2018 Plzeň municipal election

The Plzeň municipal election in 2018 was held as part of 2018 Czech municipal elections on 5 and 6 October 2018. Plzeň was led by a coalition of the Civic Democratic Party, Czech Social Democratic Party, Christian and Democratic Union – Czechoslovak People's Party and Citizens Patriots. ANO 2011 was the strongest opposition party. ANO 2011 has won the popular vote but tied with the Civic Democratic Party by number of seats.[1] Coalition formed after the election was formed on 15 October 2018 consisting ANO 2011, Civic Democratic Party, TOP 09 and Czech Social Democratic Party. Martin Baxa became the new Mayor.[2]

2018 Plzeň municipal election
5 and 6 October 2018
All 47 seats in the Assembly
24 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Roman Zarzycký Martin Baxa Pavel Bosák
Party ANO ODS Pirates
Seats won 13 13 7
Popular vote 488,324 486,401 257,260
Percentage 22.2% 22.1% 11.7%
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Leader Michal Vozobule Petr Náhlík Martin Zrzavecký
Party TOP 09 Christian and Democratic Union – Czechoslovak People's Party ČSSD
Seats won 4 4 3
Popular vote 150,150 144,203 141,073
Percentage 6.8% 6.6% 6.4%
  Seventh party
 
Leader Václav Štekl
Party KSČM
Seats won 3
Popular vote 124,055
Percentage 5.6%
Mayor before election

Martin Zrzavecký
ČSSD

 Elected Mayor

Martin Baxa
ODS

Background

The previous election was held in 2014. ANO 2011 tied with the Civic Democratic Party (ODS) and Czech Social Democratic Party (ČSSD). ODS and ČSSD then formed a coalition and Martin Zrzavecký became the new Mayor. ANO 2011 remained in opposition. The coalition between ODS and ČSSD also included Citizens Patriots (OPAT) and Christian and Democratic Union – Czechoslovak People's Party (KDU–ČSL).[3] The leader of local ANO 2011 Pavel Šrámek resigned his positions in regional organisation following the election.[4]

The Czech Pirate Party was the first party to introduce its leader. Pavel Bosák won the party's primaries and became candidate for Mayor. Bosák stated that he wants to thank pirates for his chance and that he wants to introduce his vision for the city to its citizens. Bosák isn't a member of the party.[5]

The first opinion poll was published on 24 April 2018. Seven parties would be elected to assembly. ANO 2011 would receive 24% of votes and while the Civic Democratic Party would receive 12.7% of votes. The Pirate party would come third with 10%. The Social Democratic Party would be fourth with 9.6%. TOP 09 and The Communist Party would both receive 7%. Far-right Freedom and Direct Democracy would receive 8%.[6]

Roman zarzycký became nominee of ANO 2011 for the position of Mayor.[7] ODS decided to nominate Martin Baxa.[8]

Current composition of assembly
Party Seats
ANO 201110
Civic Democratic Party10
Czech Social Democratic Party10
TOP 095
Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia5
Citizens Patriots4
Christian and Democratic Union - Czechoslovak People's Party3

Opinion polls
Date Company ANO 2011 ODS ČSSD TOP 09 KSČM OPAT KDU
ČSL		 Piráti SPD others
12 Sep 2018 Sanep[9] 16.2 12.1 4.8 2.1 4.2 2.2 2.2 4.3 5.9
22 Jun 2018 Phoenix Research[10] 22.6 14.1 8.2 6.2 6.0 N/A 5.0 12.2 6.6 13.4
1 - 10 Jun 2018 Sanep[11] 24.3 18.3 8.3 8.4 6.5 4.0 3.0 13.7 10.5 3.0
22 Mar - 13 Apr 2018 Phoenix Research[6] 24.0 12.7 9.6 7.0 7.1 N/A 4.0 10.0 8.0 17.6

Result
Party Leader Votes % Seats
ANO 2011 (ANO)Roman Zarzycký488,32422.2013
Civic Democratic Party (ODS)Martin Baxa486,40122.1113
Czech Pirate Party (Piráti)Pavel Bosák257,26011.697
TOP 09Michal Vozobule150,1506.834
Christian and Democratic Union – Czechoslovak People's PartyPetr Náhlík144,2036.564
Czech Social Democratic Party (ČSSD)Martin Zrzavecký141,0736.413
Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia (KSČM)Václav Štekl124,0555.643
Freedom and Direct Democracy (SPD)Jana Levová108,8824.950
For HealthIrena Vítkovcová105,2724.790
Patriots and MayorsVáclav Chaloupek80,3813.650
New PlzeňJiří Strobach60,5972.750
Public Interests of PlzeňVáclav Ženíšek19,3370.880
Koruna ČeskáLuděk Krčmář13,4860.610
Czech PlzeňJiří Štěpánek10,5890.480
Freeholder Party of the Czech Republic (SsČR)Petr Pohl8,5490.390
Democratic Green PartyZdeněk Legát1,3280.060
Total2,199,88710047

References
  1. "Boj o velkou radnici v Plzni skončil remízou. ANO i ODS budou mít 13 mandátů". Plzeň CZ (in Czech). 6 October 2018. Retrieved 16 October 2018.
  2. "V Plzni je hotová koalice. Primátorem bude Baxa z ODS". Deník.cz (in Czech). 15 October 2018. Retrieved 16 October 2018.
  3. "V Plzni vznikla koalice, jasno je i ve Strakonicích". ČT24 (in Czech). Česká televize. Retrieved 24 April 2018.
  4. "Šrámek končí v krajské funkci ANO". Plzeňský deník (in Czech). 16 October 2015. Retrieved 24 April 2018.
  5. "Pirátskou kandidátku na plzeňskou radnici povede Pavel Bosák". Plzeň CZ (in Czech). 1 April 2018. Retrieved 24 April 2018.
  6. "Exkluzivní průzkum: Řítí se další Babišova tsunami? ANO dominuje v boji o velká města". Blesk.cz. Retrieved 24 April 2018.
  7. "O post primátora Plzně budou na podzim zřejmě bojovat Zarzycký a Baxa". iDNES.cz. 14 May 2018. Retrieved 28 May 2018.
  8. "ODS v Plzni povede do voleb poslanec Baxa". Echo24.cz (in Czech). 30 May 2018. Retrieved 30 September 2018.
  9. "Komunální volby: Jak by mohly skončit v Praze a dalších městech". TN.Nova.cz (in Czech). 11 September 2018. Retrieved 25 September 2018.
  10. "Exkluzivní průzkum: Babišova tsunami lehce slábne, ANO však dál velkým městům vládne". Blesk.cz. Retrieved 22 June 2018.
  11. "SANEP: Komunálním volbám bude dominovat hnutí ANO". protext.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 16 October 2018.
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