1994 Plzeň municipal election

Plzeň municipal election in 1994 was held as part of 1994 Czech municipal elections. It was held on 18 and 19 November 1994. It was the first election since dissolution of Czechoslovakia. The Civic Democratic Party has won the election.[1] Zdeněk Prosek became the new Mayor when he replaced Zdeněk Mraček.[2][3]

1994 Plzeň municipal election

18–19 November 1994

All 47 seats in the Assembly
23 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Zdeněk Prosek Josef Průša Jiří Maštálka
Party ODS ČSSD KSČM
Seats won 16 7 7
Popular vote 1,092,246 437,162 434,202
Percentage 33.7% 13.5% 13.4%

  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Leader Vladimír Duchek Roman Dohnal Josef Krejsa
Party ODA Christian and Democratic Union – Czechoslovak People's Party SPR–RSČ
Seats won 5 3 2
Popular vote 327,007 170,335 165,568
Percentage 10.1% 5.3% 5.1%

Mayor before election

Zdeněk Mraček
Independent

Elected Mayor

Zdeněk Prosek
ODS

Background

Camapgin of ODS was formed centrally. The main motto was "Calmly and responsibly." ODS focused on privatisation during the campaign.[4]

Results

Party Votes % Seats
Civic Democratic Party1,092,24633.6816
Czech Social Democratic Party437,16213.487
Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia434,20213.397
Civic Democratic Alliance327,00710.085
KDU–ČSL-KDS-KAN170,3355.253
SPR–RSČ-SDČR165,5685.112
Pensioners for Life Security163,0805.032
Democratic Union153,3924.732
Free Democrats (OH) and Independent Candidates98,9583.051
Green Party86,8962.681
Liberal National Social Party84,3462.601
Left Bloc12,6600.390
Businessmen's, Traders' and Farmers' Party9,5920.300
Conservative Party7,1620.220

Aftermath

ODS formed coalition with ODA and KDU-ČSL. Zdeněk prosek became the new Mayor.[4]

References

  1. "Několik vzpomínek na obchvat Plzně". legacy.blisty.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 11 January 2018.
  2. "Kalous už nejspíš nebude primátorem". Regionplzen.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 11 January 2018.
  3. "Zdeněk Prosek: Pro divadlo ani spalovnu bych nehlasoval". Plzeňský deník (in Czech). 23 July 2013. Retrieved 11 January 2018.
  4. Vlček, Tomáš (2014). Vývoj ODS v Plzni (PDF). Plzeň: Západočeská Univerzita v Plzni. pp. 57–58. Retrieved 11 January 2018.
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