Brno municipal election in 2018 was held as part of 2018 Czech municipal elections. ANO 2011 led by incumbent Mayor Petr Vokřál received highest number of votes being followed by Civic Democratic Party (ODS). ODS formed coalition with KDU-ČSL, ČSSD and Pirates after the election. Markéta Vaňková of ODS became the new Mayor.
Background Previous election was held in 2014. It was a victory for ANO 2011. A protest party called Žít Brno was also successful. Žít Brno is inspired by Icelandic Best Party. ANO formed a coalition with Žít Brno, Green Party and Christian and Democratic Union – Czechoslovak People's Party. Petr Vokřál from ANO became Mayor of Brno.
Žít Brno decided to not participate in the 2018 election. Its members instead sought nomination from Czech Pirate Party. The Pirates nominated Tomáš Koláčný as its leader. Only one member of Žít Brno received nomination from Pirate Party.
The Civic Democratic Party announced on 24 April 2018 that it will participate election with support of Party of Free Citizens. Markéta Vaňková became candidate for Mayor. Party launched its campaign along with the announcement. Vaňková stated that she isn't satisfied with the current political development in Brno. She criticised ruling coalition for stagnation. She noted that many projects started by previous coalition aren't finished yet.
Current composition of assembly PartySeats ANO 201113 Czech Social Democratic Party11 Žít Brno with support of Pirates8 Christian and Democratic Union - Czechoslovak People's Party 7 Civic Democratic Party5 Green Party4 Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia4 TOP 094
Opinion polls DateCompanyANO 2011ČSSDPirátiKDUČSLODSZeleníKSČMTOP 09SPDothers Exit poll Masaryk University 20.0 7.0 8.0 14.022.0 4.5 3.0 4.5 3.5 12 Sep 2018 Sanep16.8 3.8 7.2 5.2 11.6 1.5 3.1 2.2 5.9 22 Jun 2018 Phoenix Research19.4 6.2 10.5 8.8 15.2 4.2 4.1 8.6 15.0 1 - 10 Jun 2018 Sanep22.7 6.2 12.9 7.5 15.7 3.2 5.2 5.3 11.8 9.5 22 Mar - 13 Apr 2018 Phoenix Research22.0 6.4 8.5 7.7 14.0 4.7 5.2 9.7 21.8 1 - 11 Oct 2014 2014 Election19.9 17.7 11.9 11.8 7.6 7.4 6.7 6.6
Result Party Votes % Seats ANO 2011 1,474,746 23.03 18 Civic Democratic Party 1,188,120 18.55 14 KDU-ČSL 656,656 10.25 8 Czech Pirate Party 559,399 8.74 6 Czech Social Democratic Party 402,425 6.28 5 Freedom and Direct Democracy 402,425 5.07 4 Green Party 289,470 4.52 0 Mayors and Independents 274,069 4.28 0 Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia 264,705 4.13 0 Žít Brno 261,721 4.09 0 TOP 09 218,962 3.42 0 SLUŠNÍ LIDÉ A SOUKROMNÍCI 174,324 2.72 0 Brno Plus 169,729 2.65 0 SMART MORAVSKÁ METROPOLE 42,869 0.67 0 MAFFIE.cz Hoď sem velké křížek pro betelné ŠTATL, zaslouží si to! 27,327 0.43 0 Nezávislí kandidáti společně pro město BRNO, bezpečnost, dostupné bydlení a dopravu vyřešíme a víme jak na to 25,533 0.40 0 Brno Seniors 19,091 0.30 0 Sportsmen 17,606 0.27 0 Moravané 10,489 0.16 0 ZVÍŘATA JSOU MŮJ ŽIVOT 854 0.01 0 Roma Democratic Party 566 0.01 0 JAUNER Czechoslovakia 2018 43 0 0
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