Plzeň municipal election, 2014

Plzeň municipal election, 2014
Czech Republic
10-11 October 2014
All 47 seats in the Assembly
23 seats needed for a majority

  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Pavel Šrámek Martin Baxa Martin Zrzavecký
Party ANO ODS ČSSD
Seats won 10 10 10
Popular vote 329,815 323,390 303,042
Percentage 17.9% 17.6% 16.5%
Mayor before election

Martin Baxa
ODS

 Elected Mayor

Martin Zrzavecký
ČSSD

Plzeň municipal election in 2014 was held as part of Czech municipal elections, 2014. It was held on 10 and 11 October 2014. ANO 2011 received the highest number of votes but Civic Democratic Party and Czech Social Democratic Party won the same number of seats in the City's assembly. Civic Democratic Party ruled in Plzeň more than 20 years but was expected to lose its positions and receive only 10% of votes but managed to get more than 17%. Leader of local Civic Democrats Martin Baxa said that he believes that ODS was the actual victor of the election.[1][2] Voter turnout was 33.73%.

The coalition between Civic Democratic Party, Czech Social Democratic Party, Christian and Democratic Union – Czechoslovak People's Party and Citizens Patriots was formed on 18 October. Social Democrat Martin Zrzavecký became Mayor of Plzeň.[3]

Parties

ANO 2011

Centrist ANO 2011 was led by MP Pavel Šrámek. ANO was considered on of front-runners in the city.[4] ANO wanted to focus on analysis of city's public debt and on Traffic. Šrámek stated that he would organise European Capital of Culture more humbly.[5]

Christian and Democratic Union - Czechoslovak People's Party (KDU-ČSL)

Centrist KDU-ČSL was led by Petr Náhlík. KDU-ČSL aimed at traffic and city's debt during the election.[5]

Citizens Patriots (OPAT)

Local party OPAT was formed in July 2014 by parties Občané.cz and Patriots. I was led by Marcel Hájek.[6] OPAT won support of many celebrities from Plzeň such as Director Václav Chaloupek or Ice Hockey Player Michal Dvořák.[7]

Civic Democratic Party (ODS)

Centre-right ODS was led by incumbent Mayor Martin Baxa. Baxa stated that the main task for incoming City Council would be European Capital of Culture 2015 and use of its potential.[8] Party was expected to lose heavily and many visible personas of ODS left the party and ran for different formations.[7] Party focused during its campaign to presenting its successes in previous years. Priorities for 2014-2018 were European Capital of Culture, continuity of Traffic buildings and Tram Line to Borská pole.[5]

Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia (KSČM)

KSČM was led by Václav Štekl.[5]

Czech Social Democratic Party (ČSSD)

Centre-left ČSSD was led by Martin Zrzavecký. ČSSD ruled in grand coalition with ODS since 2010. Party's priorities was drawing subsidies from European Union, investment to Science and Traffic.[5] ČSSD was front-runner according to polls.

TOP 09

Centre-right TOP 09 was led by MP Ondřej Ženíšek.[9] TOP 09 aimed for European Capital of Culture and closure of the city to cars. It also opposed Gambling in the city and corruption.[5]

Campaign

Civic Democratic Party led campaign with slogan "Pilsen is different" with subtitle "We didn't play a theatre, we build it." Party's billboards used blue colour which contrasted with campaign of other parties that used white colour. ODS presented itself by successes of its rule over the city in previous term.[10][11] Campaign of Civic Democrats was awarded by 8 Golden Ballot Awards.[12]

Civic Democratic Party was expected to receive less than 10% of votes and ANO 2011 was front-runner along with Czech Social Democratic Party.[13] Civic Democratic Party eventually came second and won 10 seats. The same number was won by ANO 2011 an Social Democratic Party.[14]

Opinion polling

Published Company ČSSD ANO TOP 09 OPAT
 KSČM ODS KDU
ČSL		 SzP VZP PVP SSO DSZ ZpP others
11 October 2014 Election 16.5 17.9 9.1 7.3 8.3 17.6 5.7 4.8 2.9 2.7 2.2 0.1 2.5 2.4
29 September 2014 Sanep[15] 20.3-23.8 18.2-22.6 11.9-12.6 8.6-12.2 9.8-8.4 7.1-10.4 4.1-6.2 3.2-6.0 3.5-6.1 3.9-5.3 2.1-3.2 1.8-3.1 0.6-3.0 >3
11 September 2014 Sanep[16] 20.5-23.9 17.9-22.1 11.7-12.4 7.8-10.4 8.4-9.8 7.8-9.6 4.1-6.3 3.1-6.1 3.4-5.9 4.1-5.6 2.1-3.1 1.9-3.0 0.6-3.0 >3

