Parliamentary Elections in Hungary
The parliamentary elections in Hungary have brought the expected landslide victory for the Conservatives (Fidesz-KDNP) and a crushing defeat for the ruling Socialists (MSZP) since 2002. The conservative camp has already secured the absolute majority in the first round with 53.37 percent of the seats. In the second round of...
Let Croatia be a shiny star on the European sky
On Sunday January 10th 2010 people of Croatia have elected their third president. Ivo Josipović, law professor, composer and member of social democratic party won elections in a landslide victory with 60.26% of votes (out of 2.3 million).
This election race is by many parameters very different from any other we had...
The Resurgence of right wing parties in Austria
Recent regional elections in Austria bring sweeping gains for the Freedom Party. The party formerly lead by Jörg Haider almost doubled its votes in the regional states of Vorarlberg (25,1%) and Upper Austria (15,3%) in the elections on September 20 and 27, 2009. In both elections, the governing conservative People’s Party was...
Austrian Elections 2008. Strategies, Winner, Upsets
EAPC Board Member Thomas Hofer presents the first (and so far only) book that analyzes the campaigns for the Austrian general elections 2008. Together with co-editor and journalist Barbara Tóth, Hofer discusses the strategies of all relevant candidates and their parties. He singles out the most important campaign factors that...
