2004 Czech regional elections

Regional elections were held in the Czech Republic to elect the Regional Councils of 13 regions (all except Prague) on 5–6 November 2004.[1][2] They were won by Civic Democratic Party (ODS), whilst the ruling Czech Social Democratic Party (ČSSD) was heavily defeated, finishing third.[3][4]

2004 Czech regional elections

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675 seats
Turnout29.6%
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Mirek Topolánek Miroslav Grebeníček Stanislav Gross
Party ODS KSČM ČSSD
Seats won 291 157 105
Popular vote 769,848 416,807 297,083
Percentage 36.4% 19.7 14.0%

  Fourth party
 
Leader Miroslav Kalousek
Party Christian and Democratic Union – Czechoslovak People's Party
Seats won 72
Popular vote 226,016
Percentage 10.7%

Chairman of Regional Association before election

Evžen Tošenovský
ODS

Elected Chairman of Regional Association

Evžen Tošenovský
ODS

Results edit

Party Votes % Seats
Civic Democratic Party 769,848 36.36 291
Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia 416,807 19.68 157
Czech Social Democratic Party 297,083 14.03 105
Christian and Democratic Union – Czechoslovak People's Party 226,016 10.67 72
Coalition for Pardubice region 29,384 1.38 12
Association of Independent Candidates 69,591 3.28 11
Party for the Open Society 16,739 0.79 7
Coalition for Central Bohemian region 18,380 0.86 4
European Democrats 14,056 0.66 3
SNK European Democrats 13,699 0.63 3
European Democrats and Independent Mayors for region 8,117 0.38 3
Others 32,595 1.54 4

Opinion polls edit

Date Polling Firm ODS ČSSD KSČM KDU-ČSL SNK ED NEZ SZ US-DEU Others
24 Oct 2004 CVVM[5] 35.0 24.0 15.5 11.5 3.0 1.5
22 Oct 2004 Factum Invenio[6] 11.7 9.3 8.0 6.5 4.1 3.5 2.1 1.3

References edit

  1. ^ "Klaus vyhlásil na listopad volby do Senátu". iDNES.cz. 19 July 2004. Retrieved 23 November 2016.
  2. ^ "VOLEBNÍ SPECIÁL: Krajské a senátní volby 2004". Novinky.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 23 November 2016.
  3. ^ "Volby do Senátu a krajských zastupitelstev". iDNES.cz. Retrieved 23 November 2016.
  4. ^ "ODS zvítězila, sociální demokraté propadli". iDNES.cz. 6 November 2004. Retrieved 23 November 2016.
  5. ^ "CVVM: V krajích získá ODS třetinu hlasů". iDNES.cz. 31 October 2004. Retrieved 1 June 2017.
  6. ^ "Průzkum: Preference v krajích jsou těsné". iDNES.cz. 22 October 2004. Retrieved 1 June 2017.