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2017 Slovak regional elections

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Elections were held in Slovakia's 8 self-governing regions on 4 November 2017.[1]

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2017 Slovak regional election
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All 416 seats in regional parliaments
All 8 seats for regional governors
Turnout1,348,114 (29.95%)
Increase 9.84 pp
Party Leader Vote % Seats +/–
Regional deputies
Independents Vacant 38.7 165 +92
Smer–SD Robert Fico 21.4 89 −72
KDH Alojz Hlina 11.1 47 −10
SMK József Menyhárt 7.9 33 −4
OĽaNO Igor Matovič 5.5 21 +21
SaS Richard Sulík 3.6 15 +6
SNS Andrej Danko 3.6 15 +10
Most Béla Bugár 2.4 10 −7
NOVA Gábor Grendel 1.7 7 +2
ZZ–DÚ Ján Budaj 1.2 5 +3
Šanca Viliam Novotný 0.5 2 +2
ĽSNS Marian Kotleba 0.5 2 +2
OKS Ondrej Dostál 0.2 1 −1
NF Tomáš Černý 0.2 1 0
DD Vladimír Chovan 0.2 1 +1
ŠKV Igor Sidor 0.2 1 +1
Regional governors
Independents Vacant 25.0 2 +2
Smer–SD Robert Fico 25.0 2 −4
OĽaNO Igor Matovič 25.0 2 +2
KDH Alojz Hlina 12.5 1 +1
SaS Richard Sulík 12.5 1 +1
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
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In 2017, deputies of the Slovak National Council voted to extend the term of governors from 4 years to 5 years, and change from a 2-round election to only 1 round.[2]

The turnout was around 30%, biggest in the history of Slovak regional elections.

Governor of Banská Bystrica Region and leader of the far-right People's Party – Our Slovakia, Marian Kotleba was defeated in the Slovak regional elections of 2017 by an independent candidate, Ján Lunter.[3]

Results

Bratislava Region

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Summary of the 4 November 2017 regional elections in Bratislava Region[4]
Presidency Regional government
Candidate Votes % Diagram Parties and coalitions Seats
Juraj Droba (Center-right coalition) 36,86420.42
Independent candidates (NEKA)25
Rudolf Kusý (NEKA) 33,48918.55 Centre-right coalition[a]17
Milan Ftáčnik (NEKA) 31,63817.52 Coalition of Smer-SD, SDKU-DS, Most-Hid and others6
Ján Mrva (NEKA) 28,84215.97 Doma dobre1
Pavol Frešo (NEKA) 19,64010.88 Nezávislé forum1
Daniel Krajcer (SKOK-ELD, Most-Hid, SZ) 13,9347.72
Others 16,0838.91
Total 180,490 50
Valid votes 180,49098.44
Invalid votes 2,8521.56
Votes cast / turnout 183,34231.34
Registered voters 584,995
  1. [a]
    SaS, OĽaNO, SMK-MKP, NOVA, OKS, Zmena zdola, DÚ
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Trnava Region

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Summary of the 4 November 2017 regional elections in Trnava Region[5]
Presidency Regional government
Candidate Votes % Diagram Parties and coalitions Seats
Jozef Viskupič (OĽaNO, SaS, KDH and others[a]) 48,58442.90
Independent candidates (NEKA)14
Tibor Mikuš (NEKA) 34,60130.55 SMK-MKP13
Jozsef Berenyi (SMK-MKP) 19,41417.14 Centre-right coalition[a]11
Konrád Rigó (Most-Hid) 6,3625.61 Direction – Social Democracy1
Márius Novák (NEKA) 2,2682.00 Most-Hid1
Jaroslav Cehlárik (NEKA) 2,0001.76
Total 113,229 40
Valid votes 113,22996.57
Invalid votes 4,0233.43
Votes cast / turnout 117,25224.74
Registered voters 473,880
  1. [a]
    OĽaNO, SaS, KDH, OKS, Zmena zdola, DÚ
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Trenčín Region

