Spatial diversity of voting behaviour in main Polish cities. Parliamentary election 2015 Cover Image

Zróżnicowanie przestrzenne zachowań wyborczych w miastach prezydenckich. Wybory sejmowe 2015
Spatial diversity of voting behaviour in main Polish cities. Parliamentary election 2015

Author(s): Rafal Matyja
Subject(s): Politics / Political Sciences, Politics, Political Theory, Governance, Electoral systems, Political behavior
Published by: Wydawnictwo Naukowe Uniwersytetu Szczecińskiego
Keywords: voting behavior; cities; election 2015

Summary/Abstract: The text presents the results of the survey concerning voting behaviour of residents of 107 main Polish cities in 2015 parliamentary election. Its aim is the analysis of dissimilarity of results concerning different lists in electoral districts with reference to the level of support in the whole town, with the use of voting behaviour diversity index. Ten cities with the highest diversity indication were analysed in detail and especially the districts whose results differed the most from the whole town results were checked. Proposed explanations concern the type of settlement and groups living in a given district.

  • Issue Year: 2016
  • Issue No: 36
  • Page Range: 5-19
  • Page Count: 15
  • Language: Polish