The joint municipal and regional elections will take place on 24 October, and in the individual self-governing regions several candidates are running for the post of chair. The most candidates were registered in the Prešov Self-Governing Region, where eleven people want to compete for the office of chair. STVR (Spravy) ↗
In the Bratislava, Trnava and Nitra self-governing regions, seven candidates each are running for the regional governor's seat. In the Bratislava Region, the current chair, Juraj Droba, also wants to defend his post. Branislav Becík wants to continue leading the Nitra Region, and he will face six other candidates. STVR (Spravy) ↗
In the Trenčín Self-Governing Region, four people are running for chair. In the Trnava Region, the electoral commission registered six candidates backed by political parties and one independent candidate. According to a political scientist, the winner may be decided mainly by name recognition, visibility and the split of support among the individual candidates. mytrnava.sme.sk ↗
A case from the Sobrance district also drew attention, where one candidate is running both for Smer-SD and for the opposition coalition. The case points to ambiguities and possible failings in party discipline when candidate lists are compiled. aktuality.sk ↗
The election results will decide the leadership of several self-governing regions and the balance of power in regional politics. At the same time, they will show how party support translates to the municipal and regional level.
Regional elections will bring a contest of candidates and party paradoxes
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„Dosiahnuté čísla svedčia o poctivo vykonanej práci celého tímu Bratislavského samosprávneho kraja počas predchádzajúcich štyroch rokov."
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Nitriansky samosprávny kraj chce opäť viesť Becík. V komunálnych voľbách proti nemu zabojuje šesť osôb
STVR (Spravy)
| 10:54 23.09.
Politický unikát z východu: Kandiduje za SMER aj opozičnú koalíciu
aktuality.sk
| 10:00 24.09.
O post šéfa Prešovského samosprávneho kraja chce zabojovať jedenásť kandidátov
STVR (Spravy)
| 10:19 23.09.
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