Results

Party Votes % Seats
ANO 2011 329,815 17.90 10
Civic Democratic Party 323,390 17.55 10
Czech Social Democratic Party 303,042 16.45 10
TOP 09 166,696 9.05 5
Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia 152,903 8.30 5
Citizens Patriots 134,761 7.31 4
Christian and Democratic Union – Czechoslovak People's Party 104,535 5.67 3
Together for Plzeň 88,100 4.78 0
Public Interests of Plzeň 53,661 2.91 0
Right Choice for Plzeň 50,469 2.74 0
Change for Plzeň 45,763 2.48 0
Party of Free Citizens 41,131 2.23 0
Plzeň for Sport 32,906 1.79 0
Workers' Party 10,215 0.55 0
Party of Civic Rights 2,358 0.19 0
Republic 2,025 0.13 0
Democratic Green Party 844 0.05 0
Total1 842 61410047

Elected representatives

Num Representative Party Votes
1. Martin Baxa ODS 9,843
2. Jiří Šnerberger ODS 8,539
3. Lumír Aschenbrenner ODS 8,530
4. Ivana Mádlová ANO 7,882
5. Pavel Šrámek ANO 7,791
6. Miloslava Rutová ANO 7,610
7. Roman Zarzycký ANO 7,502
8. Bohuslav Rada ANO 7,434
9. Veronika Jilichová Nová ODS 7,426
10. Vlastimil Gola ANO 7,388
11. David Procházka ANO 7,311
12. Pavel Šindelář ODS 7,311
13. Petr Fišer ANO 7,250
14. Petr Šustáček ANO 7,232
15. Eliška Bartáková ANO 7,219
16. Martin Zrzavecký ČSSD 7,182
17. Eva Herinková ČSSD 7,098
18. David Šlouf ODS 7,054
19. Helena Matoušová ODS 7,039
20. Milan Uhlík ODS 7,019
21. Jakub Čermák ODS 6,992
22. Eva Trůková ODS 6,972
23. Miroslav Brabec ČSSD 6,898
24. Petr Osvald ČSSD 6,792
25. Jiří Kuthan ČSSD 6,703
26. Jiří Bis ČSSD 6,673
27. Pavel kotas ČSSD 6,666
28. Rusolf Mayer ČSSD 6,634
29. Pavel Duchek ČSSD 6,617
30. Milan Šupík ČSSD 6,531
31. Ondřej Ženíšek TOP 09 4,688
32. Michal Vozobule TOP 09 4,221
33. Marcel Hájek OPAT 4,157
34. Václav Chaloupek OPAT 4,139
35. Ilona Jehličková TOP 09 3,953
36. Jan Fluxa TOP 09 3,924
37. Petr Suchý TOP 09 3,833
38. Václav Štěkl KSČM 3,766
39. Petr Náhlík KDU-ČSL 3,690
40. Jana Bystřická KSČM 3,570
41. Ludvík Rösch OPAT 3,478
42. Monika Magdaléna Štefanová KSČM 3,458
43. Karel Kvit KSČM 3,441
44. František Hrubeš KSČM 3,429
45. Michal Dvořák OPAT 3,412
46. Pavel Boček KDU-ČSL 3,091
47. Pavel Janouškovec KDU-ČSL 3,036

Coalition formation

Coalition talks started soon after the election. Media talked about Martin Baxa, Martin Zrzavecký and Pavel Šrámek as possible candidates for Mayor.[17] Coalition needed to consist of at least 3 parties.[18] Coalition was formed on 18 October 2014. Civic Democratic Party formed Council with Czech Social Democratic Party, Christian and Democratic Union - Czechoslovak People's Party and Citizens Patriots. Coalition has majority of 27 seats.[19] Social Democrat Zrzavecký became the mayor while Civic Democratic leader Baxa became deputy Mayor.[20] Council consists of 4 Civic Democrats, 3 Social Democrats, 1 Christian Democrat and 1 Citizen Patriot.[21]

