2024 Czech regional elections

2024 Czech regional elections

20–21 September 2024
All 675 seats in the regional councils
First party Second party Third party   Leader Andrej Babiš Petr Fiala Ivan Bartoš Party ANO ODS Pirates Last election 99 Seats before 172 99 99 Seats won 292 106 3 Seat change 114 7 96 Popular vote 842,947 Governors 8 1 0   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Leader Vít Rakušan Marian Jurečka Michal Šmarda Party STAN Lidovci SOCDEM Last election 37 Seats before 87 56 34 Seats won 73 49 13 Seat change 6 4 24 Governors 2 1 1   Seventh party Eighth party Ninth party   Leader Tomio Okamura Markéta Pekarová Adamová Kateřina Konečná Party SPD TOP 09 KSČM Seats before 35 20 12 Seats won 32 16 32 Seat change 3 3 20 Governors 0 0 0
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]

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 alliance				Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	ANO 2011			842,947	35.38	292	+114
	Spolu		Spolu (ODS+TOP 09+KDU-ČSL)	240,768	10.11	59	–
			ODS	140,544	5.90	54	–45
			KDU-ČSL+ODS+VČ	39,045	1.64	13	–
			ODS+TOP 09	38,398	1.61	14	–
			ODS+TOP 09+STO	31,144	1.31	11	–
			KDU-ČSL+Z21	28,247	1.19	10	–
			Pro PaK (KDU-ČSL+SNK ED+Nes)	16,680	0.70	6	–
			KDU-ČSL+Zelení+Nes+TOP 09	15,008	0.63	6	–
			KDU-ČSL	12,538	0.53	4	–49
			KDU-ČSL+PROPLZEŇ	9,293	0.39	4	–
			TOP 09+KDU-ČSL+T2020	8,202	0.34	0	–
			KDU-ČSL+SNK 1	1,540	0.06	0	–
		Total		581,407	24.40	181	+10
	STAN and allies		STAN	130,347	5.47	38	–31
			STAN+OK	41,525	1.74	11	–
			Mayors for the Liberec Region	39,464	1.66	20	–2
			STAN+SNK ED	36,408	1.53	13	–
			STAN+PRO Zdraví	21,126	0.89	7	–
			STAN+SOL	18,680	0.78	4	–
			STAN+TOP 09+LES+HD	17,792	0.75	6	–
			STAN+TOP 09+ZVUK	15,929	0.67	5	–
			STAN+HOPB	5,361	0.23	0	–
		Total		326,632	13.71	104	+13
	SPD+Trikolora+PRO		SPD+Trikolora+PRO	79,064	3.32	18	–
			SPD+Trikolora+PRO+Svobodní	42,715	1.79	12	–
			SPD+Trikolora	19,017	0.80	9	–
			SPD	7,865	0.33	2	–33
			PRO	3,959	0.17	0	–
			PRO+SpV	1,030	0.04	0	–
			Trikolora	718	0.03	0	–1
		Total		154,368	6.48	41	+5
	Stačilo!		KSČM+ČSNS+ČSSD	53,546	2.25	16	–
			KSČM+ČSNS	34,187	1.43	7	–
			KSČM+ČSNS+SD–SN+ČSSD+DOMOV	19,816	0.83	4	–
			KSČM+ČSNS+SOCDEM	14,052	0.59	5	–
			KSČM+ČSNS+SD–SN+ČSSD	10,247	0.43	4	–
			KSČM+ČSNS+SD–SN	9,602	0.40	4	–
			ČSSD+DOMOV	2,604	0.11	0	–
			KSČM	1,786	0.07	0	–13
			ČSSD+CiKR	953	0.04	0	–
			SD–SN+SproK	801	0.03	0	–
		Total		147,594	6.20	40	+27
	Czech Pirate Party		Pirates	85,169	3.57	3	–96
			Pirates+ProOl	6,998	0.29	0	–
		Total		92,167	3.87	3	–96
	Social Democracy		SOCDEM	39,854	1.67	3	–34
			SOCDEM+SproK+VC	30,770	1.29	11	–
			SOCDEM+SproK+RH	10,324	0.43	3	–
			SOCDEM+SproK	2,881	0.12	0	–
		Total		83,829	3.52	17	–20
	Přísaha			47,222	1.98	0	–
	Green Party		Greens+SNK ED+TOP 09+JP	7,112	0.30	0	–
			Greens+SEN 21	6,404	0.27	0	–
			Greens+LES+SEN 21+Idealisté	6,050	0.25	0	–
			Greens+LES	3,169	0.13	0	–
			Greens+The Left	1,220	0.05	0	–
		Total		23,955	1.01	0	–6
	Svo+Sou+NEZ+SD		Svobodní+Soukromníci+NEZ	3,765	0.16	0	–
			Svobodní+Soukromníci	1,950	0.08	0	–
			NEZ+DV 2016	1,813	0.08	0	–
			SD	1,655	0.07	0	–
			Svobodní+SD	525	0.02	0	–
		Total		9,708	0.41	0	–2
	Moravané		Moravané+MZH	3,798	0.16	0	–
			Moravané	2,106	0.09	0	–
		Total		5,904	0.25	0	–
	Other			66,689	2.80	7	–
Total				2,382,422	100.00	685	–
Source: Czech Statistical Office

