Spatial analysis of election support for ODS, ČSSD and ANO 2011 in the 2013 and 2017 Czech general elections

The party replacement theory is a relevant research topic that this thesis is based on. This diploma thesis focuses on a spatial analysis of election support for ODS, ČSSD, and ANO 2011 in the 2013 and 2017 Czech general elections. The main aim of this thesis is to investigate the replacement of traditional political parties - ODS and ČSSD - by the newly established ANO. The 2013 Czech general election suggest the replacement of ODS by ANO, owing to the considerable decline in election support for ODS between 2010 - 2013 and the success of ANO in this election. In 2017, the replacement of ČSSD by ANO is examined because the election decrease of ČSSD was noticed in that year, and ANO reinforced its support base even more. The main raison d'être for this research is the considerable decrease of election support for the traditional political parties ODS and ČSSD and, contrarily, the success in these elections of newly established ANO led by Andrej Babiš. Data from the Czech statistical office was used in this thesis. The data were delimited at a municipal level. Spatial differentiation of election support was measured using the method of spatial autocorrelation. Change of the election support for individual parties across municipalities and over several elections was described using spatiotemporal..