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

Kálmán Petőcz: National Populism and Electoral Behaviour

Kálmán Petőcz

ons may be that a substantial share of voters who supported Schuster in 1999 mostly because of his socially-oriented rhetoric supported Ivan Gašparovič for the same reasons a decade later. Also, it is very likely that many of these flux votes belonged to local Roma who officially declare Hungarian nationality. The following two maps show the territorial structure of the performance by Vladimír Mečiar and Ivan Gašparovič in presidential elections of 1999 and 2009.

Map 6

Election results of Vladimír Mečiar in the second round of the 1999 presidential elections by district

1999(%)

■ 75- 100 (3)

■ 50- 74 (36)

■ 30- 49 (31)

Il 0-29 (10)

Source: Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic: author's own calculations. Graphics: Tamás Hardi.

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