2018 Czech municipal elections

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2018 Czech municipal elections
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  2014 5–6 October 2018 2022  

All 61,950 seats in municipal councils
Turnout47.28%
 First partySecond partyThird party
  Belobradek (cropped).jpg Praha, Narodni trida, 17 listopadu 2017, Petr Gazdik (cropped).jpg Petr Fiala 2019 Praha.jpg
Leader Pavel Bělobrádek Petr Gazdík Petr Fiala
Party KDU-ČSL STAN ODS
Last election3,999 seats2,317 seats2,396 seats
Seats won3,6332,6002,589
Seat changeDecrease2.svg 366Increase2.svg 283Increase2.svg 193
Popular vote5,599,3365,155,10614,754,954
Percentage5.02%4.62%13.22%

 Fourth partyFifth partySixth party
  Hamacek Danko (cropped).jpg Andrej Babis 2019 (cropped).jpg Vojtech Filip 2013 (cropped).JPG
Leader Jan Hamáček Andrej Babiš Vojtěch Filip
Party ČSSD ANO KSČM
Last election3,796 seats1,606 seats2,560 seats
Seats won1,9351,6701,469
Seat changeDecrease2.svg 1,861Increase2.svg 64Decrease2.svg 1,091
Popular vote5,941,51116,660,3635,458,223
Percentage5.32%14.92%4.89%

Chairman of the Unit of Municipalities before election

František Lukl
Independent

Elected Chairman of the Unit of Municipalities

František Lukl
Independent

Municipal elections were held in the Czech Republic on 5 and 6 October 2018, alongside elections for the Senate. [1] [2]

Results

PartyVotes%Seats+/–
ANO 2011 16,660,36314.921,670+64
Civic Democratic Party 14,754,95413.222,589+193
Czech Pirate Party 9,224,4348.26353+324
Czech Social Democratic Party 5,941,5115.321,935–1,861
KDU-ČSL 5,599,3365.023,633–366
Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia 5,458,2234.891,469–1,091
TOP 09 5,384,2594.82483–382
Mayors and Independents 5,155,1064.622,600+283
Freedom and Direct Democracy 3,612,3593.24158New
Green Party 1,999,2311.79182–86
Ostravak 744,3640.6745–10
Independents 638,4800.57213–21
Svobodní 636,9890.5784+13
Mayors for the Liberec Region 562,1500.50148
For Prague558,6050.5027–33
Health Sport Prosperity411,5090.3765+24
Non-Partisans 353,0530.32231+17
Freeholder Party of the Czech Republic 335,2150.3059+44
SNK European Democrats 286,0680.26235–148
Other parties6,982,7136.251,265
Independents26,338,26623.5944,506+2,870
Total111,637,188100.0061,950–307
Total votes3,947,236
Registered voters/turnout8,349,18947.28
Source: Volby

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References

  1. "Volby 2018: senátní a komunální - průzkumy, výsledky - Info.cz". Info.cz (in Czech). Archived from the original on 2020-11-24. Retrieved 2018-09-24.
  2. FOREIGNERS CAN VOTE IN CZECH LOCAL ELECTIONS, BUT SHOW LITTLE INTEREST