2009 European Parliament election in the Czech Republic

2009 European Parliament election in the Czech Republic

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22 seats in the European Parliament
Turnout28.22%
  First party Second party
 
Leader Jan Zahradil Jiří Havel
Party ODS ČSSD
Alliance AECR PES
Seats won 9 7
Seat change Steady Increase 5
Popular vote 741,946 528,132
Percentage 31.45% 22.39%
Swing Increase 1.40pp Increase 13.61pp

  Third party Fourth party
 
Leader Miloslav Ransdorf Zuzana Roithová
Party KSČM Lidovci
Alliance GUE/NGL EPP
Seats won 4 2
Seat change Decrease 2 Steady
Popular vote 334,577 180,451
Percentage 14.18% 7.65%
Swing Decrease6.09pp Decrease1.93pp
Result by district (ODS Blue, ČSSD orange)

The 2009 European Parliament election in Czech Republic was the election of the delegation from Czech Republic to the European Parliament in 2009. The Civic Democratic Party has won the election with a surprisingly strong lead against the Czech Social Democratic Party. Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia came third and the Christian and Democratic Union – Czechoslovak People's Party became the last party to enter the Parliament.[1]

Two newly founded right-wing parties, the Czech wing Libertas.cz of Declan Ganley's Libertas founded by Vladimír Železný and the Party of Free Citizens, ran in the election.[2]

  1. ^ Karásek, Pavel (2011). Volby do Evropského parlamentu v České republice v roce 2009 [Elections to the European Parliament in the Czech Republic in 2009] (PDF) (in Czech). Brno: Masaryk University. p. 58. Retrieved 17 April 2018.
  2. ^ "EurActiv.com - Two Czech eurosceptic parties to run in EU elections". Archived from the original on 18 February 2009. Retrieved 13 February 2009.