Electoral-spatial analysis of party configuration (on the material of parliamentary elections 1998-2014 in Ukraine).

AUTHOR:
Anton Avksentiev

ABSTRACT:
The article researches spatial-temporal measurement of electoral relations (similarity, antagonism and continuity in electoral-spatial aspect) between Ukrainian political parties. The aim of the research is to ascertain appropriate connection between parties, belonged to one or opposite electoral-spatial niches. Dynamics of electoral-partial configuration in Ukraine was analyzed (on the material of parliamentary elections 1998-2014). The method of correlation analysis towards to electoral statistics (party results on polling stations) was used in the work. Besides national level we considered a local case of one of the Kharkov oblast districts, showing nontrivial connection of electoral continuity of political subjects as consequence of personally oriented electors voting.

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