A dataset containing individual-level candidacy records from municipal elections in the municipality of Kamenna (district Ceske Budejovice, 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 and the master thesis cited below.
Kotaskova, S. (2012). Politicky proces v obci Kamenna (The Political Process in the Municipality of Kamenna). Master thesis. Czech University of Life Sciences Prague. [Full text]
Details
| Dataset overview: | |
| Municipality: | Kamenna |
| District: | Ceske Budejovice |
| Country: | Czech Republic |
| Number of elections: | 8 |
| Elections covered: | 1998, 2002, 2006, 2010, 2011, 2014, 2018, 2022 |
| Number of candidacies (rows): | 178 |
| 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
Kotaskova, S. K. (2016). Cleavages and political pluralism in the small municipality in Czech Republic. Global Journal of Business, Economics and Management: Current Issues, 5(2), 63-69.
Kotaskova, S. (2012). Politicky proces v obci Kamenna (The Political Process in the Municipality of Kamenna). Master thesis. Czech University of Life Sciences Prague. [Full text]
Kotaskova, S. (2010). Analyza lokalniho stranickeho systemu v obci Kamenna (Analysis of the Local Party System in the Kamenna Municipality). Bachelor thesis. Czech University of Life Sciences Prague. [Full text]
Examples
# Basic inspection
str(Kamenna_CB_cz)
#> 'data.frame': 178 obs. of 14 variables:
#> $ elections : int 1998 1998 1998 1998 1998 1998 1998 1998 1998 1998 ...
#> $ candidate : chr "Mikeš Václav" "Holý Václav" "Říha Václav" "Jaroš Jaroslav (1)" ...
#> $ list_name : chr "SNK 1" "SNK 1" "SNK 1" "SNK 1" ...
#> $ list_pos : int 1 2 3 4 5 6 1 2 3 4 ...
#> $ pref_votes : int 74 81 84 78 91 67 64 38 22 21 ...
#> $ elected : int 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 ...
#> $ nom_party : chr "NK" "NK" "NK" "NK" ...
#> $ pol_affil : chr "BEZPP" "BEZPP" "BEZPP" "BEZPP" ...
#> $ mayor : int 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ...
#> $ dep_mayor : int 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ...
#> $ board : int 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ...
#> $ gov_support : int 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 ...
#> $ elig_voters : int 179 NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA ...
#> $ ballots_cast: int 106 NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA ...
# Example of a basic continuity diagram (unformatted version)
plot_continuity(Kamenna_CB_cz, elections = "2002-")
