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The Two Effects of District Magnitude: Venezuela as a Crucial Experiment

European Journal of Political Research, 1985
Abstract Following Duverger, low district magnitude (low number of seats per electoral district) produces a mechanical effect, the underrepresentation of small parties, and a psychological effect, discouraging voters from voting for small parties. The two effects usually occur together and cannot be tested separately.
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Constituency Diversity, District Magnitude and Voter Co-ordination

British Journal of Political Science, 2016
Why are voters in some electoral constituencies