1998 Prague municipal election

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1998 Prague municipal election
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  1994 18–14 November 1998 2002  

All 55 seats in the Assembly
28 seats needed for a majority
 First partySecond party
  No image.svg Bursik.jpg
Leader Jan Koukal Martin Bursík
Party ODS UPP
Seats won2116
Popular vote765,777582,867
Percentage36.8%28.1%

Mayor before election

Jan Koukal
ODS

Elected Mayor

Jan Kasl
ODS

The 1998 Prague municipal election was held as part of 1998 Czech municipal elections. Civic Democratic Party has received highest number of votes and formed coalition with Czech Social Democratic Party. [1] [2] Jan Kasl became mayor of Prague. [3]

Contents

Campaign

The Civic Democratic Party was led by Mayor Jan Koukal. Party's main rival was Union for Prague UPP) led by Martin Bursík. UPP ran on anti-corruption platform and was attacking Koukal's management of the city. [4] Bursík was attacking Koukal during campaign. [5] [6]

Results

PartyVote%VoteSeats
Civic Democratic Party 765,77736.88%21
Union for Prague 582,86728.07%16
Czech Social Democratic Party 363,91717.53%10
Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia 207,97710.02%8
Association of ČSNS, SZ, KAN, D92, MDS, NEZ, PB, OK56,0662.70%0
Prague People for Prague33,0951.59%0
Initiative for Prague Citizens21,7361.05%0

Aftermath

ODS has won the election while UPP was second. Bursík refused coalition with ODS if Koukal leads it. Bursík sought support of ČSSD and KSČM, but Koukal decided to not seek position of Mayor and instead let ODS nominate Jan Kasl. ODS then formed coalition with ČSSD. [7]

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