2009 Slovak regional elections
Elections were held in Slovakia's eight self-governing regions on 14 November 2009.
Six of the regional presidencies were won by centre-left Direction – Social Democracy, with one being won by Smer's national conservative allies, the People's Party – Movement for a Democratic Slovakia. 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
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.