Electoral Manipulations and Fraud in Parliamentary Elections

Autor:	Maksym Kovalov
Rok vydání:	2014
Předmět:	Sociology and Political Science Electoral system Proportional representation media_common.quotation_subject Authoritarianism Opposition (politics) ComputingMilieux_LEGALASPECTSOFCOMPUTING Electoral fraud Crowding out Democracy Law General election Political science Political economy media_common
Zdroj:	East European Politics and Societies: and Cultures. 28:781-807
ISSN:	1533-8371 0888-3254
DOI:	10.1177/0888325414545671
Popis:	This study examines the mechanisms through which the ruling party won a plurality of votes using a combination of legal changes and manipulative practices during the 2012 parliamentary election in Ukraine. Legal changes in electoral rules—the replacement of proportional representation to a mixed system—helped the ruling party weaken the opposition parties. These changes enabled the ruling party to engage in manipulation and fraud during campaigning and on election day by suppressing competition, crowding out the races with “technical” parties and “clone” candidates, and manipulating the composition of electoral commissions. The change of electoral system also enabled outright fraud on election day. A combination of these techniques disrupted both the contestation and participation dimensions of democracy, effectively pushing Ukraine into a state of competitive authoritarianism.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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