2024 Czech regional elections

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2024 Czech regional elections
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All 675 seats in the regional councils
 First partySecond partyThird party
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Leader Andrej Babiš Petr Fiala Ivan Bartoš
Party ANO ODS Pirates
Last election99
Seats before1729999
Seats won2921063
Seat changeIncrease2.svg 114Increase2.svg 7Decrease2.svg 96
Popular vote842,947
Governors810
 Fourth partyFifth partySixth party
  Vit Rakusan 2023 Praha.jpg Marian Jurecka - portrait.jpg Michal Smarda 2022.jpg
Leader Vít Rakušan Marian Jurečka Michal Šmarda
Party STAN Lidovci SOCDEM
Last election37
Seats before875634
Seats won734913
Seat changeIncrease2.svg 6Decrease2.svg 4Decrease2.svg 24
Governors211
 Seventh partyEighth partyNinth party
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Leader Tomio Okamura Markéta Pekarová Adamová Kateřina Konečná
Party SPD TOP 09 KSČM
Seats before352012
Seats won321632
Seat changeDecrease2.svg 3Decrease2.svg 3Increase2.svg 20
Governors000
Chairman of the Regional Association before election

Martin Kuba
ODS

Elected Chairman of the Regional Association

Radim Holiš
ANO (political party)

2024 Czech regional elections were held on 20 and 21 September 2024 to elect all 675 members of all 13 Czech regional councils. The regional elections are held together with the first round of the 2024 Czech Senate election. [1] The election resulted in landslide victory for ANO which won 292 of 675 seats and finished first in 10 of 13 regions. [2] Civic Democratic Party of Prime Minister Petr Fiala finished second with 106 seats. ANO didn't win in South Bohemian region, South Moravian region and Liberec region. [3]

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Victory in South Bohemian region was viewed as the only large win for Civic Democrats. It was attributed to South Bohemian Governor Martin Kuba who was seen as biggest victor of regional elections as he won 47.5% of votes and majority in South Bohemian assembly. [4] [5]

Czech Pirate Party was heavily defeated winning only 3 seats despite previously holding 99 seats. [6] Leader of the party Ivan Bartoš resigned as a result of electoral defeat. [7]

Voting system

Elections are held in each region to elect its regional council, which is composed of 45 to 65 regional councilors, who will elect the governor of the region. Elections are held using open list proportional representation method, with a 5% threshold for both parties and coalitions in each region. The minimum age for both voting and candidacy is 18 years. [8] [9]

Results

Party or allianceVotes%Seats+/–
ANO 2011 842,94735.38292+114
Spolu Spolu (ODS+TOP 09+KDU-ČSL)240,76810.1159–
ODS 140,5445.9054–45
KDU-ČSL+ODS+VČ39,0451.6413–
ODS+TOP 09 38,3981.6114–
ODS+TOP 09+STO31,1441.3111–
KDU-ČSL+Z2128,2471.1910–
Pro PaK (KDU-ČSL+SNK ED+Nes)16,6800.706–
KDU-ČSL+Zelení+Nes+TOP 09 15,0080.636–
KDU-ČSL 12,5380.534–49
KDU-ČSL+PROPLZEŇ9,2930.394–
TOP 09+KDU-ČSL+T2020 8,2020.340–
KDU-ČSL+SNK 11,5400.060–
Total581,40724.40181+10
STAN and allies STAN 130,3475.4738–31
STAN+OK41,5251.7411–
Mayors for the Liberec Region 39,4641.6620–2
STAN+SNK ED 36,4081.5313–
STAN+PRO Zdraví21,1260.897–
STAN+SOL18,6800.784–
STAN+TOP 09+LES+HD17,7920.756–
STAN+TOP 09+ZVUK15,9290.675–
STAN+HOPB5,3610.230–
Total326,63213.71104+13
SPD+Trikolora+PRO SPD+Trikolora+PRO 79,0643.3218–
SPD+Trikolora+PRO+Svobodní 42,7151.7912–
SPD+Trikolora 19,0170.809–
SPD 7,8650.332–33
PRO 3,9590.170–
PRO+SpV 1,0300.040–
Trikolora 7180.030–1
Total154,3686.4841+5
Stačilo! KSČM+ČSNS+ČSSD 53,5462.2516–
KSČM+ČSNS 34,1871.437–
KSČM+ČSNS+SD–SN+ČSSD+DOMOV 19,8160.834–
KSČM+ČSNS+SOCDEM 14,0520.595–
KSČM+ČSNS+SD–SN+ČSSD 10,2470.434–
KSČM+ČSNS+SD–SN 9,6020.404–
ČSSD+DOMOV 2,6040.110–
KSČM 1,7860.070–13
ČSSD+CiKR9530.040–
SD–SN+SproK 8010.030–
Total147,5946.2040+27
Czech Pirate Party Pirates 85,1693.573–96
Pirates+ProOl6,9980.290–
Total92,1673.873–96
Social Democracy SOCDEM 39,8541.673–34
SOCDEM+SproK+VC30,7701.2911–
SOCDEM+SproK+RH10,3240.433–
SOCDEM+SproK 2,8810.120–
Total83,8293.5217–20
Přísaha 47,2221.980–
Green Party Greens+SNK ED+TOP 09+JP 7,1120.300–
Greens+SEN 21 6,4040.270–
Greens+LES+SEN 21+Idealisté 6,0500.250–
Greens+LES 3,1690.130–
Greens+The Left 1,2200.050–
Total23,9551.010–6
Svo+Sou+NEZ+SD Svobodní+Soukromníci+NEZ 3,7650.160–
Svobodní+Soukromníci 1,9500.080–
NEZ+DV 20161,8130.080–
SD 1,6550.070–
Svobodní+SD 5250.020–
Total9,7080.410–2
Moravané Moravané+MZH 3,7980.160–
Moravané 2,1060.090–
Total5,9040.250–
Other66,6892.807–
Total2,382,422100.00685–
Source: Czech Statistical Office

