Statistical Analysis of the Election Results of Urban Representatives in Hungary between 1848 and 1918*

Authors

  • József PAP Department of History, Eszterházy Károly Catholic University, E-mail: pap.jozsef@uni-eszterhazy.hu

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.24193/subbhist.2021.1.05

Keywords:

election, urban representatives, Dual Monarchy, statistical analysis, voting districts.

Abstract

In this paper, I will introduce our research results concerning the election of urban representatives. I focused on two issues: 1. What was the connection between the district and the representative, was he an outsider or a member of the local elite? 2. Can we identify groups whose representatives followed similar party preferences during elections at the time of the Dual Monarchy? The analysis is based on statistical methods. I conclude that the performance of candidates did not depend on the political attitudes of a given district. The causes of the given phenomena cannot be identified by macro-level research, but the macro-level research helps the local research by the establishment of categories within which the given local phenomena can be interpreted. The tables of this paper facilitate the national comparison of local research results.

 

Article history: Received 30.09.2020; Revised 20.03.2021; Accepted 05.05.2021; Available online 03.02.2022.

 

Rezumat: Analiza statistică a rezultatelor alegerilor reprezentanţilor oraşelor în Ungaria între 1848 şi 1918. Studiul prezintă rezultatele cercetării noastre privind alegerea deputaţilor urbani. Mă voi concentra pe două aspecte: 1. Care a fost legătura dintre circumscripţie şi deputat, dacă deputatul a fost un străin sau un membru al elitei locale? 2. Dacă putem identifica grupuri ai căror reprezentanţi au urmat preferinţe similare de partid în timpul alegerilor din timpul Monarhiei Duale? Analiza se bazează pe metode statistice. Am ajuns la concluzia că performanţa candidaţilor nu depindea de atitudinile politice al unui anumit cerc electoral. Cauzele fenomenelor nu pot fi identificate prin cercetare la nivel macro, dar cercetarea la nivel macro ajută cercetarea locală prin stabilirea unor categorii în cadrul cărora fenomenele locale pot fi interpretate. Tabelele acestei lucrări facilitează compararea naţională a rezultatelor cercetării locale.

Cuvinte cheie: alegeri, deputaţi orăşeneşti, Monarhia Austro-Ungară, analiză statistică, circumscripţii electorale.

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Published

2022-02-03

How to Cite

PAP, J. (2022). Statistical Analysis of the Election Results of Urban Representatives in Hungary between 1848 and 1918*. Studia Universitatis Babeș-Bolyai Historia, 66(1), 119–136. https://doi.org/10.24193/subbhist.2021.1.05

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