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Guragain, Govinda Prasad, Saroj Pokharel, and Bhawani Shankar Adhikari. "Towards Inclusive Democracy: Reforming Nepal's Electoral System for Fair Representation and Governance." European Journal of Theoretical and Applied Sciences 2, no. 5 (2024): 66–77. http://dx.doi.org/10.59324/ejtas.2024.2(5).07.

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The purpose of this research paper is to examine various electoral systems used worldwide and to determine the most suitable electoral system for Nepal as it transitions into a federal system. It aims to explore inclusive democracy and the electoral practices observed in contemporary politics and Constituent Assembly (CA) polls. The discussion centers on the challenges faced in Nepal's political landscape, particularly focusing on the First-Past-The-Post (FPTP) and List Proportional Representation (List PR) systems utilized in the CA elections of 2008 and 2013. The paper evaluates the merits a

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Govinda, Prasad Guragain, Pokharel Saroj, and Shankar Adhikari Bhawani. "Towards Inclusive Democracy: Reforming Nepal's Electoral System for Fair Representation and Governance." European Journal of Theoretical and Applied Sciences 2, no. 5 (2024): 66–77. https://doi.org/10.59324/ejtas.2024.2(5).07.

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The purpose of this research paper is to examine various electoral systems used worldwide and to determine the most suitable electoral system for Nepal as it transitions into a federal system. It aims to explore inclusive democracy and the electoral practices observed in contemporary politics and Constituent Assembly (CA) polls. The discussion centers on the challenges faced in Nepal's political landscape, particularly focusing on the First-Past-The-Post (FPTP) and List Proportional Representation (List PR) systems utilized in the CA elections of 2008 and 2013. The paper evaluates the merits a

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Kumar, Rohit, and Arun Kumar Singh. "Mapping of red alert assembly constituencies in Uttar Pradesh: A spatial analysis." National Geographical Journal of India 68, no. 3 (2022): 184–95. http://dx.doi.org/10.48008/ngji.1808.

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The present study focuses on spatial patterns of Red Alert Assembly constituencies in the Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections 2012/2017. Red alert constituencies are referred to as those constituencies in which at least three contestants have mentioned heinous criminal charges against them in their election affidavit. Out of 403 Assembly constituencies in Uttar Pradesh, 121 (30.02 percent) in 2012 and 152 (37.69 percent) in 2017 were identified as red alert constituencies. These constituencies were unevenly distributed in the state. The objective of the present study is to examine the spatial pat

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Hussain, Md Iftekhar, and Aijaz Ahmad Mir. "Party Politics in West Bengal: Historical and Contemporary Dynamics." Integrated Journal for Research in Arts and Humanities 4, no. 3 (2024): 50–55. http://dx.doi.org/10.55544/ijrah.4.3.10.

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Party politics in West Bengal is a complex and ever-evolving phenomenon deeply rooted in the state's socio-cultural history. This overview explores the dynamic landscape of party politics in West Bengal, tracing its historical evolution and examining the key players, ideological underpinnings, electoral strategies, and socio-economic factors that have influenced voter preferences over the years. From the pre-independence era's freedom struggle to the contemporary political dynamics dominated by the All-India Trinamool Congress (AITC) and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), West Bengal's political jo

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Akimov, Yury. "The Foundation of Coalition avenir Québec and Québec party politics in the second half of the 2010s - early 2020s." Russia and America in the 21st Century, no. 5 (2023): 0. http://dx.doi.org/10.18254/s207054760028358-0.

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The article deals with the main trends in the Quebec provincial party politics in the second half of the 2010s – early 2020s. It shows the emergence and formation of the Coalition avenir Québec party along with the specificity of its ideology. It also analyses the changes in the balance of power in the provincial politics after the 2018 elections in National Assembly. Special attention is given to the attempts to reform the electoral system of Quebec. The author concludes that new long-term trends have appeared in provincial politics.