Distribution of seats for individual parties

Results by parties^[10]

Party		Seats	+/–
	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 Region	6
	Together for Region	5
	East Bohemians	4
	Better North	4
	Non-Partisans	3
	Czech Pirate Party	3	–96
	Mayors for Citizens	3
	Choice for Region	3
	Czech National Social Party	2
	United Democrats – Association of Independents	2
	Czech Sovereignty of Social Democracy	2
	Zlín 21	2
	Svobodní	1
	Liberal-Environmental Party	1
	PRO PLZEŇ	1
	SOL Movement	1
	Hradec Democratic Club	1
	Tricolour	1	0

Regions

Region	ANO	ODS	STAN	KDU-ČSL	KSČM	SPD	SLK	TOP 09	SOCDEM	PRO2022	Pirates	ČSNS	SD-SN	ČSSD	Svobodní	LES	Trikolora	Others	Total	Coalition[a]		Governor	Party
Central Bohemian	25	9 [b]	20	2 [b]	2 [c]	4 [d]	—	2 [b]	—	—	—	—	—	1 [c]	—	—	—	—	65
South Bohemian	17	34	—	—	3 [e]	—	—	—	—	—	—	1 [e]	—	—	—	—	—	—	55
Plzeň	24	7 [f]	8	3 [g]	3 [h]	3 [i]	—	2 [f]	—	—	3	—	1 [h]	—	—	—	—	1 [j]	55		ANO-STAN-KDU ČSL-PRO PLZEŇ	Kamal Farhan		ANO
Karlovy Vary	28	3	7	—	—	4 [i]	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	3 [k]	45
Ústí nad Labem	26	7	2 [l]	—	3 [m]	5 [d]	—	—	2 [m]	1 [d]	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5 [n] 2 [o] 1 [p] 1 [q]	55
Liberec	18	3 [b]	—	1 [b]	—	2 [i]	20	1 [b]	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	45
Hradec Králové	18	6 [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	15	4 [f]	3	4 [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	18	6 [ad]	4 [ae]	4	3 [c]	1 [d]	—	2 [ad]	3	1 [d]	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	3 [af]	45
South Moravian	22	12 [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	26	5	9 [ae]	4 [ak]	3 [c]	5 [u]	—	1 [ak]	—	—	—	1 [c]	—	—	—	—	—	1 [al]	55
Zlín	20	5	4 [am]	8 [an]	3 [c]	2	—	1 [am]	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2 [ao]	45
Moravian-Silesian	35	5 [b]	4 [ap]	4 [b]	5 [aq]	3 [d]	—	1 [b]	—	1 [d]	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6 [ar] 1 [as]	65
Total	292	106	67	53	32	32	20	16	13	7	3	2	2	2	1	1	1	40	685
In government																			13
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. Elected as members of KDU+ODS+TOP 09 coalition
3. Elected as members of ČSNS+KSČM+ČSSD coalition
4. Elected as members of SPD+Trikol+PRO coalition
5. Elected as members of ČSNS-KSČM-SD-ČSSD coalition
6. Elected as members of ODS-TOP 09 coalition
7. Elected as members of KDUČSL+PROPLZEŇ coalition
8. Elected as members of ČSNS+KSČM+SD-SN coalition
9. 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. 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. Elected as members of KDU-ČSL+ODS+VČ coalition
19. Elected as members of STAN+TOP+LES+HD coalition
20. Elected as members of ČSNS+KSČM coalition
21. 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. Elected as members of ODS+TOP 09+STO coalition
31. 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. 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. Elected as members of KDU+Zel+Nes+TOP coalition
38. Independent candidate, elected as member of KDU+Zel+Nes+TOP coalition
39. 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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