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

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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

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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

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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

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Party Votes % Seats
Spolu 583,397 27.73 15
ANO 2011 573,678 27.26 15
For Plzeň 206,355 9.81 5
Czech Pirate Party 171,385 8.14 4
Mayors and Independents 162,139 7.71 4
Freedom and Direct Democracy 155,372 7.38 4
Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia 69 031 3.28 0
Plzeň in Heart - ČSSD and independents 62,489 2.97 0
Law, Respect, Expertise 43,757 2.08 0
Přísaha 38,902 1.85 0
The Right Plzeň 15,155 0.72 0
Koruna Česká 9,050 0.43 0
Czech Plzeň and Safe Street 7,120 0.34 0
Democratic Party of Greens 6,359 0.30 0

References

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  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.