Partie mniejszości węgierskiej na Słowacji w latach 1989–1998. Aktorzy, elity, wyborcy
The political parties of Hungarian minority in Slovakia, 1989–1998: actors, elites, electorate

Summary/Abstract: The aim of the article is to show the multiplicity and diversity of Hungarian ethnic parties existing in the years 1990-1998 within the party system of Slovakia, before the emergence of the Hungarian Coalition Party - Strana mad’arskej koalicie (SMK) in 1998. This text focuses on answering the following questions: (1) who were the parties’ leaders and elites, and whether it is justified to talk about the continuity of personal representation of minorities since 1990; and (2) who voted for different Hun¬garian minority parties and whether their unification into the SMK brought with it an electoral bonus. An additional aspect of this is the position of the analyzed parties in the competitive system. The text also tries to answer the question of whether the creation of the SMK led to an intensification of the national split within the Slovakian party system.

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