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

27 We assume that in the most recent presidential elections, Ivan Gašparovič received votes mostly from voters who support parties of the incumbent ruling coalition two of which officially endorsed his candidature. While Gašparovič was not officially endorsed by the ĽS-HZDS, we believe that ĽS-HZDS voters who came to polling stations preferred Ivan Gašparovič to Iveta Radičová.

28 On the cartogram, the Nové Zámky district is divided into Nové Zámky and Štúrovo constituencies; however, the legend interprets it as a single district.

29 The study compared Slovakia’s districts in the following categories: employment, urbanization, education index, environmental infrastructure, economic productivity, mobility, technical service and information infrastructure, social standard, settlement, population index and situation of landscape ecology.

30 The figure in the far-right column is a little bit confusing as it is distorted by truly low representation of Slovaks.

31 The border ran approximately along the line of Lekárovce - Sobrance - Stakčín - border with Poland.

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