1998 Prague municipal election

1998 Prague municipal election Czech Republic parliamentary no 1994 Prague municipal election 1994 2002 Prague municipal election 2002 All 55 seats in the Assembly 28 18–14 November 1998 100x150px Jan Koukal Civic Democratic Party (Czech Republic) 21 765,777 36.8% 150x150px Martin Bursík FFCB03 UPP 16 582,867 28.1% Mayor Jan Koukal ODS Jan Kasl ODS The 1998 Prague municipal election was held as part of 1998 Czech municipal elections. Civic Democratic Party has received highest number of votes and formed coalition with Czech Social Democratic Party.Volby do pražského zastupitelstva vyhrála ODS https://www.idnes.cz/zpravy/domaci/volby-do-prazskeho-zastupitelstva-vyhrala-ods.A_981116_011014_domaci_pch iDNES.cz 21 July 2017 16 November 1998 Czech News Agency cs MafraHašek Michal Komunální volby 1998 http://www.politologickycasopis.cz/userfiles/file/1999/2/1999-2-14-Hasek-Komunalni%20volby%201998.pdf Politologický časopis 21 July 2017 cs Masaryk University Jan Kasl became mayor of Prague.Novým pražským primátorem je Jan Kasl z ODS https://www.idnes.cz/zpravy/domaci/novym-prazskym-primatorem-je-jan-kasl-z-ods.A_981125_160311_domaci_noc iDNES.cz 21 July 2017 27 November 1998 Czech News Agency cs Mafra Campaign The Civic Democratic Party was led by Mayor Jan Koukal. Party's main rival was Union for Prague (UPP) led by Martin Bursík. UPP ran on anti-corruption platform and was attacking Koukal's management of the city.Horak Martin Governing the Post-communist City: Institutions and Democratic Development in Prague 2007 University of Toronto Press 9780802093288 192 https://books.google.com/books?id=9fWAg0b-mFYC&q=1998+jan+koukal&pg=PA184 9 January 2018 Bursík was attacking Koukal during campaign.Martin Bursík otevřel stanici Primátora Koukala v Hloubětíně https://www.idnes.cz/zpravy/domaci/martin-bursik-otevrel-stanici-primatora-koukala-v-hloubetine.A_981109_002334_domaci_pch iDNES.cz 9 January 2018 8 November 1998 cs MafraInterview BBC https://www.bbc.co.uk/czech/interview/bursik.htm BBC 9 January 2018 17 July 2001 cs Results Party Vote %Vote Seats Civic Democratic Party 765,777 36.88% 21 Union for Prague 582,867 28.07% 16 Czech Social Democratic Party 363,917 17.53% 10 Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia 207,977 10.02% 8 Association of ČSNS, SZ, KAN, D92, MDS, NEZ, PB, OK 56,066 2.70% 0 Prague People for Prague 33,095 1.59% 0 Initiative for Prague Citizens 21,736 1.05% 0 Aftermath ODS has won the election while UPP was second. Bursík refused coalition with ODS if Koukal leads it. Bursík sought support of ČSSD and KSČM, but Koukal decided to not seek position of Mayor and instead let ODS nominate Jan Kasl. ODS then formed coalition with ČSSD.Holub Petr Tenkrát na pražském magistrátu https://www.zena.cz/tenkrat-na-prazskem-magistratu/r~i:article:194392/?redirected=1515518583 Žena.cz 9 January 2018 cs 11 July 2006 Centrum.cz References 1998 Prague municipal election Municipal election, 1998