SLOVAK ELECTION DATA PROJECT: RESULTS OF PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS IN THE SLOVAK REPUBLIC, 2002-2012

COMPREHENSIVE DATA SET DOCUMENTATION

Marek Hlavac Harvard University [email protected]

Last update: 16 March 2012

Available at: http://sites.google.com/site/marekhlavac/slovak_election_data_project

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SLOVAK ELECTION DATA PROJECT The Slovak Election Data Project makes election data from the Slovak Republic available to academic researchers, students, policy-makers and the general public. The data sets are constructed from publicly available information published by the Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic (Štatistický úrad Slovenskej republiky). They are provided in a number of standard computer-readable formats, and – as such – are more convenient for use in research and analysis than the .xls files provided by the Statistical Office. The project is managed by Marek Hlavac, currently a doctoral candidate in the Political Economy and Government program at Harvard University’s John F. Kennedy School of Government. He can be reached by e-mail at [email protected].

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DATA SET CONTENT AND USE The comprehensive data set contains the results of the 2002, 2006, 2010 and 2012 parliamentary elections in the Slovak Republic. The data set was constructed by appending observations from four separate data sets (one for each parliamentary election), all of which are public and freely available from the Slovak Election Data Project website: slovakia_parl_election_2002 slovakia_parl_election_2006 slovakia_parl_election_2010 slovakia_parl_election_2012 Observations from individual data sets can be identified based on the value of the year variable. Please feel free to use our data set in your research. If you are using this comprehensive data set, we ask you, however, to include the following citation in your paper or publication: Hlavac, Marek. 2012. "Results of Parliamentary Elections in the Slovak Republic: 20022012 – Comprehensive Data Set." Slovak Election Data Project, 16 March 2012. 2

RESULTS OF THE 2002 PARLIAMENTARY ELECTION DATA DESCRIPTION The slovakia_parl_election_2002 data set contains the final results of Slovakia’s 2002 parliamentary election. This election was held on September 20th and September 21st, 2002. The data set contains the number and proportion of valid ballots cast for each participating political party at the municipality, district, region and country levels. At the district, region and country levels, furthermore, the data set includes information about the number of voting precincts, voter eligibility, as well as the number of ballots enveloped that were given out to and, in turn, submitted by the voters. The data set consists of four types of records (indicated by record_type) based on the administrative units that the record covers:

Value of record_type

English description

Slovak equivalent

1

Municipality

obec

2

District

okres

4

Region

kraj

5

country

Slovenská republika

(Slovak Republic)

Please note that this data set does not include results at the ward (obvod) level, as this administrative unit was not established until 2004. Depending on the administrative unit that your analysis focuses on, you may wish to restrict the data set only to the relevant record type. If, for instance, you are doing your analysis at the district level, you may wish to keep only observations with record_type = 3.

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Variable descriptions: Record-keeping: Variable name

Variable description

record_type

Record type: 1 municipality; 2 district; 4 region; 5 country

region

Region name

district

District name

municipality

Municipality name

The following variables are not available at the municipal level: Variable name

Variable description

voters_eligible

Number of eligible voters

voters_participated

Number of voters who participated in the election

ballots_given_out

Number of ballot envelopes given out to voters

ballots_submitted

Number of ballot envelopes voters submitted

voting_precincts

Number of voting precincts

The remaining variables are available at all administrative levels: Variable name

Variable description

valid_ballots

Number of valid ballots cast

count_(party abbreviation)

Number of valid ballots won by political party represented by (party abbreviation)

pct_(party abbreviation)

Proportion (in %) of valid ballots won by party represented by (party abbrev.)

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Party abbreviations: Party abbreviation

Name of the party

in data set

(English translation in brackets)

SZS

Strana zelených na Slovensku (Green Party of Slovakia) Strana občianskej solidarity

SDKU

(Party of Civic Solidarity) Strana za demokratické práva občanov

SDPO

(Party for the Democratic Rights of Citizens) Strana demokratickej ľavice

SDL

(Party of the Democratic Left) SMER

SMER (Direction)

HZDS

Hnutie za demokratické Slovensko (Movement for a Democratic Slovakia) Občianska konzervatívna strana

OKS

(Civic Conservative Party) HZD

Hnutie za demokraciu (Movement for Democracy)

ROMA

Politické hnutie Rómov na Slovensku – ROMA (Political Movement of the Roma in Slovakia – ROMA)

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continued from the previous page Party abbreviation

Name of the party

in data set

(English translation in brackets)

KSS

Komunistická strana Slovenska (Communist Party of Slovakia)

