1998 Plzeň municipal election

Plzeň municipal election in 1998 was held as part of Czech municipal elections, 1998. It was held on 13 and 14 November 1998. The election was won by the Civic Democratic Party (ODS).[1] Jiří Schneberger became the new Mayor.[2] ODS was led by Jiří Šneberger while Czech Social Democratic Party (ČSSD) was led by university professor Josef Průša.[3][4] ODS and ČSSD formed Grand coalition after the election.[5]

1998 Plzeň municipal election

13–14 November 1998

All 47 seats in the Assembly
23 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Jiří Šneberger Josef Průša Miroslav Pihrt
Party ODS ČSSD KSČM
Seats won 15 11 6
Popular vote 686,224 528,097 270,196
Percentage 31.7% 24.4% 12.5%

  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Leader Jaroslav Kadlec Petr Náhlík Vladimír Duchek
Party US–DEU Christian and Democratic Union – Czechoslovak People's Party PVP
Seats won 4 4 3
Popular vote 189,326 161,692 155,784
Percentage 8.7% 7.5% 7.2%

Mayor before election

Zdeněk Prosek
ODS

Elected Mayor

Jiří Šneberger
ODS

Campaign

Civic Democrats focused on fight against gambling during campaign.[6]

Results

Party Votes % Seats
Civic Democratic Party686,22431.6615
Czech Social Democratic Party528,09724.3611
Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia270,19612.476
Freedom Union – Democratic Union189,3268.734
Christian and Democratic Union – Czechoslovak People's Party161,6927.464
Right Choice for Plzeň155,7847.193
Democratic Union44,6872.061
Green Party-Independent Candidates41,7671.931
Civic Democratic Alliance38,0801.761
Party for Secure Life26,2311.211
Czech Right12,3460.570
Republican Union10,6500.490
Independent Candidates2,5080.120
Total2,167,58810047

References

  1. Hašek, Michal. "Komunální volby 1998" (PDF). Politologický časopis. Retrieved 11 January 2018.
  2. "Komunální volby byly i o zlatě a obchvatu". Ekolist.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 11 January 2018.
  3. "prof. Ing. Jan Hálek, CSc. - PROFILUJÍCÍ INFORMACE A KAUZY - Naši Politici". Nasipolitici.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 11 January 2018.
  4. "Kalous už nejspíš nebude primátorem". Regionplzen.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 11 January 2018.
  5. "Plzeň povede koalice ODS a ČSSD, primátorem bude lídr ODS Baxa". iDNES.cz. 25 October 2010. Retrieved 11 January 2018.
  6. Vlček, Tomáš (2014). Vývoj ODS v Plzni (PDF). Plzeň: Západočeská Univerzita v Plzni. pp. 58–59. Retrieved 11 January 2018.
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