A dataset containing individual-level candidacy records from municipal elections in the municipality of Horomerice (district Praha-zapad, Czech Republic).
Source
The dataset was compiled primarily from official election results published by the Czech Statistical Office. Additional contextual or verification information (such as post-election roles) was obtained from publicly available municipal records.
Kadlecova, S. (2013). Lokalni stranicky system v obci Horomerice (Local Party System in the Municipality of Horomerice). Bachelor thesis. Czech University of Life Sciences Prague. [Full text]
Bares, M. (2009). Spolecensky a politicky zivot v obci Horomerice (The Public Life and the Political Process in Horomerice). Bachelor thesis. Czech University of Life Sciences Prague. [Full text]
Details
| Dataset overview: | |
| Municipality: | Horomerice |
| District: | Praha-zapad |
| Country: | Czech Republic |
| Number of elections: | 8 |
| Elections covered: | 1994, 1998, 2002, 2006, 2010, 2014, 2018, 2022 |
| Number of candidacies (rows): | 438 |
| Note: | Municipality website |
Description of variables
| Variable | Description |
| elections | Election identifiers (numeric) |
| candidate | Candidate's full name (character) |
| list_name | Name of the candidate list (character) |
| list_pos | Candidate's position on the list (numeric) |
| pref_votes | Number of preferential votes (numeric) |
| elected | Logical; TRUE if candidate was elected |
| nom_party | Nominating party (character) |
| pol_affil | Political affiliation (character) |
| mayor | TRUE if elected mayor |
| dep_mayor | TRUE if elected deputy mayor |
| board | TRUE if member of the executive board |
| gov_support | TRUE if supported the local government |
| elig_voters | Number of eligible voters (numeric) |
| ballots_cast | Number of ballots cast (numeric) |
Each record describes one candidate's run for office, including their candidate list affiliation, position on the list, nominating party, political affiliation, number of preferential votes, and whether they were elected or held specific positions (mayor, deputy mayor, member of the executive body).
The dataset also includes contextual election-level information, such as the number of eligible voters and ballots cast, which can be used to calculate voter turnout and related indicators. These variables appear only once per election and constituency (they may be stored in a single candidate row for that election/constituency)
References
Vobecka, J., & Kostelecky, T. (Eds.) (2007). Politicke dusledky suburbanizace. (Political Consequences of Suburbanization). Prague: Institute of Sociology of the Czech Academy of Sciences. [Full text]
Kadlecova, S. (2013). Lokalni stranicky system v obci Horomerice (Local Party System in the Municipality of Horomerice). Bachelor thesis. Czech University of Life Sciences Prague. [Full text]
Maxa, D. (2024). Formovani organu mistni samospravy v obci Horomerice. (The process of Setting Up the Local Government in the Municipality of Horomerice). Bachelor thesis. Czech University of Life Sciences Prague. [Full text]
Novakova, N. (2025). Politicke aspekty rizeni a rozvoje vybrane obce (pripadova studie obce Horomerice) (Political Aspects of Management and the Development of the Chosen Municipality (Case Study of Horomerice). Bachelor thesis. Czech University of Life Sciences Prague. [Full text]
Examples
# Basic inspection
str(Horomerice_PZ_cz)
#> 'data.frame': 438 obs. of 14 variables:
#> $ elections : int 1994 1994 1994 1994 1994 1994 1994 1994 1994 1994 ...
#> $ candidate : chr "Horák Jiří" "Popelka Ladislav" "Abelová Jana" "Jirásková Marie" ...
#> $ list_name : chr "KSČM" "KSČM" "KSČM" "KSČM" ...
#> $ list_pos : int 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 ...
#> $ pref_votes : int 338 225 234 154 242 138 142 120 187 127 ...
#> $ elected : int 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 ...
#> $ nom_party : chr "NK" "KSČM" "NK" "KSČM" ...
#> $ pol_affil : chr "BEZPP" "KSČM" "BEZPP" "KSČM" ...
#> $ mayor : int 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ...
#> $ dep_mayor : int NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA ...
#> $ board : int NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA ...
#> $ gov_support : int NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA ...
#> $ elig_voters : int 1308 NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA ...
#> $ ballots_cast: int 956 NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA ...
# Example of a basic continuity diagram (unformatted version)
plot_continuity(Horomerice_PZ_cz, elections = "2010-")
