1994 Prague municipal election

1994 Prague municipal election

18–19 November 1994
All 55 seats in the Assembly 28 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	53.73%
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

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

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

1. "Komunální volby v Praze a otázka ústavnosti". Centrum pro studium demokracie a kultury. 10 December 2015. Retrieved 9 January 2018.
2. 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.