2022 Prague municipal election

2022 Prague municipal election

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All 65 seats in the Assembly 33 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Leader Bohuslav Svoboda Patrik Nacher Zdeněk Hřib Party ODS ANO Pirates Alliance SPOLU Last election 23 seats 12 seats, 15.4% 13 seats, 17.1 Seats won 19 14 13 Seat change 4 2 0 Popular vote 5,828,523 4,559,782 4,180,324 Percentage 24.7% 19.3% 17.7%   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Leader Jan Čižinský Petr Hlaváček  [ cs ] Milan Urban Party Prague Together STAN Freedom and Direct Democracy Alliance SPD-Tricolour-PES Last election 13 seats, 16.6% 4 seats Seats won 11 5 3 Seat change 2 1 3 Popular vote 3,472,648 1,831,696 1,218,622 Percentage 14.7% 7.8% 5.2%
Mayor before election Zdeněk Hřib Pirates Elected mayor Bohuslav Svoboda ODS

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]

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				Ideology	Leader(s)	2018 result		pre-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 [a]	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 ]	[b]	4 / 65	4 / 65
	Svobodní			Right-libertarianism	Tomáš Štampach	DNP [c]	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 [c]	0 / 65	0 / 65
			Budoucnost The Future	Eco-socialism		DNP [c]	0 / 65	0 / 65
	Together for Prague		Freedom and Direct Democracy	Right-wing populism	Milan Urban	3.54	0 / 65	0 / 65
			Tricolour Citizens' Movement	National conservatism		DNP [c]	0 / 65	0 / 65
			Hnutí PES DOG Party	Right-wing populism		DNP [c]	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. Did not participate in the elections

Pre-election composition of assembly

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

Opinion polls

Polling firm	Fieldwork 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 2022			26.9			11.7	14.9	3.4	15.8	4.3	—	3.8		—	19.2	12.0
Phoenix Research [14]	20 July – 12 August 2022	1,016		26.5			9.1	15.6	3.7	17.1	3.1	1.5	3.1		—		9.4
Phoenix Research [15]	20 June – 13 July 2022			33.7			7.2	12.7	4.3	19.3	4.4	2.5	4.1		—	11.8	14.4
Phoenix Research [16]	20 May – 13 June 2022	998		29.3			7.6	11.4	9.4	18.9	4.3	2.7	3.6		—	10.8	10.4
Sanep [17]	1–8 March 2022	5,116	47.8	22.1	7.7	3.1	11.6	15.2	6.4	14.8	3.7	—	—	—	—	15.4	6.9
Ipsos [18]	December 2021			35.2			9.6	7.2	15.6	16.8	4.6	1.2	3.4	2.2	2.8	1.4	19.6
				20	11.7	2.0	10.2	8	18.1	15.5	4.6	1.2	3.2	1.3	3	1.2	1.9

Results

Party		Votes	%	Seats
	Spolu	5,828,523	24.72	19
	ANO 2011	4,559,782	19.34	14
	Czech Pirate Party	4,180,424	17.73	13
	Prague Together	3,472,648	14.73	11
	Mayors and Independents	1,831,696	7.77	5
	Freedom and Direct Democracy, Tricolour Citizens' Movement, PES and independents	1,218,622	5.17	3
	Motorists for Themselves	540,209	2.29	0
	Solidarity	475,968	2.02	0
	Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia	347,643	1.47	0
	Svobodní	281,478	1.19	0
	Better Prague for Praguers	207,719	0.88	0
	Přísaha with Patriots	195,426	0.83	0
	Prague without Chaos	157,626	0.67	0
	Prague our Home	100,579	0.43	0
	Society against development building in Prokop Valley	71,216	0.30	0
	Freeholder Party of the Czech Republic, Koruna Česká, Conservative Party, Club of Committed Non-Party Members	52,497	0.22	0
	S.O.S. for Animal Rights — Democratic Party of Greens	42,216	0.18	0
	Volt	4,816	0.02	0
	For Safe Streets in Prague	4,709	0.02	0
	Right Bloc	2,071	0.01	0
	DOST	1,187	0.01	0
	Urza.cz	1,002	0.00	0
Total		23,578,057	100.00	65

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