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Summary of the 4 November 2017 regional elections in Trenčín Region[6]
Presidency Regional government
Candidate Votes % Diagram Parties and coalitions Seats
Jaroslav Baška (SMER-SD, SNS, Most-Hid, SZ) 62,80749.98
Independent candidates (NEKA)22
Renáta Kaščáková (SaS, OĽaNO, KDH and others[a]) 31,58025.13 Coalition of SMER, SNS, Most-Hid and SZ16
Štefan Škultéty (NEKA) 17,40313.85 Centre-right coalition[a]9
Petra Hajšelová (We Are Family) 6,0324.80
Ferdinand Vavrík (NEKA) 4,0793.24
Nora Pániková (SZS) 2,4771.97
Igor Valko (New Parliament) 1,2741.01
Total 125,652 47
Valid votes 125,65296.70
Invalid votes 4,2883.30
Votes cast / turnout 129,94026.31
Registered voters 493,851
  1. [a]
    SaS, OĽaNO, KDH, NOVA, OKS, Zmena zdola, DÚ
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Nitra Region

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Summary of the 4 November 2017 regional elections in Nitra Region[7]
Presidency Regional government
Candidate Votes % Diagram Parties and coalitions Seats
Milan Belica (SMER-SD, SNS, Most-Hid) 52,18434.10
Coalition of SMER, SNS and Most-Hid17
Ján Greššo (SaS, OĽaNO, KDH and others[a]) 26,38217.24 Independent candidates (NEKA)15
Milan Uhrík (ĽSNS) 23,50215.36 Party of the Hungarian Community11
Peter Oremus (NEKA) 22,82714.92 Centre-right coalition[a]10
Iván Farkas (SMK-MKP) 21,08413.78 People's Party Our Slovakia1
Others 7,0144.58
Total 152,993 54
Valid votes 152,99397.90
Invalid votes 3,2752.10
Votes cast / turnout 156,26826.84
Registered voters 582,228
  1. [a]
    SaS, OĽaNO, KDH, NOVA, OKS, Šanca, DÚ
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Žilina Region

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Summary of the 4 November 2017 regional elections in Žilina Region[8]
Presidency Regional government
Candidate Votes % Diagram Parties and coalitions Seats
Erika Jurinová (OĽaNO, SaS, KDH, NOVA, OKS) 82,03443.67
Independent candidates (NEKA)25
Juraj Blanár (SMER-SD) 55,93129.77 Coalition of OĽaNO, SaS, KDH, NOVA, OKS17
Marián Murín (NEKA) 19,42510.34 Direction – Social Democracy10
Peter Sagan (ĽSNS) 14,3237.62 Slovak National Party5
Anton Martvoň (NEKA) 6,6153.52
Others 9,4924.58
Total 187,820 57
Valid votes 187,82097.59
Invalid votes 4,6392.41
Votes cast / turnout 192,45933.84
Registered voters 568,708
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Banská Bystrica Region

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Summary of the 4 November 2017 regional elections in Banská Bystrica Region[9]
Presidency Regional government
Candidate Votes % Diagram Parties and coalitions Seats
Ján Lunter (NEKA) 99,16948.53
Independent candidates (NEKA)22
Marian Kotleba (ĽSNS) 47,50223.24 Direction – Social Democracy15
Igor Kašper (NEKA) 21,74110.64 Party of the Hungarian Community5
Martin Juhaniak (NEKA) 19,7859.68 Coalition of KDH, SaS, OĽaNO, NOVA, OKS4
Milan Urbáni (SMS) 2,4781.21 People's Party Our Slovakia1
Pavel Greksa (NEKA) 2,2711.11 Most-Híd1
Others 11,3755.57 Slovak National Party1
Total 204,321 49
Valid votes 204,32196.21
Invalid votes 8,0393.79
Votes cast / turnout 212,36040.30
Registered voters 526,978
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Prešov Region

