Blocked municipalities (factors influencing the repeated holding of new elections to municipal councils)
Abstract
The article deals with holding new elections to municipal councils in the Czech
Republic. This type of extraordinary municipal elections in every election period threatens thousands of municipalities and hundreds of them will actually go through it.
Some of the municipalities in which the new elections take place subsequently fall into a spiral of their repeated holding, and this often leads to their complete blockade. Although such situations are common, they are not in the best interests of the professional community, legislators or the media. The aim of this article is to present the key factors that influence the holding of new elections to municipal councils in the Czech Republic.
I worked with an extensive database of new elections to municipal councils, as well as with valid legal regulations and historical legal regulations. Important information was also obtained on the basis of a semi-structured interview.