2006 Plzeň municipal election

2006 Plzeň municipal election
20–21 October 2006
All 47 seats in the Assembly
23 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
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%
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Leader Vladimír Duchek Miroslav Zábranský Petr Náhlík
Party PVP PA Lidovci
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

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]

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

References

  1. ^ "Volby v Plzeňském kraji vyhrála ODS". Regionplzen.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 10 January 2018.
  2. ^ "Primátorem Plzně se stal Pavel Rödl". 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.
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