Electoral fraud is less common in proportional representation systems than it is in plurality systems

Lehoucq, Fabrice and Kolev, Kiril (2015) Electoral fraud is less common in proportional representation systems than it is in plurality systems. Democratic Audit Blog (19 May 2015). Blog Entry.

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Abstract

What impact does the electoral system in use have on levels of electoral quality and fraud? Fabrice Lehoucq and Kiril Kolev share research which shows that plurality electoral systems lead to more ballot rigging than do proportional systems, that plurality systems are associated with inferior election quality in the Quality of Elections Database, and that electoral formulae have as much impact as social structure on whether elections are free and fair.

Item Type:	Online resource (Blog Entry)
Official URL:	http://www.democraticaudit.com
Additional Information:	© 2015 The Authors
Divisions:	LSE
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > HA Statistics H Social Sciences > HV Social pathology. Social and public welfare. Criminology J Political Science > JA Political science (General) J Political Science > JC Political theory J Political Science > JF Political institutions (General)
Date Deposited:	25 Jun 2015 09:41
Last Modified:	14 Sep 2024 02:16
URI:	http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/62453

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