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Lee, Hojun. "PRESIDENTIALIZATION AND PROCEDURAL RULES CHANGE: THE CASE OF THE SOUTH KOREAN NATIONAL ASSEMBLY." Journal of East Asian Studies 19, no. 1 (2019): 111–29. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/jea.2018.31.

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AbstractThe common assumption of legislative politics is that the majority party structures procedural rules to suit its interests. In a presidentialized context, however, presidential electoral incentives prevail over majority party's incentives when voting on procedural rules changes and the threat of punishing majority-party defectors is not credible when those defectors vote with the presidential candidate. To test these claims, I analyze the case of the procedural reform in the South Korean National Assembly. The case study reveals that 1) the leading presidential candidate of the ruling

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Bappi, Usman, Ruth Mele Joshua, Bilkisu Abubakar Mahdi, and Lydia Yakubu. "ASSESSMENT OF THE FACTORS AFFECTING THE POLITICAL PARTICIPATION OF WOMEN IN GOMBE STATE (1999-2019)." GOMBE JOURNAL OF ADMINISTRATION AND MANAGEMENT (GJAM) 4, no. 1 (2021): 146–57. https://doi.org/10.64290/gjam.v4i1.1106.

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In Gombe state, Northeast Nigeria, history reveals that right from 1999 to date, the number of women in both the state executive council and the legislature is low and currently, Gombe State House Assembly is made up of 24 members out of whom there is only one female member. The objective of this study is to examine some of the factors that affect the participation of women in political activities in Gombe State, Nigeria. The research design was essentially a survey research and data were generated from primary and secondary sources. A total of 400 questionnaires were distributed to men and wo

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Pathak, Shreesh K. "Some Reforms are Urgent, Cannot Wait Anymore." Liberal Studies 4, no. 1 (2019): 21–31. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3622665.

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As an essential feature of a healthy democracy, general elections have been conducted in India at regular intervals since the first general election, which took place on 13 May 1952, after the adoption of the Constitution. Though political participation and various political processes are the ongoing activities in a polity, the elections are undoubtedly the most notable and visible exercises in a democracy. The process of colonization had exploited the <em>Indianness</em> inbuilt in the political-social conscience of the nation in a variety of ways, but this had also become a medium to witness

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Spafford, Duff. "Mill's Majority Principle." Canadian Journal of Political Science 18, no. 3 (1985): 599–608. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0008423900032479.

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AbstractIn the course of arguing his case for electoral reform, John Stuart Mill proposes a criterion of government by majority which has gone largely unnoticed. Mill holds that any majority coalition of representatives in an assembly mustdirectlyrepresent a majority of electors. A representative directly represents those electors, and only those electors, who voted in his favour at his election. An implication of Mill's version of the principle of majority rule is that, given an assembly of any considerable size, all but a small fraction of the electorate must have direct representation.

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Robbe, François. "Le Sénat et la représentation des collectivités locales." Civitas Europa 8, no. 1 (2002): 47–75. http://dx.doi.org/10.3406/civit.2002.974.

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According to Paragraph 3 of Article 24 of the French 1958 Constitution, the Senate represents the Republic's local and regional authorities. This constitutional provision determines the way in which the Senate is appointed : elected by an electoral college in which local councillors are in a majority, the French Upper House is indirectly based on universal suffrage, thus paying due respect to the principle of the sovereignty of the people. At the same time, the particular way in which the Senate is selected ensures that it is composed of members representing different parts of the body politic

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Mutalib, Hussin. "Constitutional-Electoral Reforms and Politics in Singapore." Legislative Studies Quarterly 27, no. 4 (2002): 659–72. http://dx.doi.org/10.3162/036298002x200765.

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Mutalib, Hussin. "Constitutional-Electoral Reforms and Politics in Singapore." Legislative Studies Quarterly 27, no. 4 (2002): 659. http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/3598663.

