2006 Plzeň municipal election

The Plzeň municipal election of 2006 was held as a part of Czech municipal elections, 2006. It was held on 20 and 21 October 2006. The Civic Democratic Party (ODS) won the election with 45% of the votes.[1] Pavel Rödl then became the new Mayor when ODS formed a coalition with the Christian and Democratic Union – Czechoslovak People's Party (KDU-ČSL) and the Right Choice for Plzeň (PVP).[2][3] The incumbent Mayor, Miroslav Kalous, didn't participate in the election.[4]

2006 Plzeň municipal election

20–21 October 2006
All 47 seats in the Assembly 23 seats needed for a majority
Leader Pavel Rödl Milan Chovanec František Hrubeš Party ODS ČSSD KSČM Seats won 22 10 6 Popular vote 1,007,049 451,520 277,883 Percentage 45.2% 20.3% 12.5%   Leader Vladimír Duchek Miroslav Zábranský Petr Náhlík Party PVP PA KDU–ČSL Seats won 3 3 3 Popular vote 177,562 168,750 141,259 Percentage 8.0% 7.6% 6.4%
Mayor before election Miroslav Kalous ODS Elected Mayor Pavel Rödl ODS

Campaign

Seven parties contested the election.[5] ODS and ČSSD were the main contesting parties. ODS was led by Pavel Rödl while ČSSD was led by Milan Chovanec.[6]

Results

Party		Votes	%	Seats
	Civic Democratic Party	1,007,049	45.23	22
	Czech Social Democratic Party	451,520	20.28	10
	Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia	277,883	12.48	6
	Right Choice for Plzeň	177,562	7.98	3
	Plzeň Alliance	168,750	7.58	3
	Christian and Democratic Union – Czechoslovak People's Party	141,259	6.35	3
	Koruna Česká	2,263	0.10	0
Total		2,226,286	100	47

External links

• Results

References

1. "Volby v Plzeňském kraji vyhrála ODS". www.regionplzen.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 10 January 2018.
2. "Primátorem Plzně se stal Pavel Rödl". www.regionplzen.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 10 January 2018.
3. "Rödl z ODS je novým primátorem Plzně". Hospodářské noviny (in Czech). 2 November 2006. Retrieved 10 January 2018.
4. "Do primátorského křesla v Plzni usedl Pavel Rödl". Rozhlas.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 10 January 2018.
5. Vlček, Tomáš (2014). Vývoj ODS v Plzni (PDF). Plzeň: Západočeská Univerzita v Plzni. pp. 62–63. Retrieved 11 January 2018.
6. "Komunální fórum". Rozhlas.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 11 January 2018.