Nomination of Ministers According to the Areas of Electoral Support for Political Parties in Elections to the Chamber of Deputies of the Parliament of the Czech Republic

Q2 Social Sciences

Politics in Central Europe Pub Date : 2022-09-01 DOI:10.2478/pce-2022-0019

P. Dvořák, M. Pink

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Abstract

Abstract Following identification of the areas of electoral support for the ruling parties since 1996 and subsequent analysis of the selection of ministers by each party, it was found that centre-right parties nominated more ministers from their areas of electoral support, mainly from Prague and other large cities. On the other hand, left-wing parties nominated ministers from similar areas to centre-right parties, even if they did not draw their electoral support from there. The Public Affairs party, which was established in Prague, nominated all its ministers from Prague, despite the fact that for the party it was not an area of electoral support. It is evident that, for the completion of a minister’s mandate, it is not important whether he or she comes from an area of electoral support. Only TOP 09, the Greens and KDU-ČSL (1998 elections) used the nomination of ministers to maximise votes within electoral regions, which could be identified as areas of electoral support in the previous elections. On the other hand, with ODA and ANO 2011, ministers were used outside the territory of electoral support, which may be related to the improvement of the election result in regions where the party was not so successful.

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在捷克共和国议会众议院选举中根据政党选举支持领域提名部长

摘要在确定了自1996年以来执政党的选举支持领域，并随后分析了各政党对部长的选择后，发现中右翼政党从其选举支持领域提名了更多部长，主要来自布拉格和其他大城市。另一方面，左翼政党提名了来自与中右翼政党类似地区的部长，即使他们没有从那里获得选举支持。成立于布拉格的公共事务党提名了布拉格的所有部长，尽管对该党来说，这不是一个选举支持的领域。很明显，为了完成部长的任务，他或她是否来自选举支持领域并不重要。只有TOP 09、绿党和KDU-ČSL（1998年选举）使用了部长提名来最大限度地提高选区内的选票，而在之前的选举中，选区可以被确定为选举支持的领域。另一方面，在ODA和ANO 2011中，部长们在选举支持领域之外使用，这可能与该党不太成功的地区选举结果的改善有关。

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Politics in Central Europe Social Sciences-Political Science and International Relations

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期刊介绍： POLITICS IN CENTRAL EUROPE – The Journal of the Central European Political Science Association is an independent and internationally peer-reviewed scientific journal in political science and international relations. The Journal was established in 2005 as the scientific review that publishes scientific essays, book reviews and information about conferences and other events connected with Central European issues. POLITICS IN CENTRAL EUROPE publishes politics, policy analysis, international relations and other sub-disciplines of political original, peer-reviewed manuscripts that provide scientific essays focusing on issues in comparative science, as well as original theoretical or conceptual analyses. All essays must contribute to a broad understanding of the region of Central Europe. Our goal is to give scholars from Central Europe and beyond the opportunity to present the results of their research.