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Chi, Eunju. "Two-party Contests and the Politics of Electoral Reforms: The Case of Taiwan." Government and Opposition 49, no. 4 (2014): 658–81. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/gov.2013.46.

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This article examines how party competition has led to electoral reforms in Taiwan. Dissatisfied with the existing system, political parties in Taiwan promoted electoral reforms. The Democratic Progressive Party led the reform process and the Kuomintang collaborated with it to change the electoral system from a single non-transferable vote and multi-member district system to a first-past-the-post mixed system. Despite opposition to the changes, these two parties successfully formed a coalition and passed reform bills with the support of the public. Using a theoretical framework of actors’ rati

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Charan, Singh, and Shanker Prasad Srivastava Jai. "Electoral Reforms: Challenges and Opportunities in the Indian Context." RECENT RESEARCHES IN SOCIAL SCIENCES & HUMANITIES 11, no. 4 (2024): 10–22. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14840619.

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Electoral reforms in India are crucial to enhancing the integrity, fairness, and inclusiveness of thepolitical process. Despite the country’s rich democratic history, challenges such as electoral corruption,the criminalization of politics, low voter turnout, outdated laws, and a lack of transparency in fundingcontinue to undermine the electoral system. These issues create barriers to effective governance,representation, and public trust. However, significant opportunities for electoral reforms exist that canaddress these challenges and improve the overall electoral system. The need for t

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Venkatesha, Murthy S. V., and K. V. Murali. "Evolution of the Composition and Functioning of the Mysore Representative Assembly: Towards Inclusive Governance." AKSHARASURYA JOURNAL 03, no. 04. SPECIAL ISSUE. (2024): 288 to 300. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10930994.

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This comprehensive research article delves into the profound evolution of governance structures, electoral reforms, and the operational dynamics of the Mysore Representative Assembly during the transformative phase of Indian history. It meticulously analyzes the progressive reforms initiated by Lord Ripon in British India and their subsequent influence on local governance and the establishment of representative institutions. The article elucidates how the focus on self-governance and liberal democracy under Lord Ripon’s governance laid the groundwork for the introduction of local self-go

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Kwon, Hyeok Yong, and Yoojin Lim. "Electoral Politics and Old-Age Pension Reform in South Korea." Korea Observer - Institute of Korean Studies 54, no. 3 (2023): 385–407. http://dx.doi.org/10.29152/koiks.2023.54.3.385.

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This article explores the political underpinnings of pension reforms in post-democratization South Korea. Contrary to the view of the traditional literature on East Asian welfare states, we argue that electoral competition plays an important role in driving pension reforms, as tax-based old-age cash transfers were initiated by conservative parties, and implemented under the conservative government of Park Geun-hye in South Korea. When older voters comprise the core constituency of the conservative party and electoral competition is intense between liberals and conservatives, the conservative p

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Nooruddin, Irfan, and Pradeep Chhibber. "Unstable Politics." Comparative Political Studies 41, no. 8 (2008): 1069–91. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0010414007309202.

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What explains variations in electoral volatility? The authors argue that fiscal space—availability of financial resources to enact policy initiatives and provide public programs—possessed by governments can explain the level of electoral volatility. Where governments have fiscal space, citizens reward incumbent parties with their continued support. But when fiscal space is constrained, the incumbent government's ability to provide state resources is drastically reduced. Citizens are therefore less likely to reward the party at the polls and are available to opposition politicians and alternati

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Centellas, Miguel. "Electoral Reform, Regional Cleavages, and Party System Stability in Bolivia." Journal of Politics in Latin America 1, no. 2 (2009): 115–31. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1866802x0900100205.

