2000 Czech regional elections
12 November 2000
675 seats
Turnout33.64%
  First party Second party Third party
 
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
 
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

PartyVotes %Seats
Civic Democratic Party559,30123.8185
Four-Coalition537,01222.9175
Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia496,68821.1161
Czech Social Democratic Party344,44114.7111
SNK Union of Independents53,1502.2616
Party for the Open Society12,5390.55
Independents63,0852.713

References

  1. ↑ "Krajské volby tolik "netáhnou", účast ale záleží na spokojenosti s politickou scénou". 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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