2022 Plzeň municipal election

The 2022 Plzeň municipal election was held on 23 and 24 September 2022 as part of the nationwide municipal elections. The result was a narrow victory for Spolu which received highest number of votes but was tied with ANO 2011 by number of seats.[1] After the election ANO 2011 formed coalition with Czech Pirate Party and Mayors and Independents with Roman Zarzycký as the new Mayor.[2] New coalition was to be supported by 2 SPD members of the assembly but after disagreement of Piráti and STAN leadership they were replaced by PRO Plzeň.[3][4]

2022 Plzeň municipal election
23 and 24 September 2022
All 47 seats in the Assembly
24 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader David Šlouf Roman Zarzycký Jiří Klečka
Party ODS ANO PRO Plzeň
Alliance SPOLU
Last election 21 seats 13 seats 0 Seats
Seats won 15 15 5
Popular vote 583,397 573,678 206,355
Percentage 27.7% 27.3% 9.8%
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Leader Pavel Bosák Aleš Tolar Jan Kůrka
Party Pirates STAN Freedom and Direct Democracy
Last election 7 seats –
Seats won 4 4 4
Popular vote 171,385 162,139 155,372
Percentage 8.1% 7.7% 7.4%
Mayor before election

Pavel Šindelář
ODS

 Elected Mayor

Roman Zarzycký
ANO

Background

Previous election was held in 2018. ANO 2011 has won the popular vote but tied with the Civic Democratic Party by number of seats.[5] 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.[6] On 17 January 2022 Baxa was replaced by Pavel Šindelář as Baxa became Minister of Culture.[7] Šindelář decided to not run for second term. ODS, KDU-ČSL and TOP 09 decided to run under Spolu alliance banner with David Šlouf as electoral leader. Roman Zarzycký will lead ANO 2011.[8]

Opinion polls
Polling firm Fieldwork
date		 Sample
size		 Turnout SPOLU ANO Piráti ČSSD SPD KSČM STAN For Plzeň Oth. Lead
ODS TOP 09 KDU–
ČSL
Sanep[9] 11 - 20 August 2022 26.9 26.8 8.1 3.9 5.6 — 6.4 4.2 16.3 0.1
Phoenix Research[10] 20 July - 12 August 2022 1,016 25.4 28.4 9.6 4.5 5.7 — 7.2 — 3.0
Phoenix Research[11] 20 June - 13 July 2022 28.6 27.9 8.0 3.7 5.4 1.6 7.3 — 17.5 0.7
Phoenix Research[12] 20 May - 13 June 2022 998 27.4 26.5 7.1 4.1 5.4 1.8 10.4 — 17.3 0.9
Sanep[13] 1-8 March 2022 5,116 23.6 7.1 5.7 20.4 6.2 5.0 5.3 — 5.4 5.1 16.2 3.2
2018 election 5 and 6 October 2018 39.5 22.1 6.8 6.6 22.2 11.7 6.4 5.0 5.6 3.7 4.8 5.2 0.1

Result
PartyVotes %Seats
Spolu583,39727.7315
ANO 2011573,67827.2615
For Plzeň206,3559.815
Czech Pirate Party171,3858.144
Mayors and Independents162,1397.714
Freedom and Direct Democracy155,3727.384
Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia69 0313.280
Plzeň in Heart - ČSSD and independents62,4892.970
Law, Respect, Expertise43,7572.080
Přísaha38,9021.850
The Right Plzeň15,1550.720
Koruna Česká9,0500.430
Czech Plzeň and Safe Street7,1200.340
Democratic Party of Greens6,3590.300

References
  1. Vaiz, Zdeněk; Prokšová, Lenka (24 September 2022). "Více hlasů v Plzni získalo SPOLU, stejný počet mandátů má i ANO". Plzeňský Deník (in Czech). Retrieved 24 September 2022.
  2. Vaiz, Zdeněk; Prokšová, Lenka (25 September 2022). "V Plzni budou vládnout ANO, Piráti a STAN. Primátorem bude Zarzycký". Plzeňský Deník (in Czech). Retrieved 25 September 2022.
  3. "ANO, Piráti a STAN za asistence SPD budou vládnout v Plzni. Obešli vítězné SPOLU". novinky.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 25 September 2022.
  4. "Lídři v Plzni se vzdali podpory SPD". novinky.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 26 September 2022.
  5. "Boj o velkou radnici v Plzni skončil remízou. ANO i ODS budou mít 13 mandátů". plzen.cz (in Czech). 6 October 2018. Retrieved 30 June 2022.
  6. "V Plzni je hotová koalice. Primátorem bude Baxa z ODS". Deník.cz (in Czech). 15 October 2018. Retrieved 30 June 2022.
  7. "Plzeň má nového primátora, je jím dosavadní technický náměstek Pavel Šindelář". plzen.eu (in Czech). Retrieved 30 June 2022.
  8. "V Plzni se vyjasňuje, kdo bude v září bojovat o primátorský řetěz". iDNES.cz (in Czech). 28 April 2022. Retrieved 30 June 2022.
  9. "SANEP: Komunální volby – volební preference v pěti největších městech ČR". parlamentnilisty.cz. Retrieved 31 August 2022.
  10. "Průzkum: Nečekaný výsledek voleb v Praze. Jak by dopadla jiná města?". tn.nova.cz (in Czech). 14 August 2022. Retrieved 18 August 2022.
  11. "EXKLUZIVNÍ PRŮZKUM: STAN se potýká s kauzou Hlubuček. Jak by dopadly volby?". tn.nova.cz (in Czech). 17 July 2022. Retrieved 18 July 2022.
  12. "Komunální volby 2022: Kdo bude vládnout velkým městům? VELKÝ PRŮZKUM". tn.nova.cz (in Czech). 17 June 2022. Retrieved 29 June 2022.
  13. "SANEP: Komunálním volbám bude v krajských městech dominovat hnutí ANO a ODS". parlamentnilisty.cz. Retrieved 23 June 2022.
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