56
Votes cast / turnout183,34231.34
Registered voters584,995
  1. ↑ SaS, OĽaNO, SMK-MKP, NOVA, OKS, Zmena zdola, DÚ

Trnava Region

Summary of the 4 November 2017 regional elections in Trnava Region [4]
PresidencyRegional government
CandidateVotes %DiagramParties and coalitionsSeats
Jozef Viskupič (OĽaNO, SaS, KDH and others [lower-alpha 1] )48,58442.90
Slovakia Trnava Region Parliament 2017.svg
Independent candidates (NEKA)14
Tibor Mikuš (NEKA)34,60130.55 SMK-MKP 13
Jozsef Berenyi (SMK-MKP)19,41417.14Centre-right coalition [lower-alpha 1] 11
Konrád Rigó (Most-Hid)6,3625.61 Direction – Social Democracy 1
Márius Novák (NEKA)2,2682.00 Most-Hid 1
Jaroslav Cehlárik (NEKA)2,0001.76
Total113,22940
Valid votes113,22996.57
Invalid votes4,0233.43
Votes cast / turnout117,25224.74
Registered voters473,880
  1. 1 2 OĽaNO, SaS, KDH, OKS, Zmena zdola, DÚ

Trenčín Region

Summary of the 4 November 2017 regional elections in Trenčín Region [5]
PresidencyRegional government
CandidateVotes %DiagramParties and coalitionsSeats
Jaroslav Baška (SMER-SD, SNS, Most-Hid, SZ)62,80749.98
Slovakia Trencin Region Parliament 2017.svg
Independent candidates (NEKA)22
Renáta Kaščáková (SaS, OĽaNO, KDH and others [lower-alpha 1] )31,58025.13Coalition of SMER, SNS, Most-Hid and SZ 16
Štefan Škultéty (NEKA)17,40313.85Centre-right coalition [lower-alpha 1] 9
Petra Hajšelová (We Are Family)6,0324.80
Ferdinand Vavrík (NEKA)4,0793.24
Nora Pániková (SZS)2,4771.97
Igor Valko (New Parliament)1,2741.01
Total125,65247
Valid votes125,65296.70
Invalid votes4,2883.30
Votes cast / turnout129,94026.31
Registered voters493,851
  1. 1 2 SaS, OĽaNO, KDH, NOVA, OKS, Zmena zdola, DÚ

Nitra Region

Summary of the 4 November 2017 regional elections in Nitra Region [6]
PresidencyRegional government
CandidateVotes %DiagramParties and coalitionsSeats
Milan Belica (SMER-SD, SNS, Most-Hid)52,18434.10
Slovakia Nitra Region Parliament 2017.svg
Coalition of SMER, SNS and Most-Hid 17
Ján Greššo (SaS, OĽaNO, KDH and others [lower-alpha 1] )26,38217.24 Independent candidates (NEKA)15
Milan Uhrík (ĽSNS)23,50215.36 Party of the Hungarian Community 11
Peter Oremus (NEKA)22,82714.92Centre-right coalition [lower-alpha 1] 10
Iván Farkas (SMK-MKP)21,08413.78 People's Party Our Slovakia 1
Others7,0144.58
Total152,99354
Valid votes152,99397.90
Invalid votes3,2752.10
Votes cast / turnout156,26826.84
Registered voters582,228
  1. 1 2 SaS, OĽaNO, KDH, NOVA, OKS, Šanca, DÚ

Žilina Region

Summary of the 4 November 2017 regional elections in Žilina Region [7]
PresidencyRegional government
CandidateVotes %DiagramParties and coalitionsSeats
Erika Jurinová (OĽaNO, SaS, KDH, NOVA, OKS)82,03443.67
Slovakia Zilina Region Parliament 2017.svg
Independent candidates (NEKA)25
Juraj Blanár (SMER-SD)55,93129.77Coalition of OĽaNO, SaS, KDH, NOVA, OKS 17
Marián Murín (NEKA)19,42510.34 Direction – Social Democracy 10
Peter Sagan (ĽSNS)14,3237.62 Slovak National Party 5
Anton Martvoň (NEKA)6,6153.52
Others9,4924.58
Total187,82057
Valid votes187,82097.59
Invalid votes4,6392.41
Votes cast / turnout192,45933.84
Registered voters568,708

