2014 European Parliament election in the Czech Republic

2014 European Parliament election in the Czech Republic

23–24 May 2014
21 seats in the European Parliament
Turnout	18.19% ( 10.03pp)
First party Second party Third party   Leader Pavel Telička Luděk Niedermayer Jan Keller Party ANO TOP 09–STAN ČSSD Alliance ALDE EPP PES Last election – 2.29%, 0 seats 22.39%, 7 seats Seats won 4 4 4 Seat change New 4 3 Popular vote 244,501 241,747 214,800 Percentage 16.13% 15.95% 14.17% Swing New 13.66pp 8.22pp   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Leader Kateřina Konečná Pavel Svoboda Jan Zahradil Party KSČM Lidovci ODS Alliance GUE/NGL EPP AECR Last election 14.18%, 4 seats 7.65%, 2 seats 31.45%, 9 seats Seats won 3 3 2 Seat change 1 1 7 Popular vote 166,478 150,792 116,398 Percentage 10.99% 9.95% 7.68% Swing 3.19pp 2.30pp 23.77%   Seventh party   Leader Petr Mach Party Svobodní Alliance ADDE Last election 1.27%, 0 seats Seats won 1 Seat change 1 Popular vote 79,540 Percentage 5.25% Swing 3.98pp

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

European Parliament elections were held in the Czech Republic on 23 and 24 May 2014. In total, 21 Members of the European Parliament were elected using proportional representation (single district D'Hondt with a 5% threshold).

ANO 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]

Campaign finances

Party	ČSSD	ANO	TOP 09	ODS	KSČM	SZ	ÚSVIT	KDU-ČSL
Money spent[3]	25,000,000 Kč	18,500,000 Kč	10,000,000 Kč	10,000,000 Kč	8,000,000 Kč	7,000,000 Kč	5,500,000 Kč	5,000,000 Kč

Opinion polls

Date	Polling Firm	ANO	ČSSD	KSČM	TOP 09	ODS	ÚSVIT	KDU-ČSL	SZ	PIRÁTI	SVOBODNÍ	Others	Turnout
23–24 May	Election	16.1	14.2	11.0	16.0	7.7	3.1	10.0	3.8	4.8	5.2		18.2
24 May	iDnes	15.5	17.0	11.0	18.0	9.5	2.0	9.5	4.5	3.5	4.5
Exit polls
9–13 May	Data Collect[4]	20.1	12.5	12.2	14.2	7.2	7.7	4.6	4.9	4.3	4.7	7.6
5–12 May	CVVM	25.0	23.0	11.0	8.0	6.0	1.0	6.0	2.0	2.0	2.0		35.0
14–21 Apr	STEM	24.7	18.5	11.9	10.7	7.4	2.0	6.7	2.0	1.9	2.6	11.6
12–15 Apr	Data Collect	22.2	14.1	11.1	9.6	7.6	8.9	3.8	2.9	3.4	4.8	11.6	32.4
8–13 Apr	Sanep	23.2	20.1	14.5	8.2	5.4	3.2	5.2	2.9	3.2	n/a	14.1	27.4

Results

Party		Votes	%	+/–	Seats	+/–
	ANO 2011	244,501	16.13	New	4	New
	TOP 09–STAN	241,747	15.95	+13.66	4	+4
	Czech Social Democratic Party	214,800	14.17	−8.22	4	−3
	Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia	166,478	10.99	−3.19	3	−1
	KDU-ČSL	150,792	9.95	+2.30	3	+1
	Civic Democratic Party	116,389	7.68	−23.77	2	−7
	Party of Free Citizens	79,540	5.25	+3.98	1	+1
	Czech Pirate Party	72,514	4.78	New	0	New
	Green Party	57,240	3.78	+1.72	0	0
	Dawn of Direct Democracy	47,306	3.12	New	0	New
	Party of Common Sense	24,724	1.63	New	0	New
	Communist Party of Czechoslovakia	8,549	0.56	New	0	New
	Right Bloc	8,028	0.53	−0.47	0	0
	SNK European Democrats	7,961	0.53	−1.13	0	0
	DSSS–SPE	7,902	0.52	New	0	New
	Liberal-Environmental Party	7,514	0.50	New	0	New
	No To Brussels – National Democracy	7,109	0.47	New	0	New
	National Socialists – Left of the 21st century	7,099	0.47	New	0	New
	Public Affairs	6,988	0.46	−1.94	0	0
	Moravané	6,614	0.44	+0.05	0	0
	VIZE 2014	3,698	0.24	New	0	New
	Civic Conservative Party	3,481	0.23	New	0	New
	Labour Party – Disgruntled Citizens	2,899	0.19	New	0	New
	Czech Party of Regions	2,535	0.17	New	0	New
	Koruna Česká	2,434	0.16	−0.03	0	0
	Club of Committed Non-Party Members	2,379	0.16	New	0	New
	Republic	2,240	0.15	New	0	New
	Czech Sovereignty	2,086	0.14	–4.12	0	0
	Hnutí Sociálne Slabých	1,685	0.11	New	0	New
	Citizens 2011	1,299	0.09	New	0	New
	Assets of Independent Citizens	1,242	0.08	New	0	New
	Roma Democratic Party	1,185	0.08	New	0	New
	Republican Party of Bohemia, Moravia and Silesia	1,100	0.07	New	0	New
	Fair Play – HNPD	900	0.06	New	0	New
	Antibursík – stop ekoteroru!	761	0.05	New	0	New
	Party of Equal Opportunities	640	0.04	New	0	New
	Evropani.cz	631	0.04	New	0	New
	Czech National Social Party	502	0.03	–0.00	0	0
Total		1,515,492	100.00	–	21	–1
Valid votes		1,515,492	99.22
Invalid/blank votes		11,875	0.78
Total votes		1,527,367	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		8,395,132	18.19
Source: Volby

European groups

Party		Seats	+/–
	European People's Party	7	+5
	Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats	4	–3
	Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe	4	+4
	European United Left–Nordic Green Left	3	–1
	European Conservatives and Reformists	2	–7
	Europe of Freedom and Direct Democracy	1	New
Total		21	–1

Elected members

Further information: List of members of the European Parliament, 2014–19

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, 3 for TOP 09 and STAN and 1 for ČSSD).

ANO

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

Aftermath

The Green Party and Pirate Party 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.[5] The court did not decide about the complaint and sent it to the Constitutional Court.[6] 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.[7]

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.[8]

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. "Za eurovolební kampaň nejvíc zaplatila ČSSD, nejméně KDU-ČSL". Deník.cz. 21 May 2014. Retrieved 20 August 2016.
4. "Výsledky voleb do EP jsou velmi nejisté, ANO 2011 by ovšem jasně vyhrálo" (PDF). Herzmann.cz. Retrieved 20 January 2019.
5. "Soud zatím eviduje dva volební podněty, přišly však předčasně". Deník.cz (in Czech). 28 May 2014. Retrieved 7 July 2016.
6. "VOLEBNÍ SENÁT PŘEDKLÁDÁ ÚSTAVNÍMU SOUDU NÁVRH NA ZRUŠENÍ 5% UZAVÍRACÍ KLAUZULE PRO VOLBY DO EP". NSSoud.cz. Archived from the original on 18 November 2015. Retrieved 17 November 2015.
7. "Pětiprocentní hranice pro eurovolby zůstává, rozhodl Ústavní soud". Mladá fronta DNES. Retrieved 17 November 2015.
8. Nachtmann, Filip. "Coby kdyby: Zelení a Piráti mají europoslance, ČSSD propadla". Echo24. Retrieved 17 November 2015.