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Czech regional elections, 2008

Czech regional elections, 2008
Czech Republic
← 2004 17-18 October 2008 2012 →

675 seats on 13 Regional Councils
Turnout 40.3%
  First party Second party
  Jiří Paroubek.JPG Mirek Topolanek.jpg
Leader Jiří Paroubek Mirek Topolánek
Party ČSSD ODS
Seats won 280 180
Popular vote 1,044,719 687,005
Percentage 35.85% 23.57%

Chairman of Regional Association before election

Evžen Tošenovský
ODS

Elected Chairman of Regional Association

Michal Hašek
ČSSD


Evžen Tošenovský
ODS

Michal Hašek
ČSSD

Regional elections were held in the Czech Republic to elect the Regional Councils in 13 regions (all except Prague) on 17 and 18 October 2008. The elections were won by the opposition Czech Social Democratic Party (ČSSD), which won in every region.


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