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Summary of the 4 November 2017 regional elections in Prešov Region[10]
Presidency Regional government
Candidate Votes % Diagram Parties and coalitions Seats
Milan Majerský (KDH, SaS, OĽaNO, NOVA) 72,36640.36
Independent candidates (NEKA)22
Peter Chudík (SMER-SD) 54,91430.62 Coalition of KDH, SaS, OĽaNO, NOVA21
Jozef Mihalčin (ĽSNS) 12,6887.07 Direction – Social Democracy16
Ján Garaj (NEKA) 10,6155.92 Slovak National Party2
Andrej Gmitter (NEKA) 8,3354.64 Dawn1
František Oľha (Chance) 5,8323.25
Others 14,5394.58
Total 179,289 62
Valid votes 179,28995.38
Invalid votes 8,6944.62
Votes cast / turnout 187,98329.40
Registered voters 639,324
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Košice Region

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Summary of the 4 November 2017 regional elections in Košice Region[11]
Presidency Regional government
Candidate Votes % Diagram Parties and coalitions Seats
Rastislav Trnka (SaS, KDH, OĽaNO, NOVA, Chance) 59,59937.80
Independent candidates (NEKA)16
Richard Raši (SMER-SD, SMK-MKP, SZS, STANK) 58,72437.24 Direction – Social Democracy16
Karol Pataky (Most-Híd, SKOK-ELD) 14,8439.41 Coalition of SaS, KDH, OĽaNO, NOVA16
Štefan Surmánek (ĽSNS) 7,3754.67 Most-Hid6
Róbert Bačinský (NEKA) 4,9033.11 Slovak National Party1
Jarmila Tkáčová (SNS) 3,6382.30 Party of the Hungarian Community1
Others 8,5695.44 Sport for Košice and the East1
Total 157,651 57
Valid votes 157,65193.59
Invalid votes 10,8036.41
Votes cast / turnout 168,45426.73
Registered voters 630,178
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Polls

Banská Bystrica governorship

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Date Polling firm Sample size Marian Kotleba (ĽSNS) Martin Klus (SaS) Milan Urbáni (SMS) Ján Lunter (independent) Stanislav Mičev (independent) Igor Kašper (independent) Martin Juhaniak (independent) Ivan Saktor (independent) Lead
6-18 October 2017 AKO[12] 1,000 21.9% N/A 2.5% 51.2% N/A 5.0% 9.4% 1.6% 29.7%
18-26 September 2017 Focus[13] 1,023 22.2% 11.0% 1.0% 30.9% 10.4% 2.7% 8.7% 1.5% 8.7%
31-10 July/August 2017 Focus[14] 1,033 21.1% 14.4% 4.2% 21.8% 10.1% 2.7% 10.9% 4.2% 0.7%
6-15 June 2017 Focus[15] 1,002 25.9% 16.2% 4.8% 20.0% 12.9% 2.8% 10.4% 6.6% 5.9%
24-7 January/February 2017 AKO[16] 1,000 21.6% 10.1% 7.1% 9.3% 14.0% 7.9% ? ? 7.6%
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Bratislava governorship

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Date Polling firm Sample size Milan Ftáčnik (independent) Rudolf Kusý (independent) Pavol Frešo (independent) Juraj Droba (SaS) Daniel Krajcer (SKOK) Ján Mrva (independent) Jozef Uhler (independent) Natália Hanulíková (Greens) Lead
6-18 October 2017 AKO[17] 1,000 24.0% 18.5% 18.8% 14.6% 5.8% 8.5% ?% ?% 5.5%
28-6 September/October 2017 Focus[18] 1,014 25.5% 19.0% 16.4% 14.1% 7.1% 6.1% 4.1% 2.0% 6.5%
13-18 September 2017 AKO[19] 1,000 21.7% 15.0% 15.0% 15.2% 7.1% 6.7% 4.4% 3.6% 6.5%
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Trnava governorship

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Date Polling firm Sample size Tibor Mikuš (SMER-SD) Jozef Viskupič (OĽANO) József Berényi (SMK) Konrád Rigó (MOST) Jaroslav Cehlárik (independent) Lead
October 2017 AKO[20] 1,000 40.8% 30.5% 12.1% 10.1% 6.5% 10.3%
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