2018 Ostrava municipal election

Municipal election in Ostrava will be held as part of Czech municipal elections in 2018.

2018 Ostrava municipal election

October 2018
All 55 seats in the Assembly 28 seats needed for a majority
Leader Tomáš Macura Lukáš Semerák Zdeněk Nytra Party ANO Ostravak ODS Seats won 21 7 6 Popular vote 1,273,101 447,207 378,658 Percentage 32.72% 11.49% 9.73%   Leader Martin Juroška David Witosz Václav Kubín Party KSČM Pirates SPD Seats won 6 5 4 Popular vote 348,514 348,337 263,323 Percentage 8.96% 8.95% 6.77%   Leader Zbyněk Pražák Jiří Srba Party KDU–ČSL ČSSD Seats won 3 3 Popular vote 226,779 215,047 Percentage 5.83% 5.53%
Mayor before election Tomáš Macura ANO Elected Mayor Tomáš Macura ANO

Current composition of assembly

Party		Seats
	ANO 2011	15
	Ostravak	10
	Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia	10
	Czech Social Democratic Party	7
	Christian and Democratic Union - Czechoslovak People's Party	4
	Civic Democratic Party	4

Background

Previous election

Previous election was held in 2014. ANO 2011 has won the election. ANO then negotiated with Ostravak, KDU-ČSL and ODS abou possible coalition.[1] Negotiations were unsuccessful and Ostravak agreed to form coalition with ČSSD and KSČM.[2] This coalition broke quickly afterwards giving ANO 2011 new opportunity.[3] Coalition was finally formed between ANO, ČSSD and KDU-ČSL and leader of Ostravan ANO Tomáš Macura became new Mayor.[4] Coalition ruled Ostrava until December 2015 when ĆSSD and KDU-ČSL left the coalition. ANO 2011 the formed new coalition with ODS and Ostravak.[5]

Campaign

ANO 2011 decided to nominate incumbent Mayor Romáš Macura as its leader on 20 January 2018.[6]

The Civic Democratic Party (ODS) announced on 12 February 2018 that Senator Zdeněk Nytra will lead party in the election. TOP 09 and Freeholder Party of the Czech Republic decided to support ODS in the election.[7]

Czech Social Democratic Party (ČSSD) had to deal with inner problems during March 2018. 6 deputies left the party. It reduced ČSSD to only 7 seats in Assembly. Deputies who left the party, included Lumír Palyza who led the party in previous election.[8]

Opinion polls

Date	Company	ANO 2011	ČSSD	Ostravak	KSČM	KDU-ČSL	ODS	SPD	Piráti	Others
22 Jun 2018	Phoenix Research[9]	34.0	10.9	N/A	9.2	4.0	8.3	14.0	7.6	7.3
1 - 10 Jun 2018	Sanep[10]	32.2	8.1	4.0	9.2	4.1	10.2	16.2	10.1	5.9
22 Mar - 13 Apr 2018	Phoenix Research[11]	35.1	9.7	N/A	8.8	3.1	8.7	14.5	8.2	11.9

References

1. "ČSSD v Ostravě zřejmě skončí v opozici, ANO s ní už vyjednávat nechce". Rozhlas.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 14 August 2017.
2. "V Ostravě by nakonec mohlo vládnout hnutí Ostravak s ČSSD a KSČM". iROZHLAS (in Czech). Retrieved 14 August 2017.
3. "Domluvená koalice v Ostravě se znovu mění. Do hry se vrací hnutí ANO". Rozhlas.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 14 August 2017.
4. "Primátorem Ostravy se stal Macura (ANO), opozice už napadla radního". Eurozprávy. Retrieved 14 August 2017.
5. "Náměstkem primátora Ostravy se stal Martin Štěpánek". TÝDEN.cz (in Czech). 16 December 2015. Retrieved 14 August 2017.
6. "V Ostravě začíná boj o primátorský řetěz. Kdo je favoritem?". Moravskoslezský deník (in Czech). 12 February 2018. Retrieved 25 April 2018.
7. "Ostravskou ODS povede do voleb bývalý hasič Nytra". Moravskoslezský deník (in Czech). 12 February 2018. Retrieved 25 April 2018.
8. televize, Česká. "Ostravská ČSSD si zvolila nové vedení. Povede ji Ivo Hařovský". ČT24 (in Czech). Retrieved 25 April 2018.
9. "Exkluzivní průzkum: Babišova tsunami lehce slábne, ANO však dál velkým městům vládne". Blesk.cz. Retrieved 22 June 2018.
10. "SANEP - Průzkum veřejného mínění - Veřejné výstupy - Volební preference - září 2018". www.sanep.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 9 September 2018.
11. "Exkluzivní průzkum: Řítí se další Babišova tsunami? ANO dominuje v boji o velká města". Blesk.cz. Retrieved 24 April 2018.