2010 Prague municipal election

2010 Prague municipal election

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All 63 seats in the Assembly 32 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Leader Zdeněk Tůma Bohuslav Svoboda Jiří Dienstbier Jr. Party TOP 09 ODS ČSSD Seats won 26 20 19 Popular vote 1,043,008 796,218 615,209 Percentage 30.2% 21.1% 17.9%
Mayor before election Pavel Bém ODS Elected mayor Bohuslav Svoboda ODS

The 2010 Prague municipal election was held as part of 2010 Czech municipal elections. It was held on 15 and 16 October 2010. Prague was divided into 7 electoral districts with 9 mandates allocated for each district. It created a "natural threshold." ^[1]

Election was won by TOP 09 ahead of Civic Democratic Party. Czech Social Democratic Party came third. ^[2] Civic Democrats then formed coalition with Social Democrats and Bohuslav Svoboda became Mayor of Prague. ^[3]

Opinion polling

Published	Company	TOP 09	ODS	ČSSD	VV	KSČM	SZ	KDU-ČSL	others
15-16 October 2010	Election	30.2	21.1	17.9	5.7	6.8	5.9	1.9
11 October 2010	Factum Invenio [4]	29.0	24.0
5 October 2010	Global PR [5]	25.0	18.0	15.0	12.0	6.0	2.0	1.0
5 October 2010	SC&C [6]	25.0	28.0	15.0	8.0	9.0	4.0
15 September 2010	SANEP [7]	28.1	22.2	16.4	12.2
25 July 2010	SANEP [8]	24.1	23.2	14.8	10.9	6.3	2.2	14.6	N/A
22 January 2010	STEM/MARK [9]	27.5	27.0	14.8	N/A	5.6

Results

Party	Vote	%Vote	Seats
TOP 09	1,043,008	30.26	26
Civic Democratic Party	796,218	21.10	20
Czech Social Democratic Party	615,209	17.85	14
Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia	235,004	6.82	3
Green Party - SNK European Democrats	203,363	5.90	0
Public Affairs	195,158	5.66	0
Common Sense Party	84,282	2.45	0
Christian and Democratic Union – Czechoslovak People's Party	65,127	1.89	0
Party of Free Citizens	33,766	0.98	0
Czech Pirate Party	32,901	0.95	0
Others	142,845	4.14	0

References

1. "Zelení napadnou rozdělení Prahy na sedm obvodů, stížnost podpoří další strany". Novinky.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 9 June 2017.
2. "Volby v Praze vyhrála TOP 09, ODS ztrácí sedm procent". Tiscali.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 9 June 2017.
3. "Pražským primátorem bude Svoboda". iROZHLAS (in Czech). Retrieved 9 June 2017.
4. "Podle průzkumu by volby v Praze vyhrála TOP 09". iROZHLAS (in Czech). Retrieved 31 August 2017.
5. "Průzkum: V Praze vede TOP 09". Pražský deník (in Czech). 5 October 2010. Retrieved 29 June 2017.
6. "ODS by v Praze porazila TOP 09, uvedl průzkum". Novinky.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 29 June 2017.
7. "Průzkum: Komunální volby okopírují sněmovní. Odborník pochybuje". Parlamentní Listy. Retrieved 29 June 2017.
8. "Komunální volby by v Praze vyhrála TOP 09". TÝDEN.cz. 25 July 2010. Retrieved 29 June 2017.
9. "TOP 09 by v Praze porazila ódéesku, silné jsou tu i Věci veřejné". iDNES.cz. 22 January 2010. Retrieved 31 August 2017.