Czech Social Democratic Party originally planned to form coalition with ANO 2011 and Christian and Democratic Union – Czechoslovak People's Party but changed mind due to alleged unreliability of Pavel Šrámek.[22]

References

  1. ↑ "Volby v Plzni těsně vyhrálo hnutí ANO, překvapením je úspěch ODS". iDNES.cz. 11 October 2014. Retrieved 8 April 2017.
  2. ↑ "Strany vyšachovaly vítězné ANO i v Plzni. Povládne stará koalice". Lidovky.cz. 18 October 2014. Retrieved 28 June 2017.
  3. ↑ "Strany vyšachovaly vítězné ANO i v Plzni. Povládne stará koalice | Domov". Lidovky.cz. 18 October 2014. Retrieved 8 April 2017.
  4. ↑ "Volebním lídrem hnutí ANO v Plzni bude nejspíš poslanec Pavel Šrámek". iDNES.cz. 13 April 2014. Retrieved 13 June 2017.
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 6 televize, Česká. "Hra o budoucího primátora Plzně - zaběhnutí šíbři i nováčci". ČT24 (in Czech). Retrieved 13 June 2017.
  6. ↑ "Občané.cz a Patrioti vytvořili nové uskupení, do voleb půjdou společně". iDNES.cz. 10 July 2014. Retrieved 13 June 2017.
  7. 1 2 "Do voleb v Plzni jdou bojovníci proti obchoďáku Corso i filmař Chaloupek". iDNES.cz. 7 August 2014. Retrieved 13 June 2017.
  8. ↑ "Lídrem plzeňské kandidátky ODS pro komunální volby se stal podle očekávání primátor Martin Baxa". www.regionpodlupou.cz. Retrieved 13 June 2017.
  9. ↑ "Plzeňským lídrem voleb je Ondřej Ženíšek". Plzeň.cz (in Czech). 16 June 2014. Retrieved 13 June 2017.
  10. ↑ Beneš, Richard. "ODS vstupuje do ostré volební kampaně vyladěná do modra a se sloganem "Plzeň je jiná"". Region pod Lupou. Retrieved 9 June 2017.
  11. ↑ "Plzeňská ODS si ve videu ve stylu Pelíšků dělá legraci z Babiše". Parlamentní Listy. Retrieved 9 June 2017.
  12. ↑ "Nejlepší politické kampaně měli Svobodní, ODS a Láska". www.mediaguru.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 9 June 2017.
  13. ↑ "V obecních volbách jsou favority ČSSD a ANO, ODS propadá". TÝDEN.cz. 11 September 2014. Retrieved 9 June 2017.
  14. ↑ "Politolog: ODS v Plzni pomohlo, že se primátor vyhnul spojení s kmotry". iDNES.cz. 12 October 2014. Retrieved 9 June 2017.
  15. ↑ "Průzkum: Volby by v Plzni vyhrála ČSSD". Plzeňský deník (in Czech). 29 September 2014. Retrieved 9 June 2017.
  16. ↑ "Průzkum: Volby v Plzni by nyní vyhrála ČSSD před ANO a TOP 09". Plzeňský deník (in Czech). 11 September 2014. Retrieved 9 June 2017.
  17. ↑ "Určí Plzni primátora v Praze?". Plzeňský deník (in Czech). 14 October 2014. Retrieved 9 June 2017.
  18. ↑ "O konečné podobě koalic v Plzeňském kraji je zatím jasno pouze v těchto městech". Parlamentní Listy. Retrieved 9 June 2017.
  19. ↑ "Ve vedení Plzně zasedne ČSSD, ODS, lidovci a Občané patrioti". Parlamentní Listy. Retrieved 9 June 2017.
  20. ↑ "V Plzni se strany dohodly na koalici. Vítězná ANO jde do opozice". iDNES.cz. 18 October 2014. Retrieved 9 June 2017.
  21. ↑ televize, Česká. "V Plzni vznikla koalice, jasno je i ve Strakonicích". ČT24 (in Czech). Retrieved 9 June 2017.
  22. ↑ "Kopírování vládní koalice v Plzni zhatilo jednání lídra ANO". Novinky.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 9 June 2017.

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