# 2017 Slovak regional elections

Elections were held in Slovakia's 8 self-governing regions on 4 November 2017.
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.
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 :
| Presidency | Presidency | Presidency | Presidency | Regional government | Regional government | Regional government | Regional government |
| Candidate | Candidate | Votes | % | Diagram | Parties and coalitions | 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 | 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 | Total | 180,490 | | | | | 50 |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | 180,490 | 98.44 | | | | |
| Invalid votes | Invalid votes | 2,852 | 1.56 | | | | |
| Votes cast / turnout | Votes cast / turnout | 183,342 | 31.34 | | | | |
| Registered voters | Registered voters | 584,995 | | | | | |
| ↑ SaS, OĽaNO, SMK-MKP, NOVA, OKS, Zmena zdola, DÚ ||||||||

### Trnava Region

Summary of the 4 November 2017 regional elections in Trnava Region :
| Presidency | Presidency | Presidency | Presidency | Regional government | Regional government | Regional government | Regional government |
| Candidate | Candidate | Votes | % | Diagram | Parties and coalitions | Parties and coalitions | Seats |
| | Jozef Viskupič (OĽaNO, SaS, KDH and others) | 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 | 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 | Total | 113,229 | | | | | 40 |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | 113,229 | 96.57 | | | | |
| Invalid votes | Invalid votes | 4,023 | 3.43 | | | | |
| Votes cast / turnout | Votes cast / turnout | 117,252 | 24.74 | | | | |
| Registered voters | Registered voters | 473,880 | | | | | |
| 1 2 OĽaNO, SaS, KDH, OKS, Zmena zdola, DÚ ||||||||

### Trenčín Region

Summary of the 4 November 2017 regional elections in Trenčín Region :
| Presidency | Presidency | Presidency | Presidency | Regional government | Regional government | Regional government | Regional government |
| Candidate | Candidate | Votes | % | Diagram | Parties and coalitions | 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) | 31,580 | 25.13 | | | Coalition of SMER, SNS, Most-Hid and SZ | 16 |
| | Štefan Škultéty (NEKA) | 17,403 | 13.85 | | | Centre-right coalition | 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 | Total | 125,652 | | | | | 47 |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | 125,652 | 96.70 | | | | |
| Invalid votes | Invalid votes | 4,288 | 3.30 | | | | |
| Votes cast / turnout | Votes cast / turnout | 129,940 | 26.31 | | | | |
| Registered voters | Registered voters | 493,851 | | | | | |
| 1 2 SaS, OĽaNO, KDH, NOVA, OKS, Zmena zdola, DÚ ||||||||

### Nitra Region

Summary of the 4 November 2017 regional elections in Nitra Region :
| Presidency | Presidency | Presidency | Presidency | Regional government | Regional government | Regional government | Regional government |
| Candidate | Candidate | Votes | % | Diagram | Parties and coalitions | 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) | 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 | 10 |
| | Iván Farkas (SMK-MKP) | 21,084 | 13.78 | | | People's Party Our Slovakia | 1 |
| | Others | 7,014 | 4.58 | | | | |
| Total | Total | 152,993 | | | | | 54 |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | 152,993 | 97.90 | | | | |
| Invalid votes | Invalid votes | 3,275 | 2.10 | | | | |
| Votes cast / turnout | Votes cast / turnout | 156,268 | 26.84 | | | | |
| Registered voters | Registered voters | 582,228 | | | | | |
| 1 2 SaS, OĽaNO, KDH, NOVA, OKS, Šanca, DÚ ||||||||

### Žilina Region

Summary of the 4 November 2017 regional elections in Žilina Region :
| Presidency | Presidency | Presidency | Presidency | Regional government | Regional government | Regional government | Regional government |
| Candidate | Candidate | Votes | % | Diagram | Parties and coalitions | 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 | Total | 187,820 | | | | | 57 |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | 187,820 | 97.59 | | | | |
| Invalid votes | Invalid votes | 4,639 | 2.41 | | | | |
| Votes cast / turnout | Votes cast / turnout | 192,459 | 33.84 | | | | |
| Registered voters | Registered voters | 568,708 | | | | | |

### Banská Bystrica Region

Summary of the 4 November 2017 regional elections in Banská Bystrica Region :
| Presidency | Presidency | Presidency | Presidency | Regional government | Regional government | Regional government | Regional government |
| Candidate | Candidate | Votes | % | Diagram | Parties and coalitions | 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 | Total | 204,321 | | | | | 49 |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | 204,321 | 96.21 | | | | |
| Invalid votes | Invalid votes | 8,039 | 3.79 | | | | |
| Votes cast / turnout | Votes cast / turnout | 212,360 | 40.30 | | | | |
| Registered voters | Registered voters | 526,978 | | | | | |

### Prešov Region

Summary of the 4 November 2017 regional elections in Prešov Region :
| Presidency | Presidency | Presidency | Presidency | Regional government | Regional government | Regional government | Regional government |
| Candidate | Candidate | Votes | % | Diagram | Parties and coalitions | 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 | Total | 179,289 | | | | | 62 |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | 179,289 | 95.38 | | | | |
| Invalid votes | Invalid votes | 8,694 | 4.62 | | | | |
| Votes cast / turnout | Votes cast / turnout | 187,983 | 29.40 | | | | |
| Registered voters | Registered voters | 639,324 | | | | | |

### Košice Region

Summary of the 4 November 2017 regional elections in Košice Region :
| Presidency | Presidency | Presidency | Presidency | Regional government | Regional government | Regional government | Regional government |
| Candidate | Candidate | Votes | % | Diagram | Parties and coalitions | 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 | Total | 157,651 | | | | | 57 |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | 157,651 | 93.59 | | | | |
| Invalid votes | Invalid votes | 10,803 | 6.41 | | | | |
| Votes cast / turnout | Votes cast / turnout | 168,454 | 26.73 | | | | |
| Registered voters | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 1,000 | 24.0% | 18.5% | 18.8% | 14.6% | 5.8% | 8.5% | ?% | ?% | 5.5% |
| 28-6 September/October 2017 | Focus | 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 | 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 | 1,000 | 40.8% | 30.5% | 12.1% | 10.1% | 6.5% | 10.3% |