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1998 Plzeň municipal election
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All 47 seats in the Assembly
23 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Jiří Šneberger Josef Průša Miroslav Pihrt
Party ODS ČSSD KSČM
Seats won 15 11 6
Popular vote 686,224 528,097 270,196
Percentage 31.7% 24.4% 12.5%
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Leader Jaroslav Kadlec Petr Náhlík Vladimír Duchek
Party US–DEU Lidovci PVP
Seats won 4 4 3
Popular vote 189,326 161,692 155,784
Percentage 8.7% 7.5% 7.2%
Mayor before election

Zdeněk Prosek
ODS

Elected mayor

Jiří Šneberger
ODS

Plzeň municipal election in 1998 was held as part of Czech municipal elections, 1998. It was held on 13 and 14 November 1998. The election was won by the Civic Democratic Party (ODS). Jiří Schneberger became the new Mayor. ODS was led by Jiří Šneberger while Czech Social Democratic Party (ČSSD) was led by university professor Josef Průša. ODS and ČSSD formed Grand coalition after the election.

Campaign

Civic Democrats focused on fight against gambling during campaign.

Results

Party Votes % Seats
Civic Democratic Party 686,224 31.66 15
Czech Social Democratic Party 528,097 24.36 11
Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia 270,196 12.47 6
Freedom Union – Democratic Union 189,326 8.73 4
Christian and Democratic Union – Czechoslovak People's Party 161,692 7.46 4
Right Choice for Plzeň 155,784 7.19 3
Democratic Union 44,687 2.06 1
Green Party-Independent Candidates 41,767 1.93 1
Civic Democratic Alliance 38,080 1.76 1
Party for Secure Life 26,231 1.21 1
Czech Right 12,346 0.57 0
Republican Union 10,650 0.49 0
Independent Candidates 2,508 0.12 0
Total 2,167,588 100 47

References

  1. Hašek, Michal. "Komunální volby 1998" (PDF). Politologický časopis. Retrieved 11 January 2018.
  2. "Komunální volby byly i o zlatě a obchvatu". Ekolist.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 11 January 2018.
  3. "prof. Ing. Jan Hálek, CSc. - PROFILUJÍCÍ INFORMACE A KAUZY - Naši Politici". Nasipolitici.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 11 January 2018.
  4. "Kalous už nejspíš nebude primátorem". Regionplzen.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 11 January 2018.
  5. "Plzeň povede koalice ODS a ČSSD, primátorem bude lídr ODS Baxa". iDNES.cz. 25 October 2010. Retrieved 11 January 2018.
  6. Vlček, Tomáš (2014). Vývoj ODS v Plzni (PDF). Plzeň: Západočeská Univerzita v Plzni. pp. 58–59. Retrieved 11 January 2018.

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