2006 Plzeň municipal election

2006 Plzeň municipal election

20–21 October 2006
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

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