2022 Prague municipal election

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2022 Prague municipal election
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All 65 seats in the Assembly
33 seats needed for a majority
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Leader Bohuslav Svoboda Patrik Nacher Zdeněk Hřib
Party ODS ANO Pirates
Alliance SPOLU
Last election23 seats12 seats, 15.4%13 seats, 17.1
Seats won191413
Seat changeDecrease2.svg 4Increase2.svg 2Steady2.svg 0
Popular vote5,828,5234,559,7824,180,324
Percentage24.7%19.3%17.7%
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Leader Jan Čižinský Petr Hlaváček  [ cs ] Milan Urban
Party Prague Together STAN Freedom and Direct Democracy
Alliance SPD-Tricolour-PES
Last election13 seats, 16.6%4 seats
Seats won1153
Seat changeDecrease2.svg 2Increase2.svg 1Increase2.svg 3
Popular vote3,472,6481,831,6961,218,622
Percentage14.7%7.8%5.2%
mayor before election

Zdeněk Hřib
Pirates

Elected mayor

Bohuslav Svoboda
ODS

Pre-election debate of Anna Sabatova (Solidarity), Bohuslav Svoboda (Spolu), Patrik Nacher (ANO), Zdenek Hrib (Pirates), Petr Hlavacek (STAN) and Jan Cizinsky (Prague Together) Predvolebni debata kandidatu do Zastupitelstva hlavniho mesta Prahy v roce 2022.jpg
Pre-election debate of Anna Šabatová (Solidarity), Bohuslav Svoboda (Spolu), Patrik Nacher (ANO), Zdeněk Hřib (Pirates), Petr Hlaváček (STAN) and Jan Čižinský (Prague Together)

The 2022 Prague municipal election was held in September 2022 as part of the nationwide municipal elections to elect members of the Prague City Assembly. It was a victory for Spolu which received the highest number of votes and seats ahead of ANO 2011 in second place. The Czech Pirate Party led by incumbent Mayor Zdeněk Hřib finished third. [1] New coalition was formed 5 months after election and it consists of Spolu, Pirates and STAN. Bohuslav Svoboda became the new mayor. [2]

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Background

The Civic Democratic Party received the highest number of votes in the 2018 Prague municipal election but remained in opposition as a coalition was formed by the Czech Pirate Party, Prague Together, TOP 09 and Mayors and Independents. Zdeněk Hřib became the new mayor. [3]

Preparations for the next municipal election started following the 2021 Czech legislative election which resulted in a victory for the Spolu alliance, consisting of the Civic Democratic Party, KDU-ČSL and TOP 09. Leaders of those three parties then discussed continuing their cooperation in the upcoming municipal election. TOP 09 was also approached by Mayors and Independents, who had run on a joint list with TOP 09 in the 2018 municipal election. [4] [5] On 25 January 2022 the Civic Democratic Party, KDU-ČSL and TOP 09 agreed to continue cooperation under the SPOLU platform for the 2022 municipal election. [6] The Pirate Party decided to nominate incumbent mayor Zdeněk Hřib for reelection. [7] On 21 March 2022 Bohuslav Svoboda was reported to be the electoral leader of SPOLU as the Prague organisation of ODS confirmed his nomination. Other parties in SPOLU had previously expressed their support for Svoboda. [8] Svoboda's nomination as a mayoral candidate was confirmed on 4 April 2022. [9]

Seznam Zprávy reported on 28 April 2022 that Radka Vladyková  [ cs ] might become the ANO 2011 nominee for Mayor. Leader of Prague organisation Ondřej Prokop and MP Patrik Nacher both confirmed the party's interest in her nomination, although both Prokop and Nacher were also mentioned as potential candidates. [10] On 7 July 2022 Nacher was confirmed to be ANO's mayoral nominee. [11]

SPOLU launched its campaign on 1 May 2022. [12]

Parties and coalitions

The following parties announced their candidacy and have been registered in opinion polls:

Party/Coalition
Full name		IdeologyLeader(s)2018 resultpre-election seats
Votes (%)Seats
Spolu ODS
Civic Democratic Party		 Liberal conservatism Bohuslav Svoboda 17.9
13 / 65
13 / 65
TOP 09 Liberal conservatism 16.3 [lower-alpha 1]
8 / 65
7 / 65
KDU-ČSL
Christian and Democratic Union – Czechoslovak People's Party		 Christian democracy
1 / 65
1 / 65
Pirates
Czech Pirate Party		 Pirate politics Zdeněk Hřib 17.1
13 / 65
13 / 65
Prague Together Social liberalism Jan Čižinský 16.6
13 / 65
13 / 65
ANO 2011 Populism Patrik Nacher 15.4
12 / 65
12 / 65
STAN
Mayors and Independents		 Liberalism Petr Hlaváček  [ cs ] [lower-alpha 2]
4 / 65
4 / 65
Svobodní Right-libertarianism Tomáš Štampach DNP [lower-alpha 3]
1 / 65
1 / 65
Solidarity ČSSD
Czech Social Democratic Party		 Social democracy Anna Šabatová 2.9
0 / 65
0 / 65
Greens
Green Party		 Green politics 1.8
0 / 65
0 / 65
Idealisté  [ cs ]
Idealists		 Progressivism DNP [lower-alpha 3]
0 / 65
0 / 65
Budoucnost
The Future		 Eco-socialism DNP [lower-alpha 3]
0 / 65
0 / 65
Together for Prague Freedom and Direct Democracy Right-wing populism Milan Urban3.54
0 / 65
0 / 65
Tricolour Citizens' Movement National conservatism DNP [lower-alpha 3]
0 / 65
0 / 65
Hnutí PES
DOG Party		 Right-wing populism DNP [lower-alpha 3]
0 / 65
0 / 65
  1. ↑ Votes for the United Forces for Prague alliance consisting of TOP 09, Mayors and Independents and KDU-ČSL.
  2. ↑ Part of the United Forces for Prague alliance along with TOP 09 and KDU-ČSL.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 Did not participate in the elections

Pre-election composition of assembly

PartySeats
Civic Democratic Party 13
Czech Pirate Party 13
Prague Together13
ANO 2011 12
TOP 09 7
Mayors and Independents 4
KDU-ČSL 1
Freedomites 1
Independent 1

Opinion polls

Polling firmFieldwork
date		Sample
size		Turnout SPOLU Piráti PS STAN ANO SPD KSČM ČSSD Zelení Tricolour Oth.Lead
ODS TOP 09 KDU–
ČSL
Sanep [13] 11 - 20 August 202226.911.714.93.415.84.3—3.8—19.212.0
Phoenix Research [14] 20 July - 12 August 20221,01626.59.115.63.717.13.11.53.1—9.4
Phoenix Research [15] 20 June - 13 July 202233.77.212.74.319.34.42.54.1—11.814.4
Phoenix Research [16] 20 May - 13 June 202299829.37.611.49.418.94.32.73.6—10.810.4
Sanep [17] 1-8 March 20225,11647.822.17.73.111.615.26.414.83.7————15.46.9
Ipsos [18] December 202135.29.67.215.616.84.61.23.42.22.81.419.6
2011.72.010.2818.115.54.61.23.21.331.21.9

Results

PartyVotes%Seats
Spolu 5,828,52324.7219
ANO 2011 4,559,78219.3414
Czech Pirate Party 4,180,42417.7313
Prague Together 3,472,64814.7311
Mayors and Independents 1,831,6967.775
Freedom and Direct Democracy, Tricolour Citizens' Movement, PES and independents 1,218,6225.173
Motorists for Themselves 540,2092.290
Solidarity 475,9682.020
Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia 347,6431.470
Svobodní 281,4781.190
Better Prague for Praguers207,7190.880
Přísaha with Patriots195,4260.830
Prague without Chaos157,6260.670
Prague our Home100,5790.430
Society against development building in Prokop Valley71,2160.300
Freeholder Party of the Czech Republic, Koruna Česká, Conservative Party, Club of Committed Non-Party Members 52,4970.220
S.O.S. for Animal Rights — Democratic Party of Greens 42,2160.180
Volt 4,8160.020
For Safe Streets in Prague4,7090.020
Right Bloc 2,0710.010
DOST1,1870.010
Urza.cz 1,0020.000
Total23,578,057100.0065

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