2022 Plzeň municipal election

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All 47 seats in the Assembly
24 seats needed for a majority
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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%

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| Fourth party  | Fifth party  | Sixth party
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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%

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| Mayor before election

Pavel Šindelář
ODS

| Elected Mayor

Roman Zarzycký
ANO

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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]

## Background[edit]

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[edit]

Polling firm  | Fieldwork
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size  | Turnout  | SPOLU | ANO | Piráti | ČSSD | SPD | KSČM | STAN | For Plzeň  | Oth.  | Lead

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ODS | TOP 09 | KDU–
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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[edit]

Party | Votes | % | Seats

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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[edit]

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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