The March 2014 presidential elections in Slovakia: The victory of a political Novice

Rybář, Marek; Spáč, Peter

doi:10.1016/j.electstud.2014.10.003

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“…Elections in the Slovak Republic fall within the scope of interests of Slovak and foreign scientists: Rybářa (2005), Rybářa and Spáč (2015), Fitzmaurice (2001), Pavlović (2019), Gyárfášová and Henderson (2018), Marušiak (2017), Charvát and Just (2016).…”

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Zuzana Kaputova And The Presidential Elections In The Slovak Republic In 2019

Marmilova¹

2020

European Proceedings of Social and Behavioural Sciences

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Zuzana Kaputova And The Presidential Elections In The Slovak Republic In 2019

Marmilova¹

2020

European Proceedings of Social and Behavioural Sciences

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“…The table above with an overview of the Presidential elections demonstrates that the first category (being a solid favourite) is formed by Rudolf Schuster and second electoral period of Ivan Gašparovič so far, with the electoral gains over 45% confirmed in the second round. These were the candidates with official support of the government coalitions (Rybář, Spáč, Voda, 2014;Rybář, Spáč, 2015). On the contrary, Ivan Gašparovič (first term of office) and Andrej Kiska stepped into the second rounds on second places (the winners from the first round were Vladimír Mečiar and Robert Fico).…”

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“…On the contrary, Ivan Gašparovič (first term of office) and Andrej Kiska stepped into the second rounds on second places (the winners from the first round were Vladimír Mečiar and Robert Fico). They managed to benefit from the public mood, as anyone appeared a better choice than the winners of the first round at the time (Kopeček, 2007;Horváth, Juhás, 2011, Rybář, Spáč, Voda, 2014Rybář, Spáč, 2015). The current head of state, Zuzana Čaputová, won her seat by winning both electoral rounds, with her second-round electoral gain amounting to 58.4% (1,056,582 of votes cast).…”

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Exercise of the Presidential Powers in the Slovak Republic in a Comparative Perspective (1999 – 2019)

Horváth

Juza

Richvalský

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This article focuses at powers of the Presidents of the Slovak Republic during the period from 1999 to 2019. Therefore, the aim is to compare how selected constitutional presidential powers were exercised after the fundamental constitutional changes in 1999. The most significant change was by introducing direct presidential elections, and adjusting the President´s constitutional status. The ways how the individual Presidents holding their office within this period, exercised their powers towards the Parliament, government, and the judiciary do form the basic research questions here. Hence, whether a personal background of individual Presidents and political reality of seats distribution in the Parliament predetermined their exercise of these powers, or if there were some other rules present when they exercised their office. The findings presented in this research reflect 20 years of continuous exercise of Presidential office in the conditions of the Slovak Republic. This ultimately leads to the conclusion that the function itself, as well as its constitutional definition, has affected the exercise of Presidential powers more ultimately than the personal background of these directly elected Presidents at the beginning of their terms of office. The very first President, Mr. Michal Kováč, got into a major conflict with then Prime Minister, Vladimír Mečiar, even during the first year after taking the office. This conflict lasted nearly for five-years and altogether with the inability of the MPs to elect his successor led to the necessity of amending the Constitution. Presidents Rudolf Schuster, Ivan Gašparovič and Andrej Kiska gradually took their office, but only the second mentioned had managed to defend his position in an electoral competition. At present, the office of President is held by Zuzana Čaputová, who has been in the office since June 2019 - as the very first woman in this position in history of Slovakia.

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“…As it was delineated, presidential elections and its spatial testing in respect of competitors standing for elections has remained omitted the most. Although some so-called electoral reports might be identified (e.g., Rybář, Spáč, 2015;Rybář, 2010;Rybář, 2005;Fitzmaurice, 2001), their contents and objectives are not being able to elucidate deeper patterns of electoral support at the regional or local level. A study of Pink and Spáč (2012) has represented the one and only endeavour to examine Slovakia's presidential election conscientiously.…”

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Where Were the Voters? A Spatial Analysis of the 2019 Slovak Presidential Election

Zvada

Petlach

Ondruška

2020

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This paper endeavours to deliver a comprehensive spatial depiction of Slovakia’s presidential election held on 16th and 30th March 2019. At first, the text briefly considers electoral and institutional framework of presidential elections and its background. Within the context of the first round, the paper subsequently analyses the electoral support of four key candidates who had obtained at least 10 per cent in order to clarify the overall electoral support. At the municipal level, the analysis of aggregated data then brings a complex mapping of regional electoral support towards the presidential candidates. Our negative binomial regression models, based on socio-economic variables and the results of the 2016 parliamentary election, yield no satisfactory results. Nonetheless, among others, it was revealed that the final two contenders did not lose their voters from the previous round. In comparison to Šefčovič, Čaputová succeeded in acquiring lower levels of new electoral support (up to 20 per cent) but across the whole country. Afterwards, the Hungarian minority was proved a determinative factor for the win, contrarily to the socio-economic indicators as explicative variables of which the university degree and age were found the most significant.

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The March 2014 presidential elections in Slovakia: The victory of a political Novice

Cited by 10 publications

References 3 publications

Zuzana Kaputova And The Presidential Elections In The Slovak Republic In 2019

Zuzana Kaputova And The Presidential Elections In The Slovak Republic In 2019

Exercise of the Presidential Powers in the Slovak Republic in a Comparative Perspective (1999 – 2019)

Where Were the Voters? A Spatial Analysis of the 2019 Slovak Presidential Election

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