Infraštruktúra a volebné správanie ako rozdielové kritériá veľkostných typov obce
Infrastructure and Electoral Behaviour as Differential Criterions of Municipality Size

(Case Study Nitra Region)

Summary/Abstract: Municipality size affects various factors in the life of municipality. The current research in relation to municipality size is mostly focused on the performance of competences, financial situation, possibilities of development and quality of services. Futhermore in the condition of Slovak republic is no definition what is a small municipality and what is an ideal municipality size hasn´t been defined yet. The article dealt with the analysis of the typology of small municipalities, whether it was possible to determine the categorization of municipalities and define criterions of small municipality. The paper primarily focused on two groups of municipalities: municipalities up to 500 inhabitants and municipalities from 501 to 1,000 inhabitants. Defining criteria were chosen: infrastructure and electoral behaviour (in communal elections 2010 and 2014 in Nitra region). The present study is based on analysis of the infrastructure in municipalities in Nitra region and on the results in communal election in 2010 and 2014. There is a comparison of electoral results according to municipality size. The first part of research showed the infrastructure was relevant dividing criterion for chosen groups of municipalities. In the municipalities to 500 inhabitants was infrastructure at very low level. The second part focused on the results of communal elections based on categorization of municipalities according Act no. 396/1990. Analysis showed that electoral behaviour is not specific for small municipalities to 500 inhabitants. Electoral behaviour couldn´t be considered as a differential criterion between different sizes of municipalities.

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