2024 European Parliament election in the Czech Republic

2024 European Parliament election in the Czech Republic
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All 21 Czech seats in the European Parliament
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Klára Dostálová Alexandr Vondra Marcel Kolaja
Party ANO ODS Pirates
Alliance SPOLU
Last election 21.19%, 6 seats 33.44%, 8 seats [a] 13.96%, 3 seats
EP Group RE ECR / EPP Greens/EFA
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Leader Petr Mach Danuše Nerudová Kateřina Konečná
Party SPD STAN KSČM
Alliance SPD-Tricolour Stačilo!
Last election 9.14%, 2 seats[c] 11.65%[d], 1 seat 6.94%, 1 seat[b]
EP Group ID EPP The Left

Elections will be held in the Czech Republic on 7-8 June 2024 to elect the 21 Czech representatives for the European Parliament, alongside the EU-wide 2024 European Parliament election. The newly elected European Parliament should consist of 720 deputies in total.

Electoral system

The 21 members are elected through semi-open list proportional representation in a single nationwide constituency with seats allocated through D'Hondt method and a 5% electoral threshold for both single parties and coalitions of two or more parties.[1]

Both Czech and EU citizens are entitled to vote in the European election in Czech Republic provided they have a permanent or temporary residence in the country at least 45 days prior to the elections. In addition, those eligible to vote must turn 18 years old by the second election day at the latest. Voter registration is required only for non-Czech EU citizens residing in Czech Republic, while Czech citizens are automatically registered in their place of residence. Citizens abroad can not vote by post or in a place of a diplomatic mission of Czech Republic, but may be eligible to vote in another member country.[2]

Background and previous election

The previous elections to the European Parliament were held in the Czech Republic on 24-25 May 2019. Voter turnout was 28.72%. The parties and candidates elected were:

In October 2020, Radka Maxová resigned from ANO, and in March 2021, she started cooperating as a non-party member with the Czech Social Democratic Party (ČSSD), which had not won any seats in the previous election.[3] In September 2022, Hynek Blaško resigned from SPD and now sits in the EP as an independent.[4]

Outgoing delegation

The table shows the detailed composition of the Czech seats at the European Parliament as of 25 January 2024.

EP Group Seats Party Seats MEPs
Renew Europe
5 / 21
 ANO 2011 3
 
Independents 2
 
European People's Party
5 / 21
 TOP 09 2
 
KDU-ČSL 2
 
Mayors and Independents 1
 
European Conservatives and Reformists
4 / 21
 Civic Democratic Party 4
 
Greens–European Free Alliance
3 / 21
 Czech Pirate Party 3
 
Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats
1 / 21
 Independents 1
 
Identity and Democracy
1 / 21
 Freedom and Direct Democracy 1
 
The Left in the European Parliament – GUE/NGL
1 / 21
 Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia 1
 
Non-Inscrits
1 / 21
 Independents 1
 
Total 21
Source: European Parliament

Running parties

The following parties and coalitions running in the European elections are currently represented in the Chamber of Deputies or in the European Parliament:

Party Main ideology Leader(s) European

party

EP Group 2019 result Outgoing MEPs
Votes (%) Seats
SPOLU Together
Spolu
 Liberal Conservatism Alexandr Vondra ECR

EPP

ECR

EPP

33.44% [e]
8 / 21
8 / 21
ANO ANO 2011

ANO 2011

Populism Klára Dostálová ALDE RE 21.19%
6 / 21
3 / 21
Pirates Czech Pirate Party

Česká pirátská strana

Pirate politics Marcel Kolaja PPEU G/EFA 13.96%
3 / 21
3 / 21
STAN Mayors and Personalities for Europe
Starostové a osobnosti pro Evropu
 Liberal conservatism Danuše Nerudová None EPP 11.65% [f]
1 / 21
1 / 21
SPD and Tricolour Freedom and Direct Democracy and Tricolour
SPD a Trikolóra
 Nationalism Petr Mach ID Party ID 9.14% [g]
2 / 21
1 / 21
Enough! Enough!
Stačilo!
 Left-wing populism Kateřina Konečná PEL GUE/NGL 6.94%[h]
1 / 21
1 / 21
ZNČR Alliance Alliance for the Independence of Czechia
Aliance pro nezávislost ČR
 Ultranationalism Hynek Blaško None Non-Inscrits 1.23%
0 / 21
1 / 21
Source: [5][6][7]

The following parties and coalitions have announced their candidature but are currently not represented in the Chamber of Deputies nor in the European Parliament, but have appeared at least one relevant opinion poll:

