2010 Plzeň municipal election

Plzeň municipal election in 2010 was held as part of Czech municipal elections, 2010. It was held on 16 and 17 October 2010. The Civic Democratic Party has won the election ahead of the Czech Social Democratic Party.[1] Both parties received 14 seats in 47-seat assembly and formed grand coalition. Martin Baxa became the new Mayor.[2] The incumbent Mayor Pavel Rödl was a former member of ODS. He left the party prior election and contested as a leader of Citizens.cz.[3]

2010 Plzeň municipal election

16–17 October 2010
All 47 seats in the Assembly 23 seats needed for a majority
Leader Martin Baxa Eva Herinková Ondřej Ženíšek Party ODS ČSSD TOP 09 Seats won 14 14 7 Popular vote 565,614 543,564 280,985 Percentage 24.8% 23.8% 12.3%   Leader Jiří Valenta Pavel Rödl Vladimír Duchek Party KSČM Citizens.cz PVP Seats won 5 4 2 Popular vote 221,476 206,734 115,104 Percentage 9.7% 9.1% 5.0%
Mayor before election Pavel Rödl Independent Elected Mayor Martin Baxa ODS

Results

Party		Votes	%	Seats
	Civic Democratic Party	565,614	24.78	14
	Czech Social Democratic Party	543,564	23.81	14
	TOP 09	280,985	12.31	7
	Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia	221,476	9.70	5
	Citizens.cz	206,734	9.06	5
	Right Choice for Plzeň	115,104	5.04	2
	Plzeň Alliance	102,860	4.51	0
	Christian and Democratic Union – Czechoslovak People's Party	98,644	4.32	0
	Public Affairs	60,762	2.66	0
	Czech Sovereignty	47,184	2.07	0
	Czech Pirate Party	18,733	0.82	0
	Party of Civic Rights	14,336	0.63	0
	Workers' Party	4,321	0.19	0
	Right Bloc	1,472	0.06	0
	Balbín Poetic Party	907	0.04	0
Total		2,282,696	100	47

References

1. televize, Česká. "ČSSD triumfuje v krajských městech, ODS vyhrála jen v Plzni". ČT24 (in Czech). Retrieved 10 January 2018.
2. "Plzeň povede koalice ODS a ČSSD, primátorem bude lídr ODS Baxa". iDNES.cz. 25 October 2010. Retrieved 10 January 2018.
3. "Primátor Plzně vyrazil proti ODS, nelíbí se mu poměry ve straně". iDNES.cz. 2 August 2010. Retrieved 10 January 2018.

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