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
Turnout18.19% ( 10.03pp)
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Pavel Telička Luděk Niedermayer Jan Keller
Party ANO TOP 09STAN 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

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. Election turnout was 18.2%, the second lowest of all participating countries after Slovakia.