Party Main ideology Leader(s) European

party

EP Group 2019 result Outgoing MEPs
Votes (%) Seats
SOCDEM Social Democracy

Sociální demokracie

Social Democracy Lubomír Zaorálek PES S&D 3.95%
0 / 21
0 / 21
Svobodní Svobodní Libertarianism Libor Vondráček None None 0.65%
0 / 21
0 / 21
PRO Law, Respect, Expertise
Právo Respekt Odbornost
 Right-wing populism Jindřich Rajchl None None did not exist
0 / 21
0 / 21
Přísaha and Motorists Přísaha and Motorists
Přísaha a Motoristé
 Populism Filip Turek None EPP did not exist
0 / 21
0 / 21
Greens Green Party

Strana zelených

Green Politics Johanna Nejedlová EGP EFA did not run [i]
0 / 21
0 / 21
Source: [5][7]

The following parties and coalitions are not represented in the Chamber of Deputies or the European Parliament and have not appeared in any relevant opinion poll:

Party Main ideology Leader(s) European

party

EP Group 2019 result Outgoing MEPs
Votes (%) Seats
CZ1 Czech Republic on the 1st place!

Česká republika na 1. místě!

Vaccine hesitancy Ladislav Vrabel None None did not exist
0 / 21
0 / 21
ČSSD Czech Sovereignty
Česká suverenita
 Left-wing nationalism Jiří Paroubek None None 0.11%
0 / 21
0 / 21
DZS Democratic Party of Greens

Demokratická strana zelených

Green politics to be announced None None 0.60%
0 / 21
0 / 21
Voice Voice

Hlas

Liberalism to be announced None RE 2.38%
0 / 21
0 / 21
KAN Club of Committed Non-Party Members

Klub angažovaných nestraníků

Liberalism Stanislav Pochman None None 0.10%
0 / 21
0 / 21
LANO Liberal Alliance of Independent Citizens

Liberální aliance nezávislých občanů

Liberalism Šimon Hlinovský None None did not exist
0 / 21
0 / 21
Better Life Better Life for the People

Lepší život pro lidi

Populism to be announced None None did not run
0 / 21
0 / 21
The Left The Left

Levice

Democratic Socialism Jan Májíček PEL GUE/NGL did not run
0 / 21
0 / 21
aliens.eu Better EU with Aliens

Lepší EU s mimozemšťany

Political satire to be announced None None did not exist
0 / 21
0 / 21
Tabby Cat Tabby Cat

Mourek

Political satire

Liberalism

Jan Červenka None None did not exist
0 / 21
0 / 21
NOS New Direction

Nový směr

N/A to be announced None None did no exist
0 / 21
0 / 21
PB Right Bloc

Pravý blok

Conservatism to be announced None None 0.20%
0 / 21
0 / 21
FOR Czexit FOR Czexit
Pro vystoupení z EU
  • Moravané
  • Association for the Republic - Republican Party of Bohemia, Moravia and Silesia
Euroscepticism to be announced None None 0.27% [j]
0 / 21
0 / 21
REFERENDUM REFERENDUM - Voice of the People

REFERENDUM - Hlas lidu

Direct Democracy Václav Sogel None None did not exist
0 / 21
0 / 21
SEN21 and Volt SEN21 and Volt
SEN21 a Volt
 Eurofederalism

Liberalism

Lenka Helena Koenigsmark EDP

Volt

RE

G/EFA

did not exist
0 / 21
0 / 21
SESO Seniors for Themselves

Senioři sobě

Pensioners' interests to be announced None None did not exist
0 / 21
0 / 21
ŠD and SSPD-SP ŠD and SSPD-SP
ŠD a SSPD-SP
 Swiss System to be announced None None did not exist
0 / 21
0 / 21
URZA Urza.cz Anarchocapitalism to be announced None None did not run
0 / 21
0 / 21
Source: [5][7]

Background

SPOLU

The Civic Democratic Party (ODS), KDU-ČSL and TOP 09 have discussed whether they will run under the combined SPOLU banner or independently. According to reports, the ODS and TOP 09 memberships would prefer to run independently,[8] while ODS leader and Czech Prime Minister Petr Fiala favours a joint candidacy as SPOLU.[9] A combined list under the SPOLU banner is problematic due to the fact that ODS is part of the European Conservatives and Reformists EP grouping, while KDU-ČSL and TOP 09 are part of the European People's Party.[10] Sitting MEP and ODS's 2019 electoral leader Jan Zahradil was reported to be problematic for KDU-ČSL and TOP 09, as well as many ODS members such as MP Eva Decroix.[11] On 5 June 2023 Zahradil announced that he will not run in the election.[12] Alexandr Vondra has also been speculated as a potential lead candidate for ODS or SPOLU as whole.[13][11]

