Municipal election in Ostrava was held as part of Czech municipal elections in 2018.
Current composition of assembly PartySeats ANO 201115 Ostravak10 Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia10 Czech Social Democratic Party7 Christian and Democratic Union - Czechoslovak People's Party 4 Civic Democratic Party4
Background Previous election Previous election was held in 2014. ANO 2011 has won the election. ANO then negotiated with Ostravak, KDU-ČSL and ODS about possible coalition. Negotiations were unsuccessful and Ostravak agreed to form coalition with ČSSD and KSČM. This coalition broke quickly afterwards giving ANO 2011 new opportunity. Coalition was finally formed between ANO, ČSSD and KDU-ČSL and leader of Ostravan ANO Tomáš Macura became new Mayor. Coalition ruled Ostrava until December 2015 when ĆSSD and KDU-ČSL left the coalition. ANO 2011 the formed new coalition with ODS and Ostravak.
Campaign ANO 2011 decided to nominate incumbent Mayor Romáš Macura as its leader on 20 January 2018.
The Civic Democratic Party (ODS) announced on 12 February 2018 that Senator Zdeněk Nytra will lead party in the election. TOP 09 and Freeholder Party of the Czech Republic decided to support ODS in the election.
Czech Social Democratic Party (ČSSD) had to deal with inner problems during March 2018. 6 deputies left the party. It reduced ČSSD to only 7 seats in Assembly. Deputies who left the party, included Lumír Palyza who led the party in previous election.
Opinion polls DateCompany ANO 2011 ČSSD Ostravak KSČM KDU-ČSL ODSSPD Piráti Others 22 Jun 2018 Phoenix Research34.0 10.9 9.2 4.0 8.3 14.0 7.6 7.3 1 - 10 Jun 2018 Sanep32.2 8.1 4.0 9.2 4.1 10.2 16.2 10.1 5.9 22 Mar - 13 Apr 2018 Phoenix Research35.1 9.7 8.8 3.1 8.7 14.5 8.2 11.9
Result PartyLeaderVotes%Seats ANO 2011 (ANO) Tomáš Macura 1,273,101 32.72 21 Ostravak Lukáš Semerák 447,207 11.49 7 Civic Democratic Party (ODS) Zdeněk Nytra 378,658 9.73 6 Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia (KSČM) Martin Juroška 348,514 8.96 6 Czech Pirate Party (Piráti) David Witosz 348,337 8.95 5 Freedom and Direct Democracy (SPD) Václav Kubín 263,323 6.77 4 Christian and Democratic Union – Czechoslovak People's Party and Independents Zbyněk Pražák 263,323 5.83 3 Czech Social Democratic Party (ČSSD) Jiří Srba 215,047 5.53 3 Better clean Ostrava 151,975 3.91 0 Mayors and Independents (STAN) 115,314 2.96 0 INDEPENDENTS 101,318 2.60 0 DSSS, SSPD-SP 15,303 0.39 0 Safety, Responsibility, Soliarity 5,794 0.15 0 JAUNER Czechoslovakia 2018 85 0 0Total3,890,93410055 References