Year: 2014
Type: conference-paper
Abstract: Based on a dataset of party candidates from 488 party lists for seven elections of the Belgian Lower House , this contribution analyzes the effects of district magnitude, gender representation and candidate selection methods on the level of geographical representation on party lists.The results show that higher district magnitude leads to more dominant large municipality candidates on realistic list positions.Decentralized and inclusive candidate selection methods, however, increase the number of municipalities on the list and, as a result, the overall inclusiveness of party lists.Finally, a higher number of candidate list slots guarantees the inclusion of geographic minority candidates, but also strengthens the dominance of large municipality candidates on realistic positions.
Source: Lirias
Author: Gert-Jan Put
Language: English
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
SDG: Reduced inequalities
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2289559454