Slovak regional elections, 2009

Elections were held in Slovakia's eight self-governing regions on 14 November 2009.

Six of the regional presidencies were won by centre-left Direction – Social Democracy (Smer), with one being won by Smer's national conservative allies, the People's Party – Movement for a Democratic Slovakia (ĽS-HZDS). Bratislava was won by the centre-right Slovak Democratic and Christian Union – Democratic Party, having previously been held by ĽS-HZDS-backed Vladimír Bajan

Results

Presidencies

Region	Winner		Party	Endorsing parties
Bratislava	Pavol Frešo		SDKÚ-DS	KDH, SMK, OKS, SaS
Trnava	Tibor Mikuš		Smer	ND, SNS, SZ
Trenčín	Pavol Sedláček		ĽS-HZDS	Smer, SNS
Nitra	Milan Belica		Smer	SDKÚ-DS, KDH
Žilina	Juraj Blanár		Smer	SNS, ĽS-HZDS, SZ, SF
Banská Bystrica	Vladimír Maňka		Smer	ĽS-HZDS
Prešov	Peter Chudík		Smer	ĽS-HZDS, HZD, SZS
Košice	Zdenko Trebuľa		Smer	SMK, ĽS-HZDS, SF, HZD, SOS, Most–Híd, Liga

Councils

	Party	Bratislava	Trnava	Trenčín	Nitra	Žilina	Banská Bystrica	Prešov	Košice	Total	%
	Smer	13	4	20	15	16	20	21	26	135	33.1
	SDKÚ-DS	10	3	5	9	4	4	15	7	57	14.0
	KDH	8	8	3	7	13	2	10	–	51	12.5
	SMK	5	11	–	13	–	7	–	4	40	9.8
	ĽS-HZDS	1	3	7	7	5	7	5	4	39	9.6
	SNS	–	1	–	–	6	2	–	–	9	2.2
	HZD	–	2	–	–	–	1	1	–	4	1.0
	OKS	3	–	–	–	1	–	–	–	4	1.0
	Most–Híd	1	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	2	0.5
	SF	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	1	2	0.5
	Other parties	1	1	–	–	1	1	3	2	9	2.2
	Independents	2	6	10	3	11	5	6	13	56	13.7
	Total	44	40	45	54	57	49	62	57	408	100

Nine further parties won one seat each.