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2006 Czech municipal elections
2006 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 Pavel Rödl Milan Chovanec František Hrubeš
Party ODS ČSSD KSČM
Seats won 22 10 6
Popular vote 1,007,049 451,520 277,883
Percentage 45.2% 20.3% 12.5%
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Leader Vladimír Duchek Miroslav Zábranský Petr Náhlík
Party PVP PA Lidovci
Seats won 3 3 3
Popular vote 177,562 168,750 141,259
Percentage 8.0% 7.6% 6.4%
Mayor before election

Miroslav Kalous
ODS

Elected mayor

Pavel Rödl
ODS

The Plzeň municipal election of 2006 was held as a part of Czech municipal elections, 2006. It was held on 20 and 21 October 2006. The Civic Democratic Party (ODS) won the election with 45% of the votes. Pavel Rödl then became the new Mayor when ODS formed a coalition with the Christian and Democratic Union – Czechoslovak People's Party (KDU-ČSL) and the Right Choice for Plzeň (PVP). The incumbent Mayor, Miroslav Kalous, didn't participate in the election.

Campaign

Seven parties contested the election. ODS and ČSSD were the main contesting parties. ODS was led by Pavel Rödl while ČSSD was led by Milan Chovanec.

Results

Party Votes % Seats
Civic Democratic Party 1,007,049 45.23 22
Czech Social Democratic Party 451,520 20.28 10
Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia 277,883 12.48 6
Right Choice for Plzeň 177,562 7.98 3
Plzeň Alliance 168,750 7.58 3
Christian and Democratic Union – Czechoslovak People's Party 141,259 6.35 3
Koruna Česká 2,263 0.10 0
Total 2,226,286 100 47

External links

References

  1. "Volby v Plzeňském kraji vyhrála ODS". Regionplzen.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 10 January 2018.
  2. "Primátorem Plzně se stal Pavel Rödl". Regionplzen.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 10 January 2018.
  3. "Rödl z ODS je novým primátorem Plzně". Hospodářské noviny (in Czech). 2 November 2006. Retrieved 10 January 2018.
  4. "Do primátorského křesla v Plzni usedl Pavel Rödl". Rozhlas.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 10 January 2018.
  5. Vlček, Tomáš (2014). Vývoj ODS v Plzni (PDF). Plzeň: Západočeská Univerzita v Plzni. pp. 62–63. Retrieved 11 January 2018.
  6. "Komunální fórum". Rozhlas.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 11 January 2018.
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