# 2022 Prague municipal election

The 2022 Prague municipal election was held in September 2022 as part of the nationwide municipal elections to elect members of the Prague City Assembly. It was a victory for Spolu which received the highest number of votes and seats ahead of ANO 2011 in second place. The Czech Pirate Party led by incumbent Mayor Zdeněk Hřib finished third. New coalition was formed 5 months after election and it consists of Spolu, Pirates and STAN. Bohuslav Svoboda became the new mayor.

## 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.
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. 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. The Pirate Party decided to nominate incumbent mayor Zdeněk Hřib for reelection. 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. Svoboda's nomination as a mayoral candidate was confirmed on 4 April 2022.
Seznam Zprávy reported on 28 April 2022 that Radka Vladyková [cs] might become the ANO 2011 nominee for Mayor. Leader of Prague organisation Ondřej Prokop and MP Patrik Nacher both confirmed the party's interest in her nomination, although both Prokop and Nacher were also mentioned as potential candidates. On 7 July 2022 Nacher was confirmed to be ANO's mayoral nominee.
SPOLU launched its campaign on 1 May 2022.

## Parties and coalitions

The following parties announced their candidacy and have been registered in opinion polls:
| Party/Coalition Full name | Party/Coalition Full name | Party/Coalition Full name | Party/Coalition Full name | Ideology | Leader(s) | 2018 result | 2018 result | pre-election seats |
| Party/Coalition Full name | Party/Coalition Full name | Party/Coalition Full name | Party/Coalition Full name | Ideology | Leader(s) | Votes (%) | Seats | pre-election seats |
| | Spolu | | ODS Civic Democratic Party | Liberal conservatism | Bohuslav Svoboda | 17.9 | 13 / 65 | 13 / 65 |
| | Spolu | | TOP 09 | Liberal conservatism | Bohuslav Svoboda | 16.3 | 8 / 65 | 7 / 65 |
| | Spolu | | KDU-ČSL Christian and Democratic Union – Czechoslovak People's Party | Christian democracy | Bohuslav Svoboda | 16.3 | 1 / 65 | 1 / 65 |
| | Pirates Czech Pirate Party | Pirates Czech Pirate Party | Pirates Czech Pirate Party | Pirate politics | Zdeněk Hřib | 17.1 | 13 / 65 | 13 / 65 |
| | Prague Together | Prague Together | Prague Together | Social liberalism | Jan Čižinský | 16.6 | 13 / 65 | 13 / 65 |
| | ANO 2011 | ANO 2011 | ANO 2011 | Populism | Patrik Nacher | 15.4 | 12 / 65 | 12 / 65 |
| | STAN Mayors and Independents | STAN Mayors and Independents | STAN Mayors and Independents | Liberalism | Petr Hlaváček [cs] | | 4 / 65 | 4 / 65 |
| | Svobodní | Svobodní | Svobodní | Right-libertarianism | Tomáš Štampach | DNP | 1 / 65 | 1 / 65 |
| | Solidarity | | ČSSD Czech Social Democratic Party | Social democracy | Anna Šabatová | 2.9 | 0 / 65 | 0 / 65 |
| | Solidarity | | Greens Green Party | Green politics | Anna Šabatová | 1.8 | 0 / 65 | 0 / 65 |
| | Solidarity | | Idealisté [cs] Idealists | Progressivism | Anna Šabatová | DNP | 0 / 65 | 0 / 65 |
| | Solidarity | | Budoucnost The Future | Eco-socialism | Anna Šabatová | DNP | 0 / 65 | 0 / 65 |
| | Together for Prague | | Freedom and Direct Democracy | Right-wing populism | Milan Urban | 3.54 | 0 / 65 | 0 / 65 |
| | Together for Prague | | Tricolour Citizens' Movement | National conservatism | Milan Urban | DNP | 0 / 65 | 0 / 65 |
| | Together for Prague | | Hnutí PES DOG Party | Right-wing populism | Milan Urban | DNP | 0 / 65 | 0 / 65 |
* ↑ Votes for the United Forces for Prague alliance consisting of TOP 09, Mayors and Independents and KDU-ČSL.
* ↑ Part of the United Forces for Prague alliance along with TOP 09 and KDU-ČSL.
* 1 2 3 4 5 Did not participate in the elections