On 18 May 2023, members of KDU-ČSL voted in a membership referendum in favor of running independently.[14] On 20 May 2023, KDU-ČSL decided at its nomination conference that its lead candidate for the 2024 elections will be current MEP Tomáš Zdechovský. Other candidates will include: František Talíř, the 1st Deputy Governor of the South Bohemian Region; MEP Michaela Šojdrová; Ondřej Mikmek, mayor of Slatinice in Olomouc; senator and twice presidential candidate Pavel Fischer; and MP Hayato Okamura. A decision over whether KDU-ČSL will run independently or as part of the SPOLU alliance will be made by September 2023.[15][16]

On 30 October 2023, ODS, TOP 09 and KDU-ČSL announced that they will contest the election on a joint list.[17]

Czech Pirate Party

The Czech Pirate Party launched primaries for its election list on 30 May 2023. All incumbent MEPs (Mikuláš Peksa, Markéta Gregorová and Marcel Kolaja) announced their intention to run for the position of electoral leader.[18] Former MP Mikuláš Ferjenčík also announced his candidacy, and received the endorsements of Minister of Foreign Affairs Jan Lipavský and former Mayor of Prague Zdeněk Hřib. 2019 electoral leader Marcel Kolaja soon criticised Ferjenčík, stating that the leader should be a respected politician.[13] The fifth candidate is Jana Kolaříková, chair of the South Bohemian branch of the party.[19]

ANO

MP and former government minister Klára Dostálová is speculated to become the lead candidate for ANO 2011.[13] 2019 electoral leader Dita Charanzová was reportedly undecided whether to run again.[20] Party leader Andrej Babiš was also reported to be considering his own candidacy.[10]

STAN

Leader of Mayors and Independents (STAN) Vít Rakušan suggested Jan Farský as his party's electoral leader.[21]

ČSSD

Former Czech Prime Minister Jiří Paroubek has announced his intention to run in the election with his Nespokojení (Dissatisfied) movement, with the aim of connecting parties on the left of the political spectrum.[11]

SEN21+Volt

In October 2023, Volt and SEN21 announced that they would be standing in the European elections with a joint list.[22][23] The head of their joint list is Lenka Koenigsmark.[24]

PRO

On 8 April 2024, ice hockey coach and former professional player Vladimír Růžička announced his candidacy for PRO 2022.[25]

MEPs not standing for re-election

Name Party Date announced Source
Jan Zahradil Civic Democratic Party (ECR) 5 June 2023 [26]
Radka Maxová Inderpendent (S&D) 31 October 2023 [27]
Stanislav Polčák Mayors and Independents (EPP) 3 January 2024 [28]
Evžen Tošenovský Civic Democratic Party (ECR) 5 April 2024 [29]

Opinion polling

Polling firm Fieldwork
date 		Sample
size 		SPOLU
ECR–EPP 		ANO
Renew 		Piráti
G/EFA 		STAN
EPP 		SPD–
Trikolóra
ID 		Stačilo!
Left 		SOCDEM
S&D 		Svobodní
NI 		Přísaha
NI 		Zelení
EGP 		PRO
NI 		Others Lead
STEM/Mark 28 Mar–8 April 2024 1,009 20.0 27.5 10.1 10.4 10.4 6.7 3.4 2.5 6.0 0.9 — 1.9 7.5
Data Collect 25 Mar 2024 20.9 27.3 10.8 9.3 10.9 7.1 2.9 1.5 2.5 2.5 1.9 2.4 6.4
IPSOS 23 Feb–5 Mar 2024 1,517 21.6 26.3 11.3 13.4 7.9 6.1 2.7 2.8 4.9 — — — 4.7
IPSOS Dec 2023 TBA 25.2 26.3 10.0 12.0 7.7 6.0 — — — — — 12.8 1.1
STEM/MARK 23–28 Nov 2023 1,010 15.0 33.8 11.4 7.3 14.7 5.4 3.6 2.9 — — — 6.0 18.8
2021 parliamentary election 8–9 Oct 2021 – 27.8 27.1 15.6 9.6 3.6 4.7 2.8[k] 4.7 1.0 — 0.9 0.7
2019 European election 24–25 May 2019 – 21.8[l] 21.2 14.0 11.7[m] 9.1 6.9 4.0 0.7 — — — 10.6 0.6
  1. ^ ODS + TOP 09 + KDU-ČSL
  2. ^ as KSČM
  3. ^ as SPD
  4. ^ with TOP 09
  5. ^ ODS + TOP 09 + KDU-ČSL + STAN
  6. ^ with TOP 09
  7. ^ only SPD
  8. ^ only KSČM
  9. ^ supported TOP 09
  10. ^ only Moravané
  11. ^ with Trikolora
  12. ^ ODS 14.6%, KDU-ČSL 7.2%
  13. ^ with TOP 09

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