Regional elections were held in the Czech Republic to elect the Regional Councils of 13 regions (all except Prague) on 5–6 November 2004. They were won by Civic Democratic Party (ODS), whilst the ruling Czech Social Democratic Party (ČSSD) was heavily defeated, finishing third.
Results Party Votes % SeatsCivic Democratic Party 769,848 36.36 291Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia 416,807 19.68 157Czech Social Democratic Party 297,083 14.03 105Christian and Democratic Union – Czechoslovak People's Party 226,016 10.67 72Coalition for Pardubice region 29,384 1.38 12Association of Independent Candidates 69,591 3.28 11Party for the Open Society 16,739 0.79 7Coalition for Central Bohemian region 18,380 0.86 4European Democrats 14,056 0.66 3SNK European Democrats 13,699 0.63 3European Democrats and Independent Mayors for region 8,117 0.38 3Others 32,595 1.54 4
Opinion polls Date Polling Firm ODS ČSSD KSČM KDU-ČSLSNK ED NEZ SZ US-DEU Others 24 Oct 2004 CVVM 35.0 24.0 15.5 11.5 3.0 1.5 22 Oct 2004 Factum Invenio 11.7 9.3 8.0 6.5 4.1 3.5 2.1 1.3
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