Petőcz Kálmán (szerk.): National Populism and Slovak - Hungarian Relations in Slovakia 2006-2009 (Somorja, 2009)

Kálmán Petőcz: National Populism and Electoral Behaviour

Kálmán Petőcz

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Ethnic composition of south-Slovakian districts (share of Hungarians in 2001)

Share of Hungarians %

■ 69.1 -83.3(3)

■ 20.4-38.6(11) 85 11.7-13.2 (2) □ 3.8-6.7 (3)

Notes:

1) In the case of Bratislava and Košice the aggregate figure for the whole municipality is shown (i.e. districts of Bratislava I to V, Košice l to IV).

2) The district of Nové Zámky is divided on the map into electoral constituencies Nové Zámky and Štúrovo.

Source: Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic.

Northern and southern parts of the said districts do not differ only in terms of ethnic make-up but usually also in terms of géomorphologie division, transportation infrastructure and socio-economic characteristics. From the viewpoint of state administration, the last time when southern Slovakia’s administrative and territorial organization corresponded to its ethnic makeup was between 1990 and 1996; then the existing 38 districts were further divided into 121 territorial units that served as the 1st level of state administration.15 One should note that these territorial units did not have any executive powers as districts remained basic administrative units (regions were temporarily abolished).16 In 23 out of the 121 territorial units, the share of ethnic Hungarians exceeded 20% and in 16 of them ethnic Hungarians constituted a majority. According to the 1991 population census, the territorial units of Senec, Dunajská Streda, Šamorín, Sládkovičovo, Galanta, Šaľa, Veľký Meder, Komárno, Kolárovo, Hurbanovo, Nové Zámky, Štúrovo, Želiezovce, Šahy, Veľký Krtíš, Fiľakovo, Rimavská Sobota, Tomaľa,

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