Distribution of seats for individual parties

Results by parties [10]
PartySeats+/–
ANO 2011 292+114
Civic Democratic Party 106+7
Mayors and Independents 73+6
KDU-ČSL 49–4
Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia 32+19
Freedom and Direct Democracy 32–3
Mayors for the Liberec Region 20–2
TOP 09 16–3
Social Democracy 13–24
Law, Respect, Expertise 7+7
Personalities for Region6
Together for Region5
East Bohemians4
Better North4
Non-Partisans3
Czech Pirate Party 3–96
Mayors for Citizens3
Choice for Region3
Czech National Social Party 2
United Democrats – Association of Independents 2
Czech Sovereignty of Social Democracy 2
Zlín 212
Svobodní 1
Liberal-Environmental Party 1
PRO PLZEŇ1
SOL Movement1
Hradec Democratic Club1
Tricolour 10

Regions

Region ANO ODS STAN KDU-ČSL KSČM SPD SLK TOP 09 SOCDEM PRO2022 Pirates ČSNS SD-SN ČSSD Svobodní LES Trikolora OthersTotalCoalition [a] GovernorParty
Central Bohemian 259 [b] 202 [b] 2 [c] 4 [d] —2 [b] —————1 [c] ————65
South Bohemian 1734——3 [e] ——————1 [e] ——————55
Plzeň 247 [f] 83 [g] 3 [h] 3 [i] —2 [f] ——3—1 [h] ————1 [j] 55 ANO-STAN-KDU ČSL-PRO PLZEŇ Kamal Farhan ANO
Karlovy Vary 2837——4 [i] ———————————3 [k] 45
Ústí nad Labem 2672 [l] —3 [m] 5 [d] ——2 [m] 1 [d] ———————5 [n] 2 [o] 1 [p] 1 [q] 55
Liberec 183 [b] —1 [b] —2 [i] 201 [b] ——————————45
Hradec Králové 186 [r] 3 [s] 4 [r] 2 [t] 1 [u] —1 [s] 3 [v] 1 [u] ————1 [u] 1 [s] —3 [w] 1 [x] 45
Pardubice 154 [f] 34 [y] 3 [c] ——1 [f] 5 [z] 2 [d] ———————5 [aa] 2 [ab] 1 [ac] 45 ANO-SOCDEM-Together for Region-KDU ČSL-ODS- TOP 09 -East Bohemians- Martin Netolický SOCDEM
Vysočina 186 [ad] 4 [ae] 43 [c] 1 [d] —2 [ad] 31 [d] ———————3 [af] 45
South Moravian 2212 [b] 3 [ag] 15 [b] 2 [ah] 2 [u] —4 [b] —1 [u] ——1 [ah] 1 [ah] ——1 [u] 1 [ai] 1 [aj] 65 KDU ČSL-ODS-STAN-TOP 09-SOL Movement Jan Grolich KDU-ČSL
Olomouc 2659 [ae] 4 [ak] 3 [c] 5 [u] —1 [ak] ———1 [c] —————1 [al] 55
Zlín 2054 [am] 8 [an] 3 [c] 2—1 [am] —————————2 [ao] 45
Moravian-Silesian 355 [b] 4 [ap] 4 [b] 5 [aq] 3 [d] —1 [b] —1 [d] ———————6 [ar] 1 [as] 65
Total292106675332322016137322211140685
In government13
Source: Programydovoleb.cz, Ct24.ceskatelevize.cz

