2004 Czech regional elections

Regional elections were held in the Czech Republic to elect the Regional Councils of 13 regions (all except Prague) on 5–6 November 2004.^[1][2] They were won by Civic Democratic Party (ODS), whilst the ruling Czech Social Democratic Party (ČSSD) was heavily defeated, finishing third.^[3][4]

2004 Czech regional elections

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675 seats
Turnout	29.6%
First party Second party Third party   Leader Mirek Topolánek Miroslav Grebeníček Stanislav Gross Party ODS KSČM ČSSD Seats won 291 157 105 Popular vote 769,848 416,807 297,083 Percentage 36.4% 19.7 14.0%   Fourth party   Leader Miroslav Kalousek Party Lidovci Seats won 72 Popular vote 226,016 Percentage 10.7%
Chairman of Regional Association before election Evžen Tošenovský ODS Elected Chairman of Regional Association Evžen Tošenovský ODS

Results

Party	Votes	%	Seats
Civic Democratic Party	769,848	36.36	291
Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia	416,807	19.68	157
Czech Social Democratic Party	297,083	14.03	105
Christian and Democratic Union – Czechoslovak People's Party	226,016	10.67	72
Coalition for Pardubice region	29,384	1.38	12
Association of Independent Candidates	69,591	3.28	11
Party for the Open Society	16,739	0.79	7
Coalition for Central Bohemian region	18,380	0.86	4
European Democrats	14,056	0.66	3
SNK European Democrats	13,699	0.63	3
European Democrats and Independent Mayors for region	8,117	0.38	3
Others	32,595	1.54	4

Opinion polls

Date	Polling Firm	ODS	ČSSD	KSČM	KDU-ČSL	SNK ED	NEZ	SZ	US-DEU	Others
24 Oct 2004	CVVM[5]	35.0	24.0	15.5	11.5		3.0		1.5
22 Oct 2004	Factum Invenio[6]	11.7	9.3	8.0	6.5	4.1	3.5	2.1	1.3