Elections were held in Slovakia's eight self-governing regions on 14 November 2009, at a cost of over €8.4 million.
Six of the regional presidencies were won by centre-left Direction – Social Democracy (Smer), with one being won by Smer's national conservative allies, the People's Party – Movement for a Democratic Slovakia (ĽS-HZDS). Bratislava was won by the centre-right Slovak Democratic and Christian Union – Democratic Party, having previously been held by ĽS-HZDS-backed Vladimír Bajan
Results
Presidencies Region Winner Party Endorsing parties Bratislava Pavol Frešo SDKÚ-DS KDH, SMK, OKS, SaS Trnava Tibor Mikuš Smer ND, SNS, SZ Trenčín Pavol Sedláček ĽS-HZDS Smer, SNS Nitra Milan Belica Smer SDKÚ-DS, KDH Žilina Juraj Blanár Smer SNS, ĽS-HZDS, SZ, SF Banská Bystrica Vladimír Maňka Smer ĽS-HZDS Prešov Peter Chudík Smer ĽS-HZDS, HZD, SZS Košice Zdenko Trebuľa Smer SMK, ĽS-HZDS, SF, HZD, SOS, Most–Híd, Liga
Councils
Party Bratislava Trnava Trenčín Nitra Žilina Banská Bystrica Prešov Košice Total % Smer 13 4 20 15 16 20 21 26 33.1 SDKÚ-DS 10 3 5 9 4 4 15 7 14.0 KDH 8 8 3 7 13 2 10 – 12.5 SMK 5 11 – 13 – 7 – 4 9.8 ĽS-HZDS 1 3 7 7 5 7 5 4 9.6 SNS – 1 – – 6 2 – – 2.2 HZD – 2 – – – 1 1 – 1.0 OKS 3 – – – 1 – – – 1.0 Most–Híd 1 1 – – – – – – 0.5 SF – – – – – – 1 1 0.5 Other parties 1 1 – – 1 1 3 2 2.2 Independents 2 6 10 3 11 5 6 13 13.7 Total 44 40 45 54 57 49 62 57 408 100
Nine further parties won one seat each.
References