Incumbency advantage and candidate characteristics in open-list proportional representation systems: Evidence from Indonesia

• Autores: Sebastian Dettman, Thomas B. Pepinsky, Jan H. Pierskalla
• Localización: Electoral Studies: An international Journal, ISSN 0261-3794, Nº 48, 2017, págs. 111-120
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • We use evidence from Indonesia's April 2014 legislative elections to study the relationship between incumbency, list position, candidate characteristics, and electoral success in open-list PR systems. Contrary to a recent literature identifying an incumbency disadvantage in other large developing democracies, we identify a consistent personal incumbency advantage in Indonesia. However, we argue that this advantage is mediated by party choices over how incumbents and newcomers are ranked on party lists, a key heuristic for voters in low-information electoral environments such as Indonesia.