Regional elections in the Czech Republic in 2012
The regional elections in the Czech Republic in 2012 took place on October 12 and 13, 2012. All regional parliaments in the thirteen Krajs ( regions ) were newly elected.
Starting position
In the 2008 elections , the social democratic ČSSD was the strongest party. It provided the Hejtman ( governor ) in all thirteen regions . The conservative ODS suffered heavy losses and lost all of its twelve Hejtmens in one fell swoop. The communist KSČM and the Christian democratic KDU-ČSL lost easily. The latter also lost its only Hejtman.
Overall result
The ČSSD became the strongest party in nine of the thirteen regions. The KSČM was in two regions number one, the ODS is now in a. In the Liberec region , the party mayor for Liberec ( related to TOP 09 ) became the strongest force. In most regions there was a majority in favor of a left coalition of ČSSD and KSČM, so that the ODS had to enter the opposition in all regions.
| Political party | Abbreviation | Voices 2008 | 2008 result | Voices 2012 | 2012 result | Mandates 2012 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Česká strana sociálně Demokratieická | ČSSD | 1,044,719 | 35.85% | 621.961 | 23.58% | 205 |
| Komunistická strana Čech a Moravy | KSČM | 438.024 | 15.03% | 538.953 | 20.34% | 182 |
| Občanská Demokratieická strana | ODS | 687.005 | 23.57% | 324.081 | 12.28% | 102 |
| Křesťanská a democická unie - Československá strana lidová | KDU-ČSL | 276,477 | 9.45% | 234.133 | 8.83% | 67 |
| Tradice, Odpovědnost, Prosperita 09 | TOP 09 | 55,089 | 1.88% | 175.089 | 6.63% | 44 |
| Strana zelených | SZ | 92.057 | 3.15% | 122,863 | 4.62% | 8th |
| Strana Práv Občanů ZEMANOVCI | SPOZ | - | - | 90,088 | 3.41% | 7th |
| Česká pirátská strana | Piratí | - | - | 57,805 | 2.19% | 0 |
Regional results
| region | ČSSD | KDU-ČSL | KSČM | ODS | Piráti | SPOZ | TOP 09 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Středočeský kraj | 21.79 | - | 20.57 | 18.32 | 3.03 | - | 11.71 |
| Jihočeský kraj | 27.99 | 6.43 | 19.37 | 12.56 | 1.79 | 2.17 | 5 |
| Plzeňský kraj | 24.89 | - | 20.93 | 26.48 | 2.68 | 3.42 | 5.5 |
| Karlovarský kraj | 22.73 | - | 22.98 | 9.79 | 2.44 | 2.83 | 7.38 |
| Ústecký kraj | 16.13 | - | 25.26 | 9.68 | 1.88 | 2.32 | 4.67 |
| Liberecký kraj | 13.05 | - | 17.89 | 9.26 | 2.22 | 1.71 | 3.52 |
| Královéhradecký kraj | 19.73 | - | 19.39 | 10.62 | 1.9 | 2.76 | 8.25 |
| Pardubický kraj | 21.31 | - | 18.86 | 10.9 | 1.84 | 5.31 | 6.25 |
| Vysočina | 29.26 | 12.33 | 19.57 | 10.29 | 1.59 | 4.26 | 5.05 |
| Jihomoravský kraj | 27.01 | 17.03 | 18.65 | 9.21 | 2.49 | 2.45 | 5.86 |
| Olomoucký kraj | 26.7 | - | 22.82 | 10.91 | 2.11 | 3.3 | 6.16 |
| Zlínský kraj | 21.73 | 18.31 | 16.08 | 9.49 | 1.41 | 7.21 | 10.09 |
| Moravskoslezský kraj | 27.4 | 8.6 | 22.78 | 9.92 | 2.17 | 4.56 | 4.32 |
| total | 23.58 | 5.82 | 20.43 | 12.28 | 2.19 | 3.08 | 6.63 |
The parties listed are those that achieved a nationwide average of over 3 percent of the votes. Coalitions are not included.
Individual evidence
- ^ Results of the regional elections in the Czech Republic , Powidl.de
- ↑ ČSSD by volby vyhrála, stále však ztrácí podporu voličů (Czech)
- ↑ Czech government weakened by regional elections , ZEIT Online
- ^ Result of the regional elections 2012 Czech Statistical Office
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