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The focus of this chapter is a description and explanation of the basic characteristics of the Czech elections to the European Parliament (EP) in 2014. The first section introduces the electoral system, its properties and basic parameters. This is followed by a description of the election results achieved by the parties, their electoral support and the relationships between the results of elections to the Chamber of Deputies (the lower chamber of the national legislature [Poslanecká sněmovna]) and the EP. The next section analyses in detail the candidate lists proposed by the parties for Members of the EP (MEPs), by the average age, gender and education of the candidates. It also notes the number of candidates/politicians holding an elected office who sought an additional seat at EP level.
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Eibl, O., Pink, M. (2017). Election Results, Candidate Lists and the Framing of Campaigns. In: Boicu, R., Branea, S., Stefanel, A. (eds) Political Communication and European Parliamentary Elections in Times of Crisis. Political Campaigning and Communication. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-58591-2_18
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