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April 17, 2026Party PoliticsOpen Access

District-level drivers of voter turnout: Evidence from a longitudinal study in Turkey

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TYTevfik Murat Yıldırım

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Overview

Longitudinal study examines voter turnout determinants in Turkey, suggesting local and institutional factors influence participation.

Key Points

  • The study aims to identify the factors influencing district-level voter turnout in Turkey across time and across different elections.
  • Analyzed a panel dataset covering all provinces across 18 general elections between 1950 and 2023.
  • Employed Mundlak regression to understand the impact of various predictors on voter turnout.
  • Examined the influence of compulsory voting, socioeconomic development, and electoral systems on turnout.
  • Higher turnout is associated with compulsory voting, socioeconomic development, and democratizing elections.
  • Political fragmentation and larger party systems are linked to lower voter turnout.
  • Elections held under majoritarian systems demonstrated higher turnout compared to those under proportional representation (PR) systems.
  • The 10% national electoral threshold contributed to a decrease in voter turnout in recent PR elections.

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Tevfik Murat Yıldırım (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69e1cfe05cdc762e9d858efehttps://doi.org/10.1177/13540688261441145
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