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This research note considers the effects of electoral system reform in Bolivia. In 1995, Bolivia moved from a list-proportional to a mixed-member proportional electoral system. The intervening years saw growing regional polarization of politics and a collapse of the existing party system. Using statistical analysis of disaggregated electoral data (at department, municipality, and district level), this paper tests whether electoral system reforms may have contributed to the current political crisis. Research findings show that regional cleavages existed prior to electoral system reform, but sug

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Rao, D. Tripati. "Economic Reforms: Lofty Rhetoric, Hallucinated Politics and Electoral Backlash." Review of Development and Change 12, no. 1 (2007): 129–38. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0972266120070105.

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Nyane, Hoolo, and Mamello Rakolobe. "Women’s representation in Lesotho’s legislative bodies. A Politico-Legal Analysis of the Effectiveness of Electoral Gender Quotas." Journal of African Elections 20, no. 2 (2021): 81–101. http://dx.doi.org/10.20940/jae/2021/v20i2a5.

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Women are under-represented in legislative bodies in the majority of countries, and Lesotho is no exception to this worldwide trend. In an attempt to address this problem, the country has adopted, through electoral laws, electoral gender quota systems for both local and national legislative structures. The country has introduced a 30% gender quota requirement for election to the local councils at the local level. At the national level, it introduced a ‘zebra list’ – the condition that when political parties submit lists for the purposes of 40 proportional representation (PR) seats in the Natio

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Nyane, Hoolo, and Mamello Rakolobe. "Women’s representation in Lesotho’s legislative bodies. A Politico-Legal Analysis of the Effectiveness of Electoral Gender Quotas." Journal of African Elections 20, no. 2 (2021): 81–101. http://dx.doi.org/10.20940/jae/2021/v20i2a5.

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Women are under-represented in legislative bodies in the majority of countries, and Lesotho is no exception to this worldwide trend. In an attempt to address this problem, the country has adopted, through electoral laws, electoral gender quota systems for both local and national legislative structures. The country has introduced a 30% gender quota requirement for election to the local councils at the local level. At the national level, it introduced a ‘zebra list’ – the condition that when political parties submit lists for the purposes of 40 proportional representation (PR) seats in the Natio

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Nyane, Hoolo, and Mamello Rakolobe. "Women’s representation in Lesotho’s legislative bodies. A Politico-Legal Analysis of the Effectiveness of Electoral Gender Quotas." Journal of African Elections 20, no. 2 (2021): 81–101. http://dx.doi.org/10.20940/jae/2021/v20i2a5.

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Women are under-represented in legislative bodies in the majority of countries, and Lesotho is no exception to this worldwide trend. In an attempt to address this problem, the country has adopted, through electoral laws, electoral gender quota systems for both local and national legislative structures. The country has introduced a 30% gender quota requirement for election to the local councils at the local level. At the national level, it introduced a ‘zebra list’ – the condition that when political parties submit lists for the purposes of 40 proportional representation (PR) seats in the Natio

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Kumar, Ashutosh. "Electoral Politics in Indian Punjab." South Asia Research 37, no. 1 (2017): 37–57. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0262728016675528.

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The forthcoming Assembly elections in Punjab in early 2017 indicate signs of a new phase in the electoral history of this state, largely dominated earlier by various political alliances headed by the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) under Jat Sikh leadership. Presented within the wider Indian electoral landscape, this article offers an analytical overview of Punjab’s electoral politics as it has evolved since partition from the vantage point of SAD. It is argued that there are several good reasons why traditional SAD domination and style of leadership are presently being challenged through a combinat

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Oke, Christiantus Ifeanyi Adebowale, and Harriet Omokiniovo Efanodor-Obeten. "Gagging Electoral Fraud in Nigeria: The Imperative of Electoral Reforms." Khazanah Sosial 3, no. 2 (2021): 54–65. http://dx.doi.org/10.15575/ks.v3i2.11585.

