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Bибори як інструмент переходу до демократії в Чеській Pеспубліці
Elections as an instrument for transition to democracy in the Czech Republic

Author(s): RADIM HOLECHEK
Subject(s): Government/Political systems, Electoral systems
Published by: Prešovská univerzita v Prešove, Filozofická fakulta, Inštitút politológie
Keywords: Election; Electoral process; Electoral system; the House of Commons; the Parliament of the Czech Republic; the Senate;

Summary/Abstract: This article is devoted to the topic of the analysis of the electoral system in the Czech Republic. Despite that initially, there have been such rules in the electoral law that complied with international election process standards of organising and conducting democratic elections, there are several drawbacks in it. It concerns, first of all, the formula of transferring electors’ votes into deputy’s seats. Such a situation stimulates the Czech political elite to the discussion regarding the search for optimal election system model.

  • Issue Year: 7/2018
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 60-67
  • Page Count: 10
  • Language: Ukrainian
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