1998 Plzeň municipal election

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).^[1] Jiří Schneberger became the new Mayor.^[2] ODS was led by Jiří Šneberger while Czech Social Democratic Party (ČSSD) was led by university professor Josef Průša.^[3][4] ODS and ČSSD formed Grand coalition after the election.^[5]

1998 Plzeň municipal election

← 1994 13–14 November 1998 2002 →
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

Campaign

Civic Democrats focused on fight against gambling during campaign.^[6]

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.^{[permanent dead link]}
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.

External links

• Results