Geographical analysis of the participation rate in the parliamentary elections of Diyala Governorate for the year 2021

10.2478/bjlp-2023-00000267

Abstract

The issue of electoral participation is one of the most important topics that have an important and clear impact on the manner and legitimacy of the transfer of power, until it became a phenomenon based on the cultural and political awareness of the voters. The study dealt with the participation rate in the elections in the international, second, third and fourth constituencies, as the study concluded that the voter turned out amounted to 44.1% throughout Diyala governorate, i.e. 55.9% of the voters did not cast their votes in the elections for the year 2021, and the number of voters reached Voters 462,913 out of a total of 1,047,767 voters, and the participation rates also varied in the four constituencies, with the highest percentage of voting in the third constituency reaching 48.5% , with a number of votes amounting to 111,174 voters out of a total of 229,083 voters. Voters, while the participation rate in the first constituency was 44.2%, the second constituency 41.8%, the third constituency 48.5%, and the fourth constituency 42% of the total number of voters. The clan has an important impact in supporting its candidates who fall under the banner of the clan or tribe and abide by its promises away from the principle of electoral and national culture in choosing the fittest and most qualified regardless of political or clan affiliation. Clan affiliation was clearly and significantly affected, as their orientation in the voting process was based on loyalty to the tribe and clan, and this appeared through the great voting support for some candidates by the clan chief and his sons. Human factors also had a clear influence on the voters' behavior in terms of choosing the candidate or even his electoral participation. lack thereof .