Notes

  1. ↑ Legend:
    • light green: Coalitions including ODS, the major party in Petr Fiala's Cabinet
    • light red: Coalitions not including ODS
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Elected as members of KDU+ODS+TOP 09 coalition
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Elected as members of ČSNS+KSČM+ČSSD coalition
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Elected as members of SPD+Trikol+PRO coalition
  5. 1 2 Elected as members of ČSNS-KSČM-SD-ČSSD coalition
  6. 1 2 3 4 Elected as members of ODS-TOP 09 coalition
  7. ↑ Elected as members of KDUČSL+PROPLZEŇ coalition
  8. 1 2 Elected as members of ČSNS+KSČM+SD-SN coalition
  9. 1 2 3 Elected as members of SPD+Trikolora coalition
  10. ↑ PRO PLZEŇ' candidate, elected as member of KDUČSL+PROPLZEŇ coalition
  11. ↑ Elected as member of Choice for Region party
  12. ↑ Elected as members of STAN+PRO Zdraví coalition
  13. 1 2 Elected as members of ČSNS+SOCDE+KSČM Zdraví coalition
  14. ↑ Independent candidates, elected as members of STAN+PRO Zdraví coalition
  15. ↑ ProMOST candidates, elected as members of Better North coalition
  16. ↑ Vaše Ústí candidate, elected as member of Better North coalition
  17. ↑ Nový Sever candidate, elected as member of Better North coalition
  18. 1 2 Elected as members of KDU-ČSL+ODS+VČ coalition
  19. 1 2 3 Elected as members of STAN+TOP+LES+HD coalition
  20. ↑ Elected as members of ČSNS+KSČM coalition
  21. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Elected as members of Svo+SPD+Tri+PRO coalition
  22. ↑ Elected as members of SOCDEM+SproK+RH coalition
  23. ↑ East Bohemians' party candidates, elected as members of KDU-ČSL+ODS+VČ coalition
  24. ↑ Hradec Democratic Club party candidate, elected as member of STAN+TOP+LES+HD coalition
  25. ↑ Elected as members of Pro PaK coalition
  26. ↑ Elected as members of SOCDEM+VČ+SproK coalition
  27. ↑ Together for Region party candidates, elected as members of SOCDEM+VČ+SproK coalition
  28. ↑ Independent candidates, elected as members of Pro PaK coalition
  29. ↑ East Bohemians party candidate, elected as member of SOCDEM+VČ+SproK coalition
  30. 1 2 Elected as members of ODS+TOP 09+STO coalition
  31. 1 2 Elected as members of STAN+SNK ED coalition
  32. ↑ Mayors for Citizens's candidates, elected as members of ODS+TOP 09+STO coalition
  33. ↑ Elected as members of STAN-SOL coalition coalition
  34. 1 2 3 Elected as members of NS-KSČM-SD-ČSSD-DOM coalition coalition
  35. ↑ SOL candidate, elected as member of STAN-SOL coalition
  36. ↑ Independent candidate, elected as member of KDU+ODS+TOP 09 coalition
  37. 1 2 Elected as members of KDU+Zel+Nes+TOP coalition
  38. ↑ Independent candidate, elected as member of KDU+Zel+Nes+TOP coalition
  39. 1 2 Elected as members of STAN+TOP+ZVUK coalition
  40. ↑ Elected as members of KDU-ČSL+Z21 coalition
  41. ↑ Zlín 21 candidates, elected as members of KDU-ČSL+Z21 coalition
  42. ↑ Elected as members of STAN+OK coalition
  43. ↑ Elected as members of ČSNS+KSČM coalition
  44. ↑ Personalities for Region's candidate, elected as members of STAN+OK coalition
  45. ↑ Krásná Kopřivnice's candidate, elected as members of STAN+OK coalition

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