SMK_MKP

Strana maďarskej koalície – Magyar Koalíció Pártja (Party of the Hungarian Coalition) Kresťansko-demokratické hnutie

KDH

(Christian-Democratic Movement) Ľudová strana

LS

(People’s Party) Združenie robotníkov Slovenska

ZRS

(Association of the Workers of Slovakia) Ľavicový blok

LB

(Left-Wing Bloc) Aliancia nového občana

ANO

(Alliance of the New Citizen) Béčko – Revolučná robotnícka strana

B_RRS

(B – Revolutionary Workers’ Party) Žena a rodina

ZAR

(Woman and Family)

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continued from the previous page Party abbreviation

Name of the party

in data set

(English translation in brackets)

SDA

Sociálnodemokratická alternative (Social Democratic Alternative)

SNJ

Slovenská národná jednota (Slovak National Unity)

NOSNP

Nezávislá občianska strana nezamestnaných a poškodených (Independent Civic Party of the Unemployed and Damaged)

SNS

Slovenská národná strana (Slovak National Party)

ROSA

Robotnícka strana ROSA (Worker’s Party ROSA)

ROISR

Rómska občianska iniciatíva Slovenskej republiky (Roma Civic Initiative of the Slovak Republic)

PSNS

Pravá slovenská národná strana (The Right Slovak National Party)

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RESULTS OF THE 2006 PARLIAMENTARY ELECTION DATA DESCRIPTION The slovakia_parl_election_2006 data set contains the final results of Slovakia’s 2006 parliamentary election. This election was held on June 17th, 2006. The data set contains the number and proportion of valid ballots cast for each participating political party at the municipality, district, ward, region and country levels. At the district, ward, region and country levels, furthermore, the data set includes information about the number of voting precincts, voter eligibility and turnout, as well as the number of voters who cast their votes in person at the polling station, and of those who voted from abroad by mail. The data set consists of five types of records (indicated by record_type) based on the administrative units that the record covers:

Value of record_type

English description

Slovak equivalent

1

Municipality

obec

2

District

okres

3

ward

obvod

(also called ‘territorial district’ by the Statistical Office) 4

Region

kraj

5

country

Slovenská republika

(Slovak Republic)

Depending on the administrative unit that your analysis focuses on, you may wish to restrict the data set only to the relevant record type. If, for instance, you are doing your analysis at the ward level, you may wish to keep only observations with record_type = 3.

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Variable descriptions: Record-keeping: Variable name

Variable description

record_type

Record type: 1 municipality; 2 district; 3 ward; 4 region; 5 country

region

Region name

ward

Ward name

district

District name

municipality

Municipality name

The following variables are not available at the municipal level: Variable name

Variable description

voters_eligible

Number of eligible voters

voters_participated

Number of voters who participated in the election

voter_turnout

Election voter turnout (in %) = participated / eligible

voted_from_abroad

Number of ballots submitted from abroad - election by mail

voted_in_person

Number of ballots submitted in person at polling station

voting_precincts

Number of voting precincts

The remaining variables are available at all administrative levels: Variable name

Variable description

valid_ballots

Number of valid ballots cast

count_(party abbreviation)

Number of valid ballots won by political party represented by (party abbreviation)

pct_(party abbreviation)

Proportion (in %) of valid ballots won by party represented by (party abbrev.)

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Party abbreviations: Party abbreviation

Name of the party

in data set

(English translation in brackets)

LB

Ľavicový blok (Left-Wing Bloc) Strana občianskej solidarity

SOS

(Party of Civic Solidarity) MISIA_21

MISIA 21 – Nová kresťanská demokracia (Mission 21 – New Christian Democracy) Strana demokratickej ľavice

SDL

(Party of the Democratic Left) Združenie robotníkov Slovenska

ZRS

(Association of the Workers of Slovakia) Kresťansko-demokratické hnutie

KDH

(Christian-Democratic Movement) SLNKO

Slovenká národná koalícia – Slovenská vzájomnosť (Slovak National Coalition – Slovak Mutuality) Aliancia nového občana

ANO

(Alliance of the New Citizen) HZD

Hnutie za demokraciu (Movement for Democracy)

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continued from the previous page Party abbreviation

Name of the party

in data set

(English translation in brackets)

SMK_MKP

Strana maďarskej koalície – Magyar Koalíció Pártja (Party of the Hungarian Coalition)

SF

Slobodné fórum (The Free Forum) Občianska konzervatívna strana

OKS

(Civic Conservative Party) PS

Prosperita Slovenska (The Prosperity of Slovakia)

