The 2009 European Parliament election in the Czech Republic was the election of

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(MEPs) representing the

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for the 2004–2009 term of the

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. It was part of the wider 2004 European election. These were the first European elections after the country's EU accession and hence the first to be held in the

. They took place on 11 and 12 June 2004. On a very low turnout, the ruling

Czech Social Democratic Party The Czech Social Democratic Party ( cs, Česká strana sociálně demokratická, ČSSD, ) is a social-democratic political party in the Czech Republic. Sitting on the centre-left of the political spectrum and holding pro-European views, it is a ...

suffered a heavy defeat, losing ground to both the conservative Civic Democratic Party and the Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia. The debacle of his party was one of the reasons for the resignation of Prime Minister

Vladimír Špidla Vladimír Špidla () (born 22 April 1951) is a Czech politician who served as the prime minister of the Czech Republic from July 2002 to August 2004 and as European Commissioner for Employment, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities from Novemb ...

Opinion polls

Campaign finances

Results

European groups

References

External links

Detailed official results
(in English); note that the numbers differ by a few votes from those given here as they were apparently corrected later {{Czech elections

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European Parliament elections in the Czech Republic

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