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Elections all over the world are the only recognized legitimate means of changing and constituting governments. In other democratic climes, citizens eagerly await elections with excitement, because it affords them the opportunity to appraise the scorecards of their elected representatives. However, preparing for elections in Nigeria is akin to getting set for a major warfare that requires humongous human and natural resources including the deployment of full military arsenal. Despite the unease this vital democratic practice puts the nation, elections are fraught with irregularities and malfea

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Li, Lianjiang. "The Politics of Introducing Direct Township Elections in China." China Quarterly 171 (September 2002): 704–23. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0009443902000438.

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Based on archival sources and interviews, this article relates the untold story behind several township elections. It shows that these experiments were largely the result of a discursive opening on expanding grassroots democracy, and efforts by local leaders to promote their careers by taking the lead in initiating electoral reforms. It suggests that over two decades of post-Mao reform may have encouraged a belief among some local officials that history is on the reformers' side. It also suggests that the current cadre management system may enable mid-level leaders to introduce political refor

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Salifu, Hafiz. "Ethnic-Based Politics and Electoral Reforms in Ghana: Pathways to a United Democracy." Research & Development 5, no. 4 (2024): 121–34. https://doi.org/10.11648/j.rd.20240504.14.

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This study investigates the impact of ethnic-based politics on Ghanaian elections, particularly as the country approaches its December 2024 elections. Despite significant strides in democratization, Ghana’s political landscape remains deeply influenced by ethnic affiliations, which pose challenges to national unity and democratic consolidation. Through a mixed-methods approach combining surveys, interviews, focus groups, and content analysis, this research examines the extent of ethnic-based voting, the effectiveness of electoral reforms, and the role of civic education in mitigating ethnic po

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Navarro, Vicente. "The Politics of Health Care Reforms in U.S. Presidential Elections." International Journal of Health Services 38, no. 4 (2008): 597–606. http://dx.doi.org/10.2190/hs.38.4.a.

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This article analyzes why people in the United States have major problems in accessing medical care that are due to financial constraints. The author suggests that the cause of these problems is the way in which medical care and elections are funded in the United States, with private sources being the largest component in the funding of both activities. The article includes a comparison of funding of the electoral process in the United States with similar electoral processes in the countries of the European Union, and postulates that privatization of the funding of U.S. elections (primary and

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BRADY, DAVID, and JONGRYN MO. "Electoral Systems and Institutional Choice." Comparative Political Studies 24, no. 4 (1992): 405–29. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0010414092024004001.

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This article shows how the ruling party of Korea, the DJP, chose and implemented a strategy to win the 13th National Assembly election of 1988 and explains why that strategy failed. In addition, this election is analyzed in a more general context. The authors find, for example that the preference of a party over electoral systems is determined by the spatial distribution of its votes and that the choice of an electoral system is the outcome of a bargaining process among the parties. In the context of democratization, the Korean experience shows that the democratic reform policies of an authori

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Piattoni, Simona, and Matteo Fabio Nels Giglioli. "Does Changing Electoral Systems Affect (Corrupt) Particularistic Exchanges? Evidence from the Italian Case." Politics and Governance 8, no. 2 (2020): 78–91. http://dx.doi.org/10.17645/pag.v8i2.2913.

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The literature on forms of particularism explores the impact of institutional variables on what is denoted, alternatively, as constituency service, pork-barrel politics, or corruption. Attention has mostly been given to electoral systems, but other institutional provisions and political factors, such as party strength, are also relevant. The present contribution investigates the likely effects of electoral reforms on corruption control and seeks confirmation of the hypothesis that single member plurality (even within mixed member) systems are conducive to a type of particularism that might hel

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Gilligan, Thomas W. "Money and Politics in the Current Contemporary Congress." Business and Politics 2, no. 1 (2000): 5–7. http://dx.doi.org/10.2202/1469-3569.1000.