Banská Bystrica Region

Summary of the 4 November 2017 regional elections in Banská Bystrica Region [8]
PresidencyRegional government
CandidateVotes %DiagramParties and coalitionsSeats
Ján Lunter (NEKA)99,16948.53
Slovakia Banska Bystrica Region Parliament 2017.svg
Independent candidates (NEKA)22
Marian Kotleba (ĽSNS)47,50223.24 Direction – Social Democracy 15
Igor Kašper (NEKA)21,74110.64 Party of the Hungarian Community 5
Martin Juhaniak (NEKA)19,7859.68Coalition of KDH, SaS, OĽaNO, NOVA, OKS 4
Milan Urbáni (SMS)2,4781.21 People's Party Our Slovakia 1
Pavel Greksa (NEKA)2,2711.11 Most-Híd 1
Others11,3755.57 Slovak National Party 1
Total204,32149
Valid votes204,32196.21
Invalid votes8,0393.79
Votes cast / turnout212,36040.30
Registered voters526,978

Prešov Region

Summary of the 4 November 2017 regional elections in Prešov Region [9]
PresidencyRegional government
CandidateVotes %DiagramParties and coalitionsSeats
Milan Majerský (KDH, SaS, OĽaNO, NOVA)72,36640.36
Slovakia Presov Region Parliament 2017.svg
Independent candidates (NEKA)22
Peter Chudík (SMER-SD)54,91430.62Coalition of KDH, SaS, OĽaNO, NOVA 21
Jozef Mihalčin (ĽSNS)12,6887.07 Direction – Social Democracy 16
Ján Garaj (NEKA)10,6155.92 Slovak National Party 2
Andrej Gmitter (NEKA)8,3354.64 Dawn 1
František Oľha (Chance)5,8323.25
Others14,5394.58
Total179,28962
Valid votes179,28995.38
Invalid votes8,6944.62
Votes cast / turnout187,98329.40
Registered voters639,324

Košice Region

Summary of the 4 November 2017 regional elections in Košice Region [10]
PresidencyRegional government
CandidateVotes %DiagramParties and coalitionsSeats
Rastislav Trnka (SaS, KDH, OĽaNO, NOVA, Chance)59,59937.80
Slovakia Kosice Region Parliament 2017.svg
Independent candidates (NEKA)16
Richard Raši (SMER-SD, SMK-MKP, SZS, STANK)58,72437.24 Direction – Social Democracy 16
Karol Pataky (Most-Híd, SKOK-ELD)14,8439.41Coalition of SaS, KDH, OĽaNO, NOVA 16
Štefan Surmánek (ĽSNS)7,3754.67 Most-Hid 6
Róbert Bačinský (NEKA)4,9033.11 Slovak National Party 1
Jarmila Tkáčová (SNS)3,6382.30 Party of the Hungarian Community 1
Others8,5695.44Sport for Košice and the East1
Total157,65157
Valid votes157,65193.59
Invalid votes10,8036.41
Votes cast / turnout168,45426.73
Registered voters630,178

Polls

Banská Bystrica governorship

DatePolling firmSample size Marian Kotleba (ĽSNS) Martin Klus (SaS) Milan Urbáni (SMS) Ján Lunter (independent) Stanislav Mičev (independent) Igor Kašper (independent) Martin Juhaniak (independent) Ivan Saktor (independent) Lead
6-18 October 2017AKO [11] 1,00021.9%N/A2.5%51.2%N/A5.0%9.4%1.6%29.7%
18-26 September 2017Focus [12] 1,02322.2%11.0%1.0%30.9%10.4%2.7%8.7%1.5%8.7%
31-10 July/August 2017Focus [13] 1,03321.1%14.4%4.2%21.8%10.1%2.7%10.9%4.2%0.7%
6-15 June 2017Focus [14] 1,00225.9%16.2%4.8%20.0%12.9%2.8%10.4%6.6%5.9%
24-7 January/February 2017AKO [15] 1,00021.6%10.1%7.1%9.3%14.0%7.9%??7.6%

Bratislava governorship

DatePolling firmSample size Milan Ftáčnik (independent) Rudolf Kusý (independent) Pavol Frešo (independent) Juraj Droba (SaS) Daniel Krajcer (SKOK) Ján Mrva (independent) Jozef Uhler (independent) Natália Hanulíková (Greens) Lead
6-18 October 2017AKO [16] 1,00024.0%18.5%18.8%14.6%5.8%8.5%?%?%5.5%
28-6 September/October 2017Focus [17] 1,01425.5%19.0%16.4%14.1%7.1%6.1%4.1%2.0%6.5%
13-18 September 2017AKO [18] 1,00021.7%15.0%15.0%15.2%7.1%6.7%4.4%3.6%6.5%

Trnava governorship

DatePolling firmSample size Tibor Mikuš (SMER-SD) Jozef Viskupič (OĽANO) József Berényi (SMK) Konrád Rigó (MOST) Jaroslav Cehlárik (independent) Lead
October 2017AKO [19] 1,00040.8%30.5%12.1%10.1%6.5%10.3%

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