European Parliament election, 2014 (Czech Republic)

Czech Republic European Parliament election, 2014

24 and 25 May 2014

21 seats to the European Parliament   First party Second party Third party   Leader Pavel Telička Luděk Niedermayer Jan Keller Party ANO 2011 TOP 09 ČSSD Alliance ALDE EPP PES Seats before new 0 7 Seats won 4 4 4 Seat change 4 4 3 Popular vote 244,501 241,747 214,800 Percentage 16.13% 15.95% 14.17% Swing new 13.67% 8.21%   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Leader Kateřina Konečná Pavel Svoboda Jan Zahradil Party KSČM KDU-ČSL ODS Alliance PEL EPP AECR Seats before 4 2 9 Seats won 3 3 2 Seat change 1 1 7 Popular vote 166,478 150,792 116,398 Percentage 10.98% 9.95% 7.67% Swing 3.20% 2.31% 23.33%   Seventh party   Leader Petr Mach Party Svobodní Alliance ADDE Seats before new Seats won 1 Seat change 1 Popular vote 79,540 Percentage 5.24% Swing new

Results by district: ANO 2011 (blue), TOP 09 and STAN (purple), ČSSD (orange), KDU-ČSL (yellow) and KSČM (red)

The Czech Republic component of the 2014 European Parliament election was held on 24 and 25 May 2014. In total, 21 Members of the European Parliament were elected using proportional representation (single district D'Hondt with a 5% threshold).

ANO 2011 won the election closely followed by the coalition of TOP 09 and STAN, themselves closely followed by ČSSD. A total of 7 parties gained seats, including the non-parliamentary Party of Free Citizens.^[1] Election turnout was 18.2%, the second lowest of all participating countries after Slovakia.^[2]

Results

Party	Europarty	Votes	%	+/–	Seats	+/–
ANO 2011	ALDE	244,501	16.13	New	4	New
TOP 09 with STAN	EPP	241,747	15.95	New	4	New
Czech Social Democratic Party (ČSSD)	PES	214,800	14.17	-8.21	4	-3
Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia (KSČM)	PEL†	166,478	10.98	-3.20	3	-1
Christian and Democratic Union – Czechoslovak People's Party (KDU-ČSL)	EPP	150,792	9.95	+2.31	3	+1
Civic Democratic Party (ODS)	AECR	116,398	7.67	-23.78	2	-7
Party of Free Citizens (Svobodní)	ADDE	79,540	5.24	+3.98	1	+1
Czech Pirate Party (Piráti)	None	72,514	4.78	New	0	0
Green Party (SZ)	EGP	57,240	3.77	+1.71	0	0
Dawn of Direct Democracy (Úsvit)	None	47,306	3.12	New	0	New
Party of Common Sense (Rozumní)	None	24,724	1.63	-2.63	0	New
Communist Party of Czechoslovakia	None	8,549	0.56	New	0	New
Right Bloc	None	8,028	0.52	-0.48	0	0
SNK European Democrats	None	7,961	0.52	-1.14	0	0
DSSS - SPE	None	7,902	0.52	-0.56	0	0
Liberal Ecological Party	None	7,514	0.49	New	0	New
No To Brussels - National Democracy	None	7,109	0.46	New	0	New
LEV 21	None	7,099	0.46	New	0	New
Public Affairs	None	6,989	0.46	-1.94	0	0
Moravané	EFA	6,614	0.43	+0.04	0	0
VIZE 2014	None	3,698	0.24	New	0	New
Civic Conservative Party	None	3,481	0.22	New	0	New
Labour Party - Disgruntled Citizens	None	2,899	0.19	New	0	New
Czech Party Of Regions	None	2,535	0.16	New	0	New
Koruna česká	None	2,434	0.16	-0.03	0	0
Club of Committed Non-Party Members	None	2,379	0.15	New	0	New
Republic	None	2,240	0.14	New	0	New
Czech Sovereignty	None	2,086	0.13	New	0	New
Hnutí Sociálne Slabých	None	1,685	0.11	New	0	New
Citizens 2011	None	1,299	0.08	New	0	New
The Assets of Independent Citizens	None	1,242	0.08	New	0	New
Roma Democratic Party	None	1,185	0.07	New	0	New
Republican Party of Bohemia, Moravia and Silesia	None	1,100	0.07	New	0	New
Fair Play - HNPD	None	1,100	0.07	-0.22	0	0
Antibursík - stop ekoteroru!	None	761	0.05	New	0	New
The Party of Equal Opportunities	None	640	0.04	New	0	New
Evropani.cz	None	631	0.04	New	0	New
Czech National Social Party	None	502	0.03	=	0	0
Total	-	1,527,367	100	–	21	-1
Registered voters/turnout	-	8,395,132	18.20	–	–	–
Source: [1] † observer