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Campaign finance reform is the subject of ongoing public policy debates in many modern democratic societies. In the United States, individuals and interest groups from across the ideological spectrum have proposed or embraced a variety of campaign finance reforms in attempts to alter the electoral landscape. At least one recent presidential candidate highlighted the issue of campaign finance reform which appear to resonate with voters, as part of a broader strategy to secure his party's nomination. Many of these reforms propose to alter the sources and uses of financial resources in Congressio

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Bali, Valentina A., and Brian D. Silver. "Politics, Race, and American State Electoral Reforms after Election 2000." State Politics & Policy Quarterly 6, no. 1 (2006): 21–48. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/153244000600600102.

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Li, Pang-kwong, and David Newman. "Give and Take: Electoral Politics in Transitional Hong Kong." Asian Perspective 21, no. 1 (1997): 213–32. http://dx.doi.org/10.1353/apr.1997.a921141.

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Abstract: On September 17, 1995 the people of Hong Kong voted for the first fully elected legislature. The electoral system, introduced by the British over the prior eighteen months differed substantially from that used in the 1991 election. Both are likely to differ from that adopted by the Preparatory Committee charged with adopting the rules for electing the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region’s first elected legislature. The changes in the electoral system between 1991 and 1995 do not appear to have changed the overall results of the 1995 election. This paper examines the various elect

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Dr., Y. Janardhana Reddy. "An Exploration into the Hindrance and Provocation of Electoral Reforms in India"." International Journal of Advance and Applied Research 4, no. 16 (2023): 56–60. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7939820.

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India is the most populous democracy in the world, and elections there are always free and impartial. The core of India's democratic system is evidenced by fair elections, attended by the largest electorate in the world. In order to protect the basic values of democracy, a free and fair election process with increased citizen participation is needed in this dynamic scenario. But the taint of corrupt practices eclipses the moonbeams of our electoral process. Today, the question of electoral reform arises in the context of the progressive deterioration of electoral politics and the urgent ne

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Hiwatari, Nobuhiro. "Japan in 2005: Koizumi's Finest Hour." Asian Survey 46, no. 1 (2006): 22–36. http://dx.doi.org/10.1525/as.2006.46.1.22.

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The year 2005 was Prime Minster Koizumi's finest hour. He engineered an extraordinary electoral landslide that destroyed opponents who had been gaining strength in response to his recalcitrance on Yasukuni Shrine visits and the confrontational handling of postal privatization, the centerpiece of his reforms. After Koizumi's electoral victory, he passed postal reform, made another visit to Yasukuni, and broke the ““old”” Liberal Democractic Party as he had promised five years ago, proving wrong those who had dismissed his reforms as illusionary and the promise as rhetorical. The stage is set fo

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Mathe, Limukani. "Party nominee or independent candidate? Examining Electoral Reforms and the Use of Digital Technologies for Voter Participation in South Africa." Journal of African Elections 20, no. 2 (2021): 120–40. http://dx.doi.org/10.20940/jae/2021/v20i2a7.

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This article discusses electoral reforms and the use of digital technologies for voter participation in South Africa. The study employed focus group discussions and in-depth interviews through semi-structured questions to engage with voters and politicians. Informed by theories on politics and technology, the articles notes that the current electoral system has advantages and disadvantages, though it can be enhanced by the inclusion of a mixed proportional or constituency-based electoral system whereby voters elect political party candidates or independent candidates to represent their constit

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Mathe, Limukani. "Party nominee or independent candidate? Examining Electoral Reforms and the Use of Digital Technologies for Voter Participation in South Africa." Journal of African Elections 20, no. 2 (2021): 120–40. http://dx.doi.org/10.20940/jae/2021/v20i2a7.

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This article discusses electoral reforms and the use of digital technologies for voter participation in South Africa. The study employed focus group discussions and in-depth interviews through semi-structured questions to engage with voters and politicians. Informed by theories on politics and technology, the articles notes that the current electoral system has advantages and disadvantages, though it can be enhanced by the inclusion of a mixed proportional or constituency-based electoral system whereby voters elect political party candidates or independent candidates to represent their constit

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Basile, Linda. "The ‘(party) politics of attention.’ Party competition and decentralist reforms: the Italian case." Italian Political Science Review/Rivista Italiana di Scienza Politica 48, no. 3 (2018): 345–63. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/ipo.2018.14.

