European elections in the Czech Republic in 2014
The European elections in the Czech Republic in 2014 took place on May 23 and 24, 2014. It was carried out as part of the EU- wide European elections in 2014 , with 21 of the 751 seats in the European Parliament in the Czech Republic .
Electoral system
The whole territory of the Czech Republic forms an electoral district . The elections took place over two days - on Friday (2 p.m. to 10 p.m.) and on Saturday (8 a.m. to 2 p.m.). The votes are converted into mandates using the D'Hondt procedure . There is a 5% threshold . The voter can give two candidates a preferential vote. If a candidate receives preference votes of at least 5% of the valid votes cast for his party or electoral coalition, he receives the mandate. If several candidates receive at least 5% of preference votes, the candidates will be ranked according to the number of preference votes.
Every Czech citizen who has reached the age of 18 on the second election day at the latest, as well as every citizen of another Member State who has reached the age of 18 on the second election day and has been entered in the population register for at least 45 days is eligible to vote. Citizens living abroad who want to take part in the European elections in the Czech Republic can only vote in person on Czech territory.
Every Czech citizen who has reached the age of 21 by the second election day at the latest and every citizen of another Member State who has reached the age of 21 by the second election day and has been entered in the population register for at least 45 days is eligible to vote.
Compared to the previous legislative period, the Czech Republic has one less seat in the European Parliament with 21 seats.
Participating parties
857 candidates ran for election on 38 lists. The following parties are represented in the House of Representatives or the Senate or are named in the election polls:
| Political party | Seats in the EP | European party | fraction | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 2014 | ||||
| Czech Social Democratic Party (ČSSD) | 7th | 4th | SPE | S&D | |
| Action of dissatisfied citizens (ANO 2011) | - | 4th | - | 1 | |
| Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia (KSČM) | 4th | 3 | 2 | GUE / NGL | |
| Tradition, responsibility, prosperity (TOP 09) and Starostové (STAN) | 1 | 4th | EPP | EPP | |
| Democratic Citizens Party (ODS) | 9 | 2 | AECR | ECR | |
| Dawn of Direct Democracy (Úsvit) | - | 0 | - | - | |
| Christian and Democratic Union - Czechoslovak People's Party (KDU-ČSL) | 1 3 | 3 | EPP | EPP | |
| Party of the Greens (SZ) | - | 0 | EGP | - | |
| Czech Pirate Party (Pirati) | - | 0 | PPEU | - | |
| National Socialists - Left of the 21st Century (LEV 21) | - | 0 | - | - | |
| Věci veřejné (VV) | - | 0 | - | - | |
| Strana svobodných občanů (Svobodní) | - | 1 | - | - | |
The following further parties are involved:
- Active Independent Citizen (ANEO)
- ANTIBURSÍK - STOP EKOTERORU! (SECTION)
- Česká strana regionů (CSR)
- Česká strana národně sociální (ČSNS)
- Česká Suverenita (ČS)
- Workers' Party of Social Justice (DSSS) and Strana pro Evropu (NE diktátu Bruselu!)
- evropani.cz (evropani)
- Hnutí na podporu dobrovolných hasičů a dalších dobrovolníků (HNPD)
- HNUTÍ SOCIÁLNĚ SLABÝCH (HSS)
- Club of the Active Partisans (KAN)
- Communist Party of Czechoslovakia (KSČ)
- Czech crown (KČ)
- Liberálně ekologická strana (LES)
- Moravané ( member of the European Free Alliance )
- NE Bruselu - Národní demokracie (ND)
- Citizen 2011 (OBČANÉ 2011)
- Občanská konzervativní strana (OK strana)
- Republica
- REPUBLIKÁNSKÁ STRANA ČECH, MORAVY A SLEZSKA (RSČMS)
- Roma Democratic Party (RDS)
- SNK Evropští democé (SNK ED)
- Strana práce (SP) and NESPOKOJENÍ OBČANÉ! (NO)
- Strana rovných příležitostí (SRP)
- Strana zdravého rozumu - NECHCEME EURO - za Evropu svobodných států (Rozumní)
- VIZE 2014 (VIZE)
- Volte Pravý Blok www.cibulka.net
Survey
| date | Institute | ODS | ČSSD | KSČM | KDU-ČSL | VV | SZ | ANO 2011 | TOP 09 | LEV 21 | Úsvit | Piráti | Svobodní | Otherwise. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 05/16/2014 | Heart man | 7.2 | 12.5 | 12.2 | 4.6 | - | 4.9 | 20.1 | 14.2 | - | 7.7 | 4.3 | 4.7 | 7.6 |
| 04/28/2014 | STEM | 7.4 | 18.5 | 11.9 | 6.7 | - | 2.0 | 24.7 | 10.7 | - | 2.0 | 1.9 | 2.6 | 11.6 |
| 04/28/2014 | CVVM | 8.0 | 23.0 | 10.0 | 9.0 | - | 5.0 | 28.0 | 11.0 | - | 2.0 | - | - | 4.0 |
| 04/22/2014 | Heart man | 7.6 | 14.1 | 11.1 | 3.8 | 1.2 | 2.9 | 22.2 | 9.6 | 1.0 | 8.9 | 3.4 | 4.8 | 5.8 |
| 04/13/2014 | SANEP | 5.4 | 20.1 | 14.5 | 5.2 | 2.8 | 2.9 | 23.2 | 8.2 | 4.0 | 3.2 | 3.2 | - | 7.3 |
| 03/31/2014 | SANEP | 6.0 | 18.9 | 15.9 | 5.7 | 3.1 | 4.0 | 20.6 | 8.4 | 5.0 | 3.3 | 3.5 | - | 5.6 |
| 03/26/2014 | CVVM | 6.0 | 23.0 | 11.0 | 5.0 | - | 3.0 | 24.0 | 10.0 | - | 3.0 | - | - | 1.0 |
| 03/10/2014 | SANEP | 6.4 | 19.3 | 16.2 | 6.2 | 3.4 | 2.9 | 21.8 | 9.1 | 4.7 | 3.1 | 2.7 | - | 3.9 |
| Election 2009 | 31.5 | 22.4 | 14.2 | 7.6 | 2.4 | 2.1 | nk | nk | nk | nk | nk | nk | 19.9 | |
Individual evidence
- ↑ volby.cz
- ↑ volby.cz
- ↑ Law No. 62/2003 Coll., On European elections.
- ↑ zpravy.ihned.cz
- ↑ euractiv.cz ( Memento of the original from April 5, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ herzmann.cz (PDF)
- ↑ stem.cz
- ↑ metapolls.net
- ↑ herzmann.cz (PDF)
- ↑ sanep.cz
- ↑ cvvm.soc.cas.cz ( Memento of the original from March 27, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF)
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