Open AccessTHE 2020 PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS IN THE SLOVAK REPUBLIC FROM A REGIONAL PERSPECTIVE
Author(s) -
Péter Horváth,
Erik Urc
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
slovak journal of public policy and public administration
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1339-7826
pISSN - 1339-5637
DOI - 10.34135/sjpppa.062101
Subject(s) - slovak , parliament , political science , general election , presidential system , politics , population , political economy , residence , sociology , law , czech , demography , philosophy , linguistics
The subject of this article is the analysis of the 2020 parliamentary elections in the Slovak Republic from the point of view of the regional success of individual political entities. The authors refer the strong and weak areas of support for individual political parties, which gained more than five percent of the votes on a nationwide scale. As the Slovak Republic is considered as single constituency in the parliamentary elections, the results themselves do not literally indicate the areas with the strongest or weakest voter support. It is interesting to observe the extent of influence of the residence of the electoral leader, the ethnic composition of the population or the religiosity on the electoral behaviour. Equally interesting is the observation of the stability of electoral preferences, as we have witnessed largely different results in the 2020 parliamentary elections compared to the 2019 elections (presidential elections, as well as the European Parliament elections).Key words: parliamentary elections, Slovak Republic, electoral gain, National Council of the Slovak Republic, regions.