LS_HZDS

Ľudová strana – Hnutie za demokratické Slovensko (People’s Party – Movement for a Democratic Slovakia)

ASV

Slovenská demokratická a kresťanská únia – Demokratická strana (Slovak Democratic and Christian Union – Democratic Party)

KSS

Komunistická strana Slovenska (Communist Party of Slovakia) Slovenská ľudová strana

SLS

(Slovak People’s Party) SDKU_DS

Slovenská demokratická a kresťanská únia – Demokratická strana (Slovak Democratic and Christian Union – Democratic Party)

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continued from the previous page Party abbreviation

Name of the party

in data set

(English translation in brackets)

SMER

SMER – Sociálna demokracia (Direction – Social Democracy)

SNS

Slovenská národná strana (Slovak National Party)

NADEJ

NÁDEJ (Hope)

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RESULTS OF THE 2010 PARLIAMENTARY ELECTION DATA DESCRIPTION The slovakia_parl_election_2010 data set contains the final results of Slovakia’s 2010 parliamentary election. This election was held on June 12th, 2010. The data set contains the number and proportion of valid ballots cast for each participating political party at the municipality, district, ward, region and country levels. At the district, ward, region and country levels, furthermore, the data set includes information about the number of voting precincts, voter eligibility and turnout, as well as the number of voters who cast their votes in person at the polling station, and of those who voted from abroad by mail. The data set consists of five types of records (indicated by record_type) based on the administrative units that the record covers:

Value of record_type

English description

Slovak equivalent

1

Municipality

obec

2

District

okres

3

ward

obvod

(also called ‘territorial district’ by the Statistical Office) 4

Region

kraj

5

country

Slovenská republika

(Slovak Republic)

Depending on the administrative unit that your analysis focuses on, you may wish to restrict the data set only to the relevant record type. If, for instance, you are doing your analysis at the ward level, you may wish to keep only observations with record_type = 3.

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Variable descriptions: Record-keeping: Variable name

Variable description

record_type

Record type: 1 municipality; 2 district; 3 ward; 4 region; 5 country

region

Region name

ward

Ward name

district

District name

municipality

Municipality name

The following variables are not available at the municipal level: Variable name

Variable description

voters_eligible

Number of eligible voters

voters_participated

Number of voters who participated in the election

voter_turnout

Election voter turnout (in %) = participated / eligible

voted_from_abroad

Number of ballots submitted from abroad - election by mail

voted_in_person

Number of ballots submitted in person at polling station

voting_precincts

Number of voting precincts

The remaining variables are available at all administrative levels: Variable name

Variable description

valid_ballots

Number of valid ballots cast

count_(party abbreviation)

Number of valid ballots won by political party represented by (party abbreviation)

pct_(party abbreviation)

Proportion (in %) of valid ballots won by party represented by (party abbrev.)

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Party abbreviations: Party abbreviation

Name of the party

in data set

(English translation in brackets)

EDS

Európska demokratická strana (European Democratic Party)

Unia

Únia - Strana pre Slovensko (Union – Party for Slovakia)

SRK

Strana rómskej koalície - SRK (Party of the Roma Coalition - SRK)

Paliho_Kapurkova

Paliho Kapurková, veselá politická strana (Pali’s Last Shot, humorous political party)

SaS

Sloboda a Solidarita (Freedom and Solidarity) Strana demokratickej ľavice

SDL

(Party of the Democratic Left) SMK

Strana maďarskej koalície – Magyar Koalíció Pártja (Party of the Hungarian Coalition)

LS_HZDS

Ľudová strana – Hnutie za demokratické Slovensko (People’s Party – Movement for a Democratic Slovakia)

KSS

Komunistická strana Slovenska (Communist Party of Slovakia)

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continued from the previous page Party abbreviation

Name of the party

in data set

(English translation in brackets)

SNS

Slovenská národná strana (Slovak National Party)

ND

Nová Demokracia (New Democracy) Združenie robotníkov Slovenska

ZRS

(Association of the Workers of Slovakia) Kresťansko-demokratické hnutie

KDH

(Christian Democratic Movement) Ľudová strana – Naše Slovensko

LSNS

(People’s Party – Our Slovakia) SDKU_DS

Slovenská demokratická a kresťanská únia – Demokratická strana (Slovak Democratic and Christian Union – Democratic Party)

AZEN

Aliancia za Európu národov (Alliance for the Europe of Nations)

SMER

SMER (Direction)

MOST_HID

Most-Híd (Bridge)

