European Parliament election, 2009 (Czech Republic)

Czech Republic European Parliament election, 2009

2004 ← 5 June 2009 → 2014

24 seats to the European Parliament

The European Parliament election of 2009 in Czech Republic was the election of the delegation from Czech Republic to the European Parliament in 2009.

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.

Results

  Summary of the 7 June 2009 European Parliament election results

Parties and coalitions			Votes	%	Change	Seats	Change
	Civic Democratic Party		741,946	31.45	+1.41	9	±0
	Czech Social Democratic Party		528,132	22.38	+13.61	7	+5
	Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia		334,577	14.18	−6.08	4	−2
	Christian and Democratic Union – Czechoslovak People's Party		180,451	7.64	−1.92	2	±0
	Sovereignty		100,514	4.26	—	0	—
	European Democratic Party		68,152	2.88	—	0	—
	Public Affairs		56,636	2.40	—	0	—
	Mayors and Independents – Your Option (Starostové a Nezávislí-Vaše Alternativa)		53,984	2.28	—	0	—
	Green Party		48,621	2.06	−1.10	0	±0
	SNK European Democrats		39,166	1.66	−9.36	0	−3
	Party of Free Citizens		29,846	1.27	—	0	±0
	Workers' Party		25,368	1.08	+0.89	0	±0
	Independents (NEZÁVISLÍ)		12,824	0.54	−7.64	0	−2
	Others		138,717	6.02	—	0	—
Total			2,358,934	100.00	—	22	-2
Turnout			2,371,009	28.22
Electorate			8,401,374
Source: Czech Statistical Office

EP list leaders

• ODS – Jan Zahradil
• ČSSD – Jiří Havel
• KSČM – Miloslav Ransdorf
• KDU-ČSL – Zuzana Roithová
• SZ – Jan Dusík
• SNK-ED – Lukáš Macek

Opinion polls

Polling Firm	Date	Source	ODS	KSČM	KDU–ČSL	ČSSD	SZ	SN	Others	Undecided
CVVM	2/03/2009-9/03/2009-	[1]	31%	12.5%	5%	29%	6.5%	N.A.	3%	13%
CVVM	30/03/2009-6/04/2009-	[2]	26%	13%	6%	28%	5.5%	N.A.	4.5%	17%
STEM	21/04/2009	[3]	27.6%	14.5%	6.6%	30.3%	6.6%	5.3%	9.1%	N.A.
STEM	5/05/2009	[4]	25%	11.4%	7.2%	30.9%	6%	N.A.%	6.4%	13.1%

External links

• List of candidates in the European Parliament election, 2009 (Czech Republic)
• Opinion polls immediately before election