2008 Czech regional elections
17–18 October 2008
675 seats on 13 Regional Councils
Turnout40.3%
  First party Second party
 
Leader Jiří Paroubek Mirek Topolánek
Party ČSSD ODS
Seats won 280 180
Popular vote 1,044,719 687,005
Percentage 35.85% 23.57%
Chairman of Regional Association before election

Evžen Tošenovský
ODS

 Elected Chairman of Regional Association

Michal Hašek
ČSSD

Regional elections were held in the Czech Republic to elect the Regional Councils in 13 regions (all except Prague) on 17 and 18 October 2008.[1] The elections were won by the opposition Czech Social Democratic Party (ČSSD), which won in every region.[2]

Results

PartyVotes %Seats
Czech Social Democratic Party1,044,71935.85280
Civic Democratic Party687,00523.57180
Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia438,02415.03114
Christian and Democratic Union – Czechoslovak People's Party193,9116.6556
Green Party92,0573.150
SNK European Democrats36,7191.266
Independent Mayors for Region35,5841.227
NorthBohemians.cz31,9101.098
Others353,71312.14130
Total2,913,642100675

References

  1. ↑ "Prezident vyhlásil krajské a senátní volby na polovinu října". iDNES.cz. 16 July 2008. Retrieved 23 November 2016.
  2. ↑ "VIDEO: ČSSD jasně vyhrála krajské volby". Novinky.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 23 November 2016.
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