2010 Prague municipal election

Prague municipal election in 2010 was held as part of 2010 Czech municipal elections. It was held on 15 and 16 October 2010. Prague was divided into 7 electoral districts with 9 mandates allocated for each district. It created a "natural threshold."[1]

2010 Prague municipal election
15–16 October 2010
All 63 seats in the Assembly
32 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Zdeněk Tůma Bohuslav Svoboda Jiří Dienstbier Jr.
Party TOP 09 ODS ČSSD
Seats won 26 20 19
Popular vote 1,043,008 796,218 615,209
Percentage 30.2% 21.1% 17.9%
Mayor before election

Pavel Bém
ODS

 Elected Mayor

Bohuslav Svoboda
ODS

Election was won by TOP 09 ahead of Civic Democratic Party. Czech Social Democratic Party came third.[2] Civic Democrats then formed coalition with Social Democrats and Bohuslav Svoboda became Mayor of Prague.[3]

Opinion polling
Published Company TOP 09 ODS ČSSD VV KSČM SZ KDU-ČSL others
15-16 October 2010 Election 30.2 21.1 17.9 5.7 6.8 5.9 1.9
11 October 2010 Factum Invenio[4] 29.0 24.0
5 October 2010 Global PR[5] 25.0 18.0 15.0 12.0 6.0 2.0 1.0
5 October 2010 SC&C[6] 25.0 28.0 15.0 8.0 9.0 4.0
15 September 2010 SANEP[7] 28.1 22.2 16.4 12.2
25 July 2010 SANEP[8] 24.1 23.2 14.8 10.9 6.3 2.2 14.6 N/A
22 January 2010 STEM/MARK[9] 27.5 27.0 14.8 N/A 5.6

Results
PartyVote%VoteSeats
TOP 091,043,00830.2626
Civic Democratic Party796,21821.1020
Czech Social Democratic Party615,20917.8514
Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia235,0046.823
Green Party - SNK European Democrats203,3635.900
Public Affairs195,1585.660
Common Sense Party84,2822.450
Christian and Democratic Union – Czechoslovak People's Party65,1271.890
Party of Free Citizens33,7660.980
Czech Pirate Party32,9010.950
Others142,8454.140
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References
  1. "Zelení napadnou rozdělení Prahy na sedm obvodů, stížnost podpoří další strany". Novinky.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 9 June 2017.
  2. "Volby v Praze vyhrála TOP 09, ODS ztrácí sedm procent". Tiscali.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 9 June 2017.
  3. "Pražským primátorem bude Svoboda". iROZHLAS (in Czech). Retrieved 9 June 2017.
  4. "Podle průzkumu by volby v Praze vyhrála TOP 09". iROZHLAS (in Czech). Retrieved 31 August 2017.
  5. "Průzkum: V Praze vede TOP 09". Pražský deník (in Czech). 5 October 2010. Retrieved 29 June 2017.
  6. "ODS by v Praze porazila TOP 09, uvedl průzkum". Novinky.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 29 June 2017.
  7. "Průzkum: Komunální volby okopírují sněmovní. Odborník pochybuje". Parlamentní Listy. Retrieved 29 June 2017.
  8. "Komunální volby by v Praze vyhrála TOP 09". TÝDEN.cz. 25 July 2010. Retrieved 29 June 2017.
  9. "TOP 09 by v Praze porazila ódéesku, silné jsou tu i Věci veřejné". iDNES.cz. 22 January 2010. Retrieved 31 August 2017.
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