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RESULTS OF THE 2012 PARLIAMENTARY ELECTION DATA DESCRIPTION The slovakia_parl_election_2012 data set contains the final results of Slovakia’s 2012 parliamentary election. This election was held on March 10th, 2012. The data set contains the number and proportion of valid ballots cast for each participating political party at the municipality, district, ward, region and country levels. At the district, ward, region and country levels, furthermore, the data set includes information about the number of voting precincts, voter eligibility and turnout, as well as the number of voters who cast their votes in person at the polling station, and of those who voted from abroad by mail. The data set consists of five types of records (indicated by record_type) based on the administrative units that the record covers:

Value of record_type

English description

Slovak equivalent

1

municipality

obec

2

district

okres

3

ward

obvod

(also called ‘territorial district’ by the Statistical Office) 4

region

kraj

5

country

Slovenská republika

(Slovak Republic)

Depending on the administrative unit that your analysis focuses on, you may wish to restrict the data set only to the relevant record type. If, for instance, you are doing your analysis at the ward level, you may wish to keep only observations with record_type = 3.

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Variable descriptions: Record-keeping: Variable name

Variable description

record_type

Record type: 1 municipality; 2 district; 3 ward; 4 region; 5 country

region

Region name

Ward

Ward name

district

District name

municipality

Municipality name

The following variables are not available at the municipal level: Variable name

Variable description

voters_eligible

Number of eligible voters

voters_participated

Number of voters who participated in the election

voter_turnout

Election voter turnout (in %) = participated / eligible

voted_from_abroad

Number of ballots submitted from abroad - election by mail

voted_in_person

Number of ballots submitted in person at polling station

voting_precincts

Number of voting precincts

The remaining variables are available at all administrative levels: Variable name

Variable description

valid_ballots

Number of valid ballots cast

count_(party abbreviation)

Number of valid ballots won by political party represented by (party abbreviation)

pct_(party abbreviation)

Proportion (in %) of valid ballots won by party represented by (party abbrev.)

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Party abbreviations: Party abbreviation

Name of the party

in data set

(English translation in brackets)

Zeleni

Zelení (The Greens) Kresťanskodemokratické hnutie

KDH

(Christian Democratic Movement) Strana demokratickej ľavice

SDL

(Party of the Democratic Left) SNS

Slovenská národná strana (Slovak National Party)

OLaNO

OBYČAJNÍ ĽUDIA a nezávislé osobnosti (Ordinary People and Independent Personalities)

SaS

Sloboda a Solidarita (Freedom and Solidarity) PRÁVO A SPRAVODLIVOSŤ

PaS

(Law and Justice) NÁŠ KRAJ

NAS_KRAJ

(Our Region) SZ

Strana zelených (Party of the Greens)

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Name of the party

in data set

(English translation in brackets)

LSNS

Ľudová strana Naše Slovensko (People‘s Party Our Slovakia) SMER – sociálna demokracia

SMER_SD

(Direction – Social Democracy) Zmena_zdola_DU

Zmena zdola, Demokratická únia Slovenska (Change from Below, Democratic Union of Slovakia) Národ a Spravodlivosť – naša strana

NaS_ns

(Nation and Justice – Our Party) KSS

Komunistická strana Slovenska (Communist Party of Slovakia)

SRUS

Strana Rómskej únie na Slovensku (Party of the Roma Union in Slovakia)

MOST_HID

MOST-HÍD (Bridge) 99% - občiansky hlas

99_PERCENT

(99% - the citizens’ voice) LS_HZDS

Ľudová strana – Hnutie za demokratické Slovensko (People‘s Party – Movement for a Democratic Slovakia)

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continued from the previous page Party abbreviation

Name of the party

in data set

(English translation in brackets)

PLUS_1_HLAS

STRANA +1 HLAS (Party +1 Voice)

SF

Robíme to pre deti - SF (We do it for the children – SF) Obyčajní ľudia

Obycajni_ludia

(Ordinary people) SDKU_DS

Slovenská demokratická a kresťanská únia – Demokratická strana (Slovak Democratic and Christian Union – Democratic Party) Strana občanov Slovenska

SOSKA

(Party of the Citizens of Slovakia) SMK_MKP

Strana maďarskej koalície – Magyar Koalíció Pártja (Party of the Hungarian Coalition)

SSS_NM

STRANA SLOBODNÉ SLOVO – NORY MOJSEJOVEJ (Party of Free Speech – Nora Mojsejová) Strana živnostníkov Slovenska

SZS

(Party of the Self-Employed of Slovakia)

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