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. The election resulted in landslide victory for ANO which won 292 of 675 seats and finished first in 10 of 13 regions. 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.
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.
Czech Pirate Party was heavily defeated winning only 3 seats despite previously holding 99 seats. Leader of the party Ivan Bartoš resigned as a result of electoral defeat.
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.
Results
Distribution of seats for individual parties +Results by partiesPartySeats+/– ANO 2011292+114 Civic Democratic Party106+7 Mayors and Independents73+6 KDU-ČSL49–4 Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia32+19 Freedom and Direct Democracy32–3 Mayors for the Liberec Region20–2 TOP 0916–3 Social Democracy13–24 Law, Respect, Expertise7+7 Personalities for the Region 6 Together for Region 5 East Bohemians 4 Better North 4 Non-Partisans 3 Czech Pirate Party3–96 Mayors for Citizens3 Choice for Region3 Czech National Social Party2 United Democrats – Association of Independents2 Czech Sovereignty of Social Democracy2 Zlín 212 Svobodní1 Liberal-Environmental Party1 PRO PLZEŇ1 SOL Movement1 Hradec Democratic Club1 Tricolour10
Regions + RegionANOODSSTANKDU-ČSLKSČMSPDSLKTOP 09SOCDEMPRO2022PiratesČSNSSD-SNČSSDSvobodníLESTrikoloraOthers Total Coalition Governor Party Central Bohemian259 202 2 4 2 1 65 STAN-ODS-KDU ČSL-TOP 09Petra Pecková STAN South Bohemian17343 1 55 ODSMartin Kuba ODS Plzeň247 83 3 3 2 31 1 55 ANO-STAN-KDU ČSL-PRO PLZEŇKamal Farhan ANO Karlovy Vary28374 3 45 ANOJana Mračková ANO Ústí nad Labem2672 3 5 2 1 5 2 1 1 55 ANO-ODS-Better North coalitionRichard Brabec ANO Liberec183 1 2 201 45 SLK-ODS-KDU ČSL-TOP 09Martin Půta SLK Hradec Králové186 3 4 2 1 1 3 1 1 1 3 1 45 ANO-SOCDEM-SPD-PRO2022-SvobodníPetr Koleta ANO Pardubice154 34 3 1 5 2 5 2 1 45 ANO-SOCDEM-Together for Region-KDU ČSL-ODS--East Bohemians-Martin Netolický SOCDEM Vysočina186 4 43 1 2 31 3 45 South Moravian2212 3 15 2 2 4 1 1 1 1 1 1 65 KDU ČSL-ODS-STAN-TOP 09-SOL Movement Jan Grolich KDU-ČSL Olomouc2659 4 3 5 1 1 1 55 Zlín2054 8 3 21 2 45 Moravian-Silesian355 4 4 5 3 1 1 6 1 65Total292106675332322016137322211140685In government13Source: Programydovoleb.cz, Ct24.ceskatelevize.cz
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