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AbstractThis paper sheds light on the role played by political parties in influencing policy change, by connecting literature on party competition and agenda-setting and focusing on a single-issue domain, namely decentralization in Italy from 1948 to 2013. The article argues that major decentralist reforms usually followed electoral campaigns in which most parties focused attention on the issue. Such shifts in attention are caused by, among other things, the issue entrepreneurship activity undertaken by individual parties that are trying to influence the party system agenda and obtain electora

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Nyblade, Benjamin. "Japanese Party Politics at a Crossroads?" Journal of Asian Studies 74, no. 2 (2015): 443–47. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s002191181500008x.

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In 2009, the long-ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) of Japan, which had successfully formed governments either alone or as the largest partner in a coalition government for all but a single year since 1955, suffered a devastating electoral defeat when the opposition Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) won nearly two-thirds of the seats available in the House of Representatives. The landslide DPJ victory was seen by many commentators and academics as the culmination of a decade-long trend toward two-party politics, driven in large part by party and voter adaptation to the electoral reforms of t

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Kasera, Odhiambo Alphonce, and Thomas Otieno Juma. "Information and communication technology [ICT] has not resolved the crisis of electoral integrity in Africa, it has digitized it." African Quarterly Social Science Review 2, no. 2 (2025): 391–408. https://doi.org/10.51867/aqssr.2.2.34.

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The push by international organizations and the donor community for the digitization of electoral systems in Africa has largely been framed within economic and normative rationalities both of which aim to improve transparency and efficiency in electoral governance, key instruments for electoral integrity. This paper focuses on the disjunction between the normative and economic promises of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) in electoral governance and the politics of their practical application in Africa. Employing Policy Diffusion Theory (PDT) and interpretive qualitative method

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Z., Rodrigo Mardones. "The Congressional Politics of Decentralization." Comparative Political Studies 40, no. 3 (2007): 333–58. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0010414006290108.

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This article explains why legislators in a centralized polity support decentralizing laws. Using Chile as a case study, it assesses two standard explanations for this support: party nomination procedures, which is disregarded; and electoral strategies, which is accepted. A novel finding is that party ideology is also a predictor of support for decentralization, with parties of the Right less likely to offer it. The author also argues that a legislator with a sub-national rather than national background is more likely to back such reforms in an attempt to enhance his or her reputation within th

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Dr. Rizwan Ullah Kokab, Dr. Ali Shan Shah, and Tariq Aziz. "Second Constituent Assembly of Pakistan: Politics for Dissolution of Former Assembly and Electoral Regulations for New Assembly." sjesr 3, no. 3 (2020): 49–57. http://dx.doi.org/10.36902/sjesr-vol3-iss3-2020(49-57).

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One part of this paper uncovers how the politics around the demands for the dissolution and re-election of the Constituent Assembly of Pakistan took place subsequent to the elections for the country’s provincial legislatures, especially in East Pakistan. Following the dissolution of the Assembly, Pakistan was tangled into a political quagmire about the election of the successor of the Constituent Assembly. The politics around pre-election legislation to resolve this predicament is recorded in the second part of the study. The British archival record makes the most of source material of this st

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Dr. Rohitas Meena and Sujeet Kumar Jha. "An Analytical Study of Electoral Reforms and Role of Election Commission in Indian Democracy." International Journal of Scientific Research in Humanities and Social Sciences 2, no. 4 (2025): 09–12. https://doi.org/10.32628/ijsrhss25242.

