The Electoral Base of Left-Wing Post-Communist Political Parties in the Former Czechoslovakia

PINK, Michal. The Electoral Base of Left-Wing Post-Communist Political Parties in the Former Czechoslovakia. Středoevepské politické studie. Brno: MPÚ, 2012, XIV., 2-3, p. 170 - 190, 20 pp. ISSN 1212-7817.

Basic information

• Original name: The Electoral Base of Left-Wing Post-Communist Political Parties in the Former Czechoslovakia
• Name in Czech: Voličská základna levicových politických stran v bývalém Československu
• Authors: PINK, Michal (203 Czech Republic, guarantor, belonging to the institution).
• Edition: Středoevepské politické studie, Brno, MPÚ, 2012, 1212-7817.

Other information

• Original language: English
• Type of outcome: Article in a journal
• Field of Study: 50601 Political science
• Country of publisher: Czech Republic
• Confidentiality degree: is not subject to a state or trade secret
• RIV identification code: RIV/00216224:14230/12:00057628
• Organization unit: Faculty of Social Studies
• Keywords (in Czech): Volby Volební geografie Česká Republika ČSSD Slovenská Republika SMER KSČM
• Keywords in English: Elections Electoral Geography Czech Republic Czech Social Democratic Party Slovak Republic SMER Social Democracy Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia
• Tags: Reviewed

Abstract

The goal of this article is to discuss the electoral base of left-wing political parties in the Czech Republic and Slovakia after 1993, i.e., after the breakup of the joint federal state. The main focus of research is the distribution of electoral support in these countries, its evolution, and the mutual stability among parties it has shown in elections to the legislatures of both countries. Each country is divided into fairly similar units. In the Czech Republic, these are municipalities with extended powers and, in Slovakia, districts. The election results presented are compared with the demographic structure of selected individual regions and subsequently analyzed. The result addresses whether and to what extent the electoral base of relatively similar left-wing political parties in these neighbouring countries are alike or unalike.

Abstract (in Czech)

Cílem textu je rozbor voličské základny levicových stran v České a Slovenské republice po jejich vzniku v roce 1993 po rozpadu společného federálního státu. Hlavní důraz je kladen na volební podporu, její stabilitu, variabilitu mezi stranami ve volbách do národních zákonodárných sborů. Volební výsledky jsou prezentovány ve srovnání s demografickou strukturou a snaží se vystihnout společné a rozdílné tendence v obou sousedních zemí.

Links

• GP407/09/P042, research and development project: Name: Politický regionalismus v České a Slovenské republice a proměny volebních map v letech 1993 - 2010

Investor: Czech Science Foundation, Political regionalism in Czech and Slovak Republic and changes of electoral maps in the year 1993 - 2010