2018 Plzeň municipal election

The Plzeň municipal election in 2018 was beheld 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 23 seats needed for a majority
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%   Leader Michal Vozobule Petr Náhlík Martin Zrzavecký Party TOP 09 KDU–ČSL ČSSD Seats won 4 4 3 Popular vote 150,150 144,203 141,073 Percentage 6.8% 6.6% 6.4%   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 2011	10
	Civic Democratic Party	10
	Czech Social Democratic Party	10
	TOP 09	5
	Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia	5
	Citizens Patriots	4
	Christian and Democratic Union - Czechoslovak People's Party	3

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 Zarzycký	488,324	22.20	13
	Civic Democratic Party (ODS)	Martin Baxa	486,401	22.11	13
	Czech Pirate Party (Piráti)	Pavel Bosák	257,260	11.69	7
	TOP 09	Michal Vozobule	150,150	6.56	4
	Christian and Democratic Union – Czechoslovak People's Party	Petr Náhlík	144,203	6.56	4
	Czech Social Democratic Party (ČSSD)	Martin Zrzavecký	141,073	6.41	3
	Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia (KSČM)	Václav Štekl	124,055	5.64	3
	Freedom and Direct Democracy (SPD)	Jana Levová	108,882	4.95	0
	For Health		105,272	4.79	0
	Patriots and Mayors	Václav Chaloupek	80,381	3.65	0
	New Plzeň	Jiří Strobach	60,597	2.75	0
	Public Interests of Plzeň				0
	Koruna Česká				0
	Czech Plzeň				0
	Freeholder Party of the Czech Republic (SsČR)	Petr Pohl	8,549	0.39	0
	Democratic Green Party				0
Total				100	47

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. televize, Česká. "V Plzni vznikla koalice, jasno je i ve Strakonicích". ČT24 (in Czech). 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 - PR služby ČTK". www.protext.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 16 October 2018.

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