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

Kálmán Petőcz: National Populism and Electoral Behaviour

National Populism and Electoral Behaviour

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Election results of SMER-SD in the 2006 parliamentary elections - data for SMK-MKP non-voters only

Share of the popular vote (%)

Source: Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic; author’s own calculations.

Both maps clearly illustrate the discrepancy between both sets of figures on election results of SMER-SD in southern districts obtained by different approaches. Again, we find out that electoral behaviour of Slovak voters from southern Slovakia does not differ essentially from Slovak voters inhabiting other regions of Slovakia. The only exceptions from this rule are the two largest cities in Slovakia and their immediate surroundings inhabited by more liberally-oriented voters as well as some northern districts in Orava and Spis regions where traditional Christian and conservative patterns of electoral behaviour continue to prevail.

Comparison of PresícIeintía[ EIectíons ín 2009 ANd 1999 on tEe LeveI

of DiSTRiCTS

In the following section, we intend to compare the results of presidential elections in 1999 and 2009, mostly because both elections show several similarities. Most importantly, the second round of the 1999 presidential elections was a duel between two candidates one of whom - namely Vladimir Mečiar - was strongly supported by nationalist forces (i.e. HZDS and SNS voters) while the other - namely Rudolf Schuster - was supported by parties of the civic bloc (i.e. SDKÚ and SOP voters) and leftist parties (i.e.

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