Elected

The seats were given out within the parties to the candidates who received the preference votes, if number of preference votes exceeds 5% of votes for party (highlighted by bold), otherwise to the candidates by its order on party candidate list. 8 of 21 elected candidates are non-partisans (4 elected for ANO 2011, 3 for TOP 09 and STAN and 1 for ČSSD).

ANO 2011

1. Pavel Telička – 50,784 votes
2. Petr Ježek – 5,301 votes
3. Dita Charanzová – 8 356 votes
4. Martina Dlabajová – 4,789 votes

TOP 09 and STAN

1. Jiří Pospíšil – 77,724 votes
2. Luděk Niedermayer – 37,171 votes
3. Jaromír Štětina – 18,951 votes
4. Stanislav Polčák – 11,997 votes

ČSSD

1. Jan Keller – 57,812 votes
2. Olga Sehnalová – 10,955 votes
3. Pavel Poc – 3,818 votes
4. Miroslav Poche – 3,692 votes

KSČM

1. Kateřina Konečná – 28,154 votes
2. Miloslav Ransdorf – 14 384 votes
3. Jiří Maštálka – 11,525 votes

KDU-ČSL

1. Michaela Šojdrová – 22,220 votes
2. Pavel Svoboda – 21,746 votes
3. Tomáš Zdechovský – 5,063 votes

ODS

1. Jan Zahradil – 19,892 votes
2. Evžen Tošenovský – 16,514 votes

Svobodní

1. Petr Mach – 13,211 votes

Threshold complaint

Green Party and Pirate Party narrowly failed to reach 5% threshold. Both parties decided to deliver a complaint to Supreme Administrative Court. They were inspired by Germany, where the threshold was abolished.^[3] The court did not decide about the complaint and sent it to the Constitutional Court.^[4] Constitutional Court rejected the complaint on 1 June 2015. According to the court, abolishing the threshold would lead to less effective European Parliament as it would be fragmented too much.^[5]

If the threshold was abolished for 2014 elections Green Party and Pirate Party would get 1 MEP. Social Democrats and Christian Democrats would have 1 MEP less on the other hand.^[6]

References

1. Czech Statistical Office: Elections to the European Parliament held on the territory of the Czech Republic on 23 – 24 May 2014
2. "Czechs underwhelmed by European vote". BBC News. 25 May 2014. Retrieved 26 May 2014.
3. [ "Soud zatím eviduje dva volební podněty, přišly však předčasně Zdroj: http://www.denik.cz/z_domova/soud-zatim-eviduje-dva-volebni-podnety-prisly-vsak-predcasne-20140528.html"] Check |url= value (help). Deník.cz. Retrieved 17 November 2015. External link in |title= (help)
4. "VOLEBNÍ SENÁT PŘEDKLÁDÁ ÚSTAVNÍMU SOUDU NÁVRH NA ZRUŠENÍ 5% UZAVÍRACÍ KLAUZULE PRO VOLBY DO EP". NSSoud.cz. Retrieved 17 November 2015.
5. "Pětiprocentní hranice pro eurovolby zůstává, rozhodl Ústavní soud". iDnes.cz. Retrieved 17 November 2015.
6. Nachtmann, Filip. "Coby kdyby: Zelení a Piráti mají europoslance, ČSSD propadla". Echo24. Retrieved 17 November 2015.