Brno municipal election, 2006

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Brno municipal election, 2006
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 200220-21 October 2006 2010  

All 55 seats in the Assembly
28 seats needed for a majority

  First party Second party Third party
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Leader Karel Hledík Roman Onderka Jana Drápalová
Party ODS ČSSD SZ
Seats won 19 13 7
Popular vote 2,159,341 1,419,646 777,695
Percentage 33.1% 21.8% 11.9%

  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
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Leader Barbora Javorová Jiří Zlatuška Karel Březa
Party KDU–ČSL Brno2006 KSČM
Seats won 6 5 5
Popular vote 725,032 580,795 565,541
Percentage 11.1% 8.9% 8.7%

Mayor before election

Richard Svoboda
ODS

Elected Mayor

Roman Onderka
ČSSD

Municipal election in Brno was held as part of Czech municipal elections in 2006. The Civic Democratic Party received highest number of votes but the Czech Social Democratic Party formed coalition and Romand Onderka became new Mayor. [1]

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Results

PartyVotes%Seats
Civic Democratic Party 2,159,341 33.11 19
Czech Social Democratic Party 1,419,646 21.77 13
Green Party 777,695 11.92 7
Christian and Democratic Union – Czechoslovak People's Party 725,032 11.12 6
Brno 2006 - Jiří Zlatuška's Team 580,795 8.91 5
Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia 565,541 8.67 5
Together for Brno 106,558 1.63 0
Independent Democrats 77,728 1.19 0
Moravané 54,344 0.83 0
Czech National Social Party 20,415 0.31 0
Folklor and Society 15,919 0.24 0
National Unity 6,707 0.10 0
Party of Democratic Socialism 3,393 0.05 0
Koruna Česká 3,377 0.05 0
Conservative Party 3,089 0.05 0
Equal Opportunities Party 2,327 0.04 0

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References

  1. "ČSSD získala v Brně post primátora". iDNES.cz. 5 November 2006. Retrieved 27 April 2018.