## Pre-election composition of assembly

| Party | Seats |
| Civic Democratic Party | 13 |
| Czech Pirate Party | 13 |
| Prague Together | 13 |
| ANO 2011 | 12 |
| TOP 09 | 7 |
| Mayors and Independents | 4 |
| KDU-ČSL | 1 |
| Freedomites | 1 |
| Independent | 1 |

## Opinion polls

| Polling firm | Fieldwork date | Sample size | Turnout | SPOLU | SPOLU | SPOLU | Piráti | PS | STAN | ANO | SPD | KSČM | ČSSD | Zelení | Tricolour | Oth. | Lead |
| Polling firm | Fieldwork date | Sample size | Turnout | ODS | TOP 09 | KDU– ČSL | Piráti | PS | STAN | ANO | SPD | KSČM | ČSSD | Zelení | Tricolour | Oth. | Lead |
| Sanep | 11 - 20 August 2022 | | | 26.9 | 26.9 | 26.9 | 11.7 | 14.9 | 3.4 | 15.8 | 4.3 | — | 3.8 | 3.8 | — | 19.2 | 12.0 |
| Phoenix Research | 20 July - 12 August 2022 | 1,016 | | 26.5 | 26.5 | 26.5 | 9.1 | 15.6 | 3.7 | 17.1 | 3.1 | 1.5 | 3.1 | 3.1 | — | | 9.4 |
| Phoenix Research | 20 June - 13 July 2022 | | | 33.7 | 33.7 | 33.7 | 7.2 | 12.7 | 4.3 | 19.3 | 4.4 | 2.5 | 4.1 | 4.1 | — | 11.8 | 14.4 |
| Phoenix Research | 20 May - 13 June 2022 | 998 | | 29.3 | 29.3 | 29.3 | 7.6 | 11.4 | 9.4 | 18.9 | 4.3 | 2.7 | 3.6 | 3.6 | — | 10.8 | 10.4 |
| Sanep | 1-8 March 2022 | 5,116 | 47.8 | 22.1 | 7.7 | 3.1 | 11.6 | 15.2 | 6.4 | 14.8 | 3.7 | — | — | — | — | 15.4 | 6.9 |
| Ipsos | December 2021 | | | 35.2 | 35.2 | 35.2 | 9.6 | 7.2 | 15.6 | 16.8 | 4.6 | 1.2 | 3.4 | 2.2 | 2.8 | 1.4 | 19.6 |
| Ipsos | December 2021 | | | 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 |

## Results

| Party | Party | Votes | % | Seats |
| | Spolu | 5,828,523 | 24.72 | 19 |
| | ANO 2011 | 4,559,782 | 19.34 | 14 |
| | Czech Pirate Party | 4,180,424 | 17.73 | 13 |
| | Prague Together | 3,472,648 | 14.73 | 11 |
| | Mayors and Independents | 1,831,696 | 7.77 | 5 |
| | Freedom and Direct Democracy, Tricolour Citizens' Movement, PES and independents | 1,218,622 | 5.17 | 3 |
| | Motorists for Themselves | 540,209 | 2.29 | 0 |
| | Solidarity | 475,968 | 2.02 | 0 |
| | Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia | 347,643 | 1.47 | 0 |
| | Svobodní | 281,478 | 1.19 | 0 |
| | Better Prague for Praguers | 207,719 | 0.88 | 0 |
| | Přísaha with Patriots | 195,426 | 0.83 | 0 |
| | Prague without Chaos | 157,626 | 0.67 | 0 |
| | Prague our Home | 100,579 | 0.43 | 0 |
| | Society against development building in Prokop Valley | 71,216 | 0.30 | 0 |
| | Freeholder Party of the Czech Republic, Koruna Česká, Conservative Party, Club of Committed Non-Party Members | 52,497 | 0.22 | 0 |
| | S.O.S. for Animal Rights — Democratic Party of Greens | 42,216 | 0.18 | 0 |
| | Volt | 4,816 | 0.02 | 0 |
| | For Safe Streets in Prague | 4,709 | 0.02 | 0 |
| | Right Bloc | 2,071 | 0.01 | 0 |
| | DOST | 1,187 | 0.01 | 0 |
| | Urza.cz | 1,002 | 0.00 | 0 |
| Total | Total | 23,578,057 | 100.00 | 65 |