| Election Name: | 2022 Prague municipal election |
| Country: | Czech Republic |
| Type: | parliamentary |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 2018 Prague municipal election |
| Previous Year: | 2018 |
| Next Election: | 2026 Prague municipal election |
| Next Year: | 2026 |
| Seats For Election: | All 65 seats in the Assembly |
| Majority Seats: | 33 |
| Election Date: | 23-24 September 2022 |
| Leader1: | Bohuslav Svoboda |
| Party1: | Civic Democratic Party (Czech Republic) |
| Alliance1: | SPOLU |
| Last Election1: | 23 seats |
| Popular Vote1: | 5,828,523 |
| Percentage1: | 24.7% |
| Seats1: | 19 |
| Seat Change1: | 4 |
| Leader2: | Patrik Nacher |
| Party2: | ANO 2011 |
| Last Election2: | 12 seats, 15.4% |
| Popular Vote2: | 4,559,782 |
| Percentage2: | 19.3% |
| Seats2: | 14 |
| Seat Change2: | 2 |
| Leader3: | Zdeněk Hřib |
| Party3: | Czech Pirate Party |
| Last Election3: | 13 seats, 17.1 |
| Popular Vote3: | 4,180,324 |
| Percentage3: | 17.7% |
| Seats3: | 13 |
| Seat Change3: | 0 |
| Leader4: | Jan Čižinský |
| Party4: | Prague Together |
| Colour4: | FFCB03 |
| Last Election4: | 13 seats, 16.6% |
| Popular Vote4: | 3,472,648 |
| Percentage4: | 14.7% |
| Seats4: | 11 |
| Seat Change4: | 2 |
| Party5: | Mayors and Independents |
| Image5: | Petr Hlaváček 04.jpg |
| Last Election5: | 4 seats |
| Popular Vote5: | 1,831,696 |
| Percentage5: | 7.8% |
| Seats5: | 5 |
| Seat Change5: | 1 |
| Party6: | Freedom and Direct Democracy |
| Alliance6: | SPD-Tricolour-PES |
| Popular Vote6: | 1,218,622 |
| Percentage6: | 5.2% |
| Seats6: | 3 |
| Seat Change6: | 3 |
| mayor | |
| Before Election: | Zdeněk Hřib |
| Before Party: | Czech Pirate Party |
| After Election: | Bohuslav Svoboda |
| After Party: | Civic Democratic Party (Czech Republic) |
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.[1] New coalition was formed 5 months after election and it consists of Spolu, Pirates and STAN. Bohuslav Svoboda became the new mayor.[2]
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.[3]
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.[4] [5] 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.[6] The Pirate Party decided to nominate incumbent mayor Zdeněk Hřib for reelection.[7] 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.[8] Svoboda's nomination as a mayoral candidate was confirmed on 4 April 2022.[9]
Seznam Zprávy reported on 28 April 2022 that 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.[10] On 7 July 2022 Nacher was confirmed to be ANO's mayoral nominee.[11]
SPOLU launched its campaign on 1 May 2022.[12]
The following parties announced their candidacy and have been registered in opinion polls:
| Party/Coalition | Ideology | Leader(s) | 2018 result | pre-election seats | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seats | |||||||||
| Spolu | bgcolor= | ODS | Liberal conservatism | Bohuslav Svoboda | 17.9 | ||||
| bgcolor= | TOP 09 | Liberal conservatism | 16.3 | ||||||
| bgcolor= | KDU-ČSL | Christian democracy | |||||||
| bgcolor= | Pirates | Zdeněk Hřib | 17.1 | ||||||
| Prague Together | Jan Čižinský | 16.6 | |||||||
| bgcolor= | ANO 2011 | Patrik Nacher | 15.4 | ||||||
| bgcolor= | STAN | ||||||||
| bgcolor= | Svobodní | Tomáš Štampach | DNP | ||||||
| Solidarity | bgcolor= | ČSSD | Social democracy | Anna Šabatová | 2.9 | ||||
| bgcolor= | Greens | Green politics | 1.8 | ||||||
| bgcolor=#2ED7C2 | Progressivism | DNP | |||||||
| bgcolor=#920B4C | Eco-socialism | DNP | |||||||
| Together for Prague | bgcolor= | Freedom and Direct Democracy | Right-wing populism | Milan Urban | 3.54 | ||||
| bgcolor= | Tricolour Citizens' Movement | National conservatism | DNP | ||||||
| bgcolor=#2C478F | Hnutí PES | Right-wing populism | DNP | ||||||
| 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 | |
| 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[13] | 11 - 20 August 2022 | 26.9 | 11.7 | 14.9 | 3.4 | 15.8 | 4.3 | 3.8 | 19.2 | 12.0 | ||||||||
| Phoenix Research[14] | 20 July - 12 August 2022 | 1,016 | 26.5 | 9.1 | 15.6 | 3.7 | 17.1 | 3.1 | 1.5 | 3.1 | 9.4 | |||||||
| Phoenix Research[15] | 20 June - 13 July 2022 | 33.7 | 7.2 | 12.7 | 4.3 | 19.3 | 4.4 | 2.5 | 4.1 | 11.8 | 14.4 | |||||||
| Phoenix Research[16] | 20 May - 13 June 2022 | 998 | 29.3 | 7.6 | 11.4 | 9.4 | 18.9 | 4.3 | 2.7 | 3.6 | 10.8 | 10.4 | ||||||
| Sanep[17] | 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[18] | 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 | |||||