2022 Prague municipal election

The 2022 Prague municipal election will be held in October 2022 as part of the nationwide municipal elections.

2022 Prague municipal election
October 2022
All 65 seats in the Assembly
33 seats needed for a majority
 
Leader Bohuslav Svoboda Zdeněk Hřib Jan Čižinský
Party ODS Pirates Prague Together
Alliance SPOLU
Last election 23 seats 13 seats, 17.1% 13 seats, 16.6%
Current seats 22 13 13
 
Leader TBD Petr Hlaváček
Party ANO STAN
Last election 12 seats, 16.3% 4 seats
Current seats 12 5
Incumbent mayor

Zdeněk Hřib
Pirates


Background

The Civic Democratic Party received the highest number of votes in the 2018 Prague municipal election but remained in opposition as a coalition was formed by the Czech Pirate Party, Prague Together, TOP 09 and Mayors and Independents. Zdeněk Hřib became the new mayor.[1]

Preparations for the next municipal election started following the 2021 Czech legislative election which resulted in a victory for the Spolu alliance, consisting of the Civic Democratic Party, KDU-ČSL and TOP 09. Leaders of those three parties then discussed continuing their cooperation in the upcoming municipal election. TOP 09 was also approached by Mayors and Independents, who had run on a joint list with TOP 09 in the 2018 municipal election.[2][3] On 25 January 2022 the Civic Democratic Party, KDU-ČSL and TOP 09 agreed to continue cooperation under the SPOLU platform for the 2022 municipal election.[4] The Pirate Party decided to nominate incumbent mayor Zdeněk Hřib for reelection.[5] On 21 March 2022 Bohuslav Svoboda was reported to be the electoral leader of SPOLU as the Prague organisation of ODS confirmed his nomination. Other parties in SPOLU had previously expressed their support for Svoboda.[6] Svoboda's nomination as a mayoral candidate was confirmed on 4 April 2022.[7]

Seznam Zprávy reported on 28 April 2022 that Radka Vladyková could be ANO 2011 nominee for Mayor. Leader of Prague organisation Ondřej Prokop and MP Patrik Nacher both confirmed party's interest in her nomination. Seznam zprávy noted that there are more variants with both Prokop and Nacher being potential candidates.[8]

SPOLU launched its campaign on 1 May 2022.[9]

Pre-election composition of assembly
Party Seats
Civic Democratic Party14
Czech Pirate Party13
Prague Together13
ANO 201112
TOP 097
Mayors and Independents5
KDU-ČSL1

Opinion polls
Polling firm Fieldwork
date		 Sample
size		 Turnout SPOLU Piráti PS STAN ANO SPD KSČM ČSSD Zelení Tricolour Oth. Lead
ODS TOP 09 KDU–
ČSL
Sanep[10] 1-8 March 2022 5,116 47.8 22.1 7.7 3.1 11.6 15.2 6.4 14.8 3.7 N/A N/A N/A N/A 15.4 6.9
Ipsos[11] December 2021 35.2 9.6 7.2 15.6 16.8 4.6 1.2 3.4 2.2 2.8 1.4 19.6
20 11.7 2.0 10.2 8 18.1 15.5 4.6 1.2 3.2 1.3 3 1.2 1.9

References
  1. "Krnáčová předala Prahu Pirátovi Zdeňkovi Hřibovi. Primátor chce ‚chytré' řízení města". iROZHLAS (in Czech). Retrieved 26 January 2022.
  2. "Komunální volby: Spolu chce získat v Praze přes třicet procent". E15.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 26 January 2022.
  3. "TOP 09 a STAN jednaly o možné spolupráci pro komunální volby v Praze". www.ceskenoviny.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 26 January 2022.
  4. "Spolu v Praze: ODS, TOP 09 a lidovci půjdou do komunálních voleb v koalici". Deník.cz (in Czech). 25 January 2022. Retrieved 26 January 2022.
  5. "Piráty v Praze povede do voleb opět Hřib". www.novinky.cz. Retrieved 26 January 2022.
  6. "Kandidátem na primátora Prahy za SPOLU má být Svoboda". www.novinky.cz. Retrieved 21 March 2022.
  7. "Do voleb v Praze povede ODS a Spolu exprimátor Svoboda". Echo24.cz. Retrieved 5 April 2022.
  8. "ANO hledá tvář pro volby v Praze. Líčí na šéfku Svazu měst". www.seznamzpravy.cz. Retrieved 1 May 2022.
  9. "SPOLU rozjelo kampaň do komunálních voleb. Dokáže věci měnit, řekl Fiala". www.novinky.cz. Retrieved 1 May 2022.
  10. "SANEP: Komunálním volbám bude v krajských městech dominovat hnutí ANO a ODS". parlamentnilisty.cz. Retrieved 10 March 2022.
  11. "Koalice Spolu je favoritem voleb v Praze. Nemá ale lídra, bankéři odmítli". www.seznamzpravy.cz. Retrieved 26 January 2022.
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