2009 European Parliament election in the Czech Republic

2009 European Parliament election in the Czech Republic

5–6 June 2009

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 5
Popular vote 741,946 528,132
Percentage 31.45% 22.39%
Swing 1.40pp 13.61pp

  Third party Fourth party
 
Leader Miloslav Ransdorf Zuzana Roithová
Party KSČM Lidovci
Alliance GUE/NGL EPP
Seats won 4 2
Seat change 2
Popular vote 334,577 180,451
Percentage 14.18% 7.65%
Swing 6.09pp 1.93pp

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.

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.