Election Name: | 2008 Czech regional elections |
Country: | Czech Republic |
Type: | parliamentary |
Ongoing: | no |
Previous Election: | 2004 Czech regional elections |
Previous Year: | 2004 |
Election Date: | 17–18 October 2008 |
Next Election: | 2012 Czech regional elections |
Next Year: | 2012 |
Seats For Election: | 675 seats on 13 Regional Councils |
Turnout: | 40.3% |
Leader1: | Jiří Paroubek |
Party1: | Czech Social Democratic Party |
Seats1: | 280 |
Popular Vote1: | 1,044,719 |
Percentage1: | 35.85% |
Leader2: | Mirek Topolánek |
Party2: | Civic Democratic Party (Czech Republic) |
Seats2: | 180 |
Popular Vote2: | 687,005 |
Percentage2: | 23.57% |
Chairman of Regional Association | |
Before Election: | Evžen Tošenovský |
Before Party: | Civic Democratic Party (Czech Republic) |
After Election: | Michal Hašek |
After Party: | Czech Social Democratic Party |
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]
Party | Votes | % | Seats | |
---|---|---|---|---|
1,044,719 | 35.85 | 280 | ||
687,005 | 23.57 | 180 | ||
438,024 | 15.03 | 114 | ||
193,911 | 6.65 | 56 | ||
92,057 | 3.15 | 0 | ||
36,719 | 1.26 | 6 | ||
35,584 | 1.22 | 7 | ||
31,910 | 1.09 | 8 | ||
Others | 353,713 | 12.14 | 130 | |
Total | 2,913,642 | 100 | 675 |