2000 Czech regional elections

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2000 Czech regional elections
12 November 2000 2004 →
675 seats
Turnout33.64%
  First party Second party Third party
  Vaclav Klaus headshot.jpg Cyril Svoboda.jpg Miroslav Grebeníček (4).jpg
Leader Václav Klaus Cyril Svoboda Miroslav Grebeníček
Party ODS 4K KSČM
Seats won 185 175 161
Popular vote 559,301 537,012 496,688
Percentage 23.8% 22.9 21.1%
  Fourth party
  Milos Zeman.jpg
Leader Miloš Zeman
Party ČSSD
Seats won 111
Popular vote 344,441
Percentage 14.7%
Elected Chairman of Regional Association

Evžen Tošenovský
ODS

Regional elections were held in the Czech Republic to elect the Regional Councils of 13 regions (all except Prague) on 12 November 2000. Voter turnout was only 33.6%.[1] The elections were won by the Civic Democratic Party, with Four-Coalition coming second and the ruling Czech Social Democratic Party in fourth.[2][3]

Opinion polls[]

Date Polling Firm ODS 4K ČSSD KSČM Others
1–6 November 2000 SC&C and STEM[4] 18.7 17.3 15.8 14.0

Results[]

Party Votes % Seats
Civic Democratic Party 559,301 23.8 185
Four-Coalition 537,012 22.9 175
Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia 496,688 21.1 161
Czech Social Democratic Party 344,441 14.7 111
SNK Union of Independents 53,150 2.26 16
Party for the Open Society 12,539 0.5 5
Independents 63,085 2.7 13

References[]

  1. ^ "Krajské volby tolik "netáhnou", účast ale záleží na spokojenosti s politickou scénou". www.kurzy.cz. Retrieved 23 November 2016.
  2. ^ "Pravice sice zvítězila, ale vládu nepřevezme". iDNES.cz. 14 November 2000. Retrieved 23 November 2016.
  3. ^ "Zeman po volebním debaklu neodejde". iDNES.cz. 14 November 2000. Retrieved 23 November 2016.
  4. ^ "V devíti krajích by volby vyhrála ODS, ve třech čtyřkoalice". iROZHLAS (in Czech). Retrieved 4 December 2017.
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