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Elections are the cornerstone of any democratic system, enabling citizens to choose their representatives and hold them accountable. As the world’s largest democracy, India presents a unique electoral landscape shaped by its vast population, complex social structure, and the most extensive written constitution globally. The Election Commission of India (ECI), an autonomous constitutional authority, is entrusted with administering, supervising, and conducting free and fair elections at both the state and national levels. This paper explores the evolving nature of electoral reforms in India and

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Copsey, Nathaniel. "Popular Politics and the Ukrainian Presidential Election of 2004." Politics 25, no. 2 (2005): 99–106. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9256.2005.00234.x.

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Ukraine's Orange Revolution in 2004 upset the consensus amongst political scientists about Ukrainian voter behaviour, challenging the notion of voter passivity. Careful pre-election planning that anticipated falsification of the ballot brought protesters to Kyiv rapidly. Sustained and overwhelming pressure from protesters eventually forced through constitutional and electoral reforms that led to the democratic resolution of the crisis.

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Christensen, Ray. "An Analysis of the 2005 Japanese General Election: Will Koizumi's Political Reforms Endure?" Asian Survey 46, no. 4 (2006): 497–516. http://dx.doi.org/10.1525/as.2006.46.4.497.

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Japan's Prime Minister Koizumi Junichiro has attempted to reform both Japan's economy and the ruling Liberal Democratic Party. Despite his party's landslide victory in the 2005 election, Koizumi's political reforms are unlikely to have a lasting impact on either party or electoral politics.

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Charvát, Jakub. "Temptation of the “Powerful”: The politics of electoral reform in Central Europe in post-transitional period." Slovak Journal of Political Sciences 16, no. 4 (2016): 353–68. http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/sjps-2016-0017.

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Abstract The paper explores and analyses processes of electoral reforms in selected Central European countries (the Czech Republic, Hungary, Slovakia, and Slovenia) in post-transitional period. The qualitative analysis focuses “only” on the enacted changes in electoral systems and its purpose is not to evaluate the impact and political consequences of individual changes but rather to concentrate, through a theoretically-informed detailed contextual analysis, on the electoral reform process itself. It is therefore concerned with contextual factors affecting, underlying, initiating and/or contro

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Sokół, Wojciech. "Politics of electoral reforms in Ukraine in the years 1990–2014." Wschód Europy. Studia humanistyczno-społeczne 1, no. 2 (2016): 71. http://dx.doi.org/10.17951/we.2015.1.2.71.

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Long, Simon. "Taiwan's National Assembly Elections." China Quarterly 129 (March 1992): 216–28. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0305741000041308.

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The elections held on 21 December in Taiwan for seats in the National Assembly were unprecedented in a number of respects. But they prolonged the more than 40 years of overwhelming dominance of the island's politics by the ruling Kuomintang (KMT). They represented a huge leap towards a genuinely pluralist political system in Taiwan, but were marred by electoral malpractice, and distorted by the prominence of the “independence” issue, and the intervention of Beijing leaders.

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Holman, Christopher. "Reconsidering the Citizens' Assembly on Electoral Reform Phenomena: Castoriadis and Radical Citizen Democracy." New Political Science 35, no. 2 (2013): 203–26. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/07393148.2013.790710.

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Ward, Ian. "An Experiment in Political Communication: The British Columbia Citizens' Assembly on Electoral Reform." Australian Journal of Political Science 43, no. 2 (2008): 301–15. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10361140802035796.

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Ogedengbe, John Afolabi. "Electoral Reforms for Inclusive Representation: Accessing The Legal Rights of Minority in Nigerian Politics." Constitutionale 5, no. 2 (2025): 123–36. https://doi.org/10.25041/constitutionale.v5i2.3496.

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Nigeria as a multi ethnic society is repeatedly plagued with the cries for more inclusive representation and participation from minority groups. An attempt in creating a more balanced perception of inclusiveness has produced the federal character principle which is to be applied in political appointments and across federal agencies with the aim at addressing ethnic-related concerns. Despite this step taken in curing this supposed biased, there still remains unsatisfied clamors for more inclusive representation by other minority groups in politics. This article aims to critically examines the n

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