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

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.

Results

Bratislava Region

Summary of the 4 November 2017 regional elections in Bratislava Region[3]
Presidency Regional government
Candidate Votes % Diagram Parties and coalitions Seats
Juraj Droba (Center-right coalition) 36,864 20.42
Independent candidates (NEKA) 25
Rudolf Kusý (NEKA) 33,489 18.55 Centre-right coalition[a] 17
Milan Ftáčnik (NEKA) 31,638 17.52 Coalition of Smer-SD, SDKU-DS, Most-Hid and others 6
Ján Mrva (NEKA) 28,842 15.97 Doma dobre 1
Pavol Frešo (NEKA) 19,640 10.88 Nezávislé forum 1
Daniel Krajcer (SKOK-ELD, Most-Hid, SZ) 13,934 7.72
Others 16,083 8.91
Total 180,490 50
Valid votes 180,490 98.44
Invalid votes 2,852 1.56
Votes cast / turnout 183,342 31.34
Registered voters 584,995
  1. ^ SaS, OĽaNO, SMK-MKP, NOVA, OKS, Zmena zdola, DÚ

Trnava Region

Summary of the 4 November 2017 regional elections in Trnava Region[4]
Presidency Regional government
Candidate Votes % Diagram Parties and coalitions Seats
Jozef Viskupič (OĽaNO, SaS, KDH and others[a]) 48,584 42.90
Independent candidates (NEKA) 14
Tibor Mikuš (NEKA) 34,601 30.55 SMK-MKP 13
Jozsef Berenyi (SMK-MKP) 19,414 17.14 Centre-right coalition[a] 11
Konrád Rigó (Most-Hid) 6,362 5.61 Direction – Social Democracy 1
Márius Novák (NEKA) 2,268 2.00 Most-Hid 1
Jaroslav Cehlárik (NEKA) 2,000 1.76
Total 113,229 40
Valid votes 113,229 96.57
Invalid votes 4,023 3.43
Votes cast / turnout 117,252 24.74
Registered voters 473,880
  1. ^ a b OĽaNO, SaS, KDH, OKS, Zmena zdola, DÚ

Trenčín Region

Summary of the 4 November 2017 regional elections in Trenčín Region[5]
Presidency Regional government
Candidate Votes % Diagram Parties and coalitions Seats
Jaroslav Baška (SMER-SD, SNS, Most-Hid, SZ) 62,807 49.98
Independent candidates (NEKA) 22
Renáta Kaščáková (SaS, OĽaNO, KDH and others[a]) 31,580 25.13 Coalition of SMER, SNS, Most-Hid and SZ 16
Štefan Škultéty (NEKA) 17,403 13.85 Centre-right coalition[a] 9
Petra Hajšelová (We Are Family) 6,032 4.80
Ferdinand Vavrík (NEKA) 4,079 3.24
Nora Pániková (SZS) 2,477 1.97
Igor Valko (New Parliament) 1,274 1.01
Total 125,652 47
Valid votes 125,652 96.70
Invalid votes 4,288 3.30
Votes cast / turnout 129,940 26.31
Registered voters 493,851
  1. ^ a b SaS, OĽaNO, KDH, NOVA, OKS, Zmena zdola, DÚ

Nitra Region

Summary of the 4 November 2017 regional elections in Nitra Region[6]
Presidency Regional government
Candidate Votes % Diagram Parties and coalitions Seats
Milan Belica (SMER-SD, SNS, Most-Hid) 52,184 34.10
Coalition of SMER, SNS and Most-Hid 17
Ján Greššo (SaS, OĽaNO, KDH and others[a]) 26,382 17.24 Independent candidates (NEKA) 15
Milan Uhrík (ĽSNS) 23,502 15.36 Party of the Hungarian Community 11
Peter Oremus (NEKA) 22,827 14.92 Centre-right coalition[a] 10
Iván Farkas (SMK-MKP) 21,084 13.78 People's Party Our Slovakia 1
Others 7,014 4.58
Total 152,993 54
Valid votes 152,993 97.90
Invalid votes 3,275 2.10
Votes cast / turnout 156,268 26.84
Registered voters 582,228
  1. ^ a b SaS, OĽaNO, KDH, NOVA, OKS, Šanca, DÚ

Žilina Region

Summary of the 4 November 2017 regional elections in Žilina Region[7]
Presidency Regional government
Candidate Votes % Diagram Parties and coalitions Seats
Erika Jurinová (OĽaNO, SaS, KDH, NOVA, OKS) 82,034 43.67
Independent candidates (NEKA) 25
Juraj Blanár (SMER-SD) 55,931 29.77 Coalition of OĽaNO, SaS, KDH, NOVA, OKS 17
Marián Murín (NEKA) 19,425 10.34 Direction – Social Democracy 10
Peter Sagan (ĽSNS) 14,323 7.62 Slovak National Party 5
Anton Martvoň (NEKA) 6,615 3.52
Others 9,492 4.58
Total 187,820 57
Valid votes 187,820 97.59
Invalid votes 4,639 2.41
Votes cast / turnout 192,459 33.84
Registered voters 568,708

Banská Bystrica Region

Summary of the 4 November 2017 regional elections in Banská Bystrica Region[8]
Presidency Regional government
Candidate Votes % Diagram Parties and coalitions Seats
Ján Lunter (NEKA) 99,169 48.53
Independent candidates (NEKA) 22
Marian Kotleba (ĽSNS) 47,502 23.24 Direction – Social Democracy 15
Igor Kašper (NEKA) 21,741 10.64 Party of the Hungarian Community 5
Martin Juhaniak (NEKA) 19,785 9.68 Coalition of KDH, SaS, OĽaNO, NOVA, OKS 4
Milan Urbáni (SMS) 2,478 1.21 People's Party Our Slovakia 1
Pavel Greksa (NEKA) 2,271 1.11 Most-Híd 1
Others 11,375 5.57 Slovak National Party 1
Total 204,321 49
Valid votes 204,321 96.21
Invalid votes 8,039 3.79
Votes cast / turnout 212,360 40.30
Registered voters 526,978

Prešov Region

Summary of the 4 November 2017 regional elections in Prešov Region[9]
Presidency Regional government
Candidate Votes % Diagram Parties and coalitions Seats
Milan Majerský (KDH, SaS, OĽaNO, NOVA) 72,366 40.36
Independent candidates (NEKA) 22
Peter Chudík (SMER-SD) 54,914 30.62 Coalition of KDH, SaS, OĽaNO, NOVA 21
Jozef Mihalčin (ĽSNS) 12,688 7.07 Direction – Social Democracy 16
Ján Garaj (NEKA) 10,615 5.92 Slovak National Party 2
Andrej Gmitter (NEKA) 8,335 4.64 Dawn 1
František Oľha (Chance) 5,832 3.25
Others 14,539 4.58
Total 179,289 62
Valid votes 179,289 95.38
Invalid votes 8,694 4.62
Votes cast / turnout 187,983 29.40
Registered voters 639,324

Košice Region

Summary of the 4 November 2017 regional elections in Košice Region[10]
Presidency Regional government
Candidate Votes % Diagram Parties and coalitions Seats
Rastislav Trnka (SaS, KDH, OĽaNO, NOVA, Chance) 59,599 37.80
Independent candidates (NEKA) 16
Richard Raši (SMER-SD, SMK-MKP, SZS, STANK) 58,724 37.24 Direction – Social Democracy 16
Karol Pataky (Most-Híd, SKOK-ELD) 14,843 9.41 Coalition of SaS, KDH, OĽaNO, NOVA 16
Štefan Surmánek (ĽSNS) 7,375 4.67 Most-Hid 6
Róbert Bačinský (NEKA) 4,903 3.11 Slovak National Party 1
Jarmila Tkáčová (SNS) 3,638 2.30 Party of the Hungarian Community 1
Others 8,569 5.44 Sport for Košice and the East 1
Total 157,651 57
Valid votes 157,651 93.59
Invalid votes 10,803 6.41
Votes cast / turnout 168,454 26.73
Registered voters 630,178

Polls

Banská Bystrica governorship

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[11] 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[12] 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[13] 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[14] 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[15] 1,000 21.6% 10.1% 7.1% 9.3% 14.0% 7.9% ? ? 7.6%

Bratislava governorship

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[16] 1,000 24.0% 18.5% 18.8% 14.6% 5.8% 8.5% ?% ?% 5.5%
28-6 September/October 2017 Focus[17] 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[18] 1,000 21.7% 15.0% 15.0% 15.2% 7.1% 6.7% 4.4% 3.6% 6.5%

Trnava governorship

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[19] 1,000 40.8% 30.5% 12.1% 10.1% 6.5% 10.3%

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