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1994 Prague municipal election

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1994 Prague municipal election

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All 55 seats in the Assembly
28 seats needed for a majority
Turnout53.73%
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Jan Koukal Petr Zajíček Michal Prokop
Party ODS KSČM ODA
Seats won 23 6 5
Popular vote 11,658,227 3,022,628 2,669,620
Percentage 41.2% 10.7% 9.4%

  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Leader Jiří Paroubek Karel Berka Jiří Dienstbier
Party ČSSD DEU OH
Seats won 5 3 3
Popular vote 2,435,279 1,460,532 1,377,633
Percentage 8.6% 5.2% 4.9%

Mayor before election

Jan Koukal
ODS

Elected mayor

Jan Koukal
ODS

The 1994 Prague municipal election was held as part of 1994 Czech municipal elections. It was the first that Prague consisted only one electoral district.[1]

Campaign

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ODS was led by Jan Koukal. Koukal became Mayor of Prague in 1993 when he replaced Milan Kondr. Koukal had an image of strong and decisive leader. The campaign focused on his positive personal qualities. Other parties tried to imitate this tactics.[2]

Results

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Party Vote %Vote Seats
Civic Democratic Party 11,658,227 41.16% 23
Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia 3,022,628 10.67% 6
Civic Democratic Alliance 2,669,620 9.42% 5
Czech Social Democratic Party 2,435,279 8.60% 5
Democratic Union 1,460,532 5.16% 3
Free Democrats (OH) 1,377,633 4.86% 3
Pensioners for Life Security 1,019,305 3.60% 2
Christian and Democratic Union – Czechoslovak People's Party 763,782 2.70% 1
Coalition for Republic – Republican Party of Czechoslovakia 562,735 1.99% 1
Association of Independents of Prague 562,735 1.99% 1
Citizens of Prague for Prague 536,111 1.89% 1
Green Party 488,323 1.72% 1
Independent Initiative 452,185 1.60% 1
Christian Democratic Party 266,778 0.94% 1
Club of Committed Non-Party Members 260,946 0.92% 1
Others 0

ODS won an overwhelming victory and a formed coalition with the Civic Democratic Alliance.[2]

References

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  1. ^ "Komunální volby v Praze a otázka ústavnosti". Centrum pro studium demokracie a kultury. 10 December 2015. Retrieved 9 January 2018.
  2. ^ a b Horak, Martin (2007). Governing the Post-communist City: Institutions and Democratic Development in Prague. University of Toronto Press. pp. 127–128. ISBN 9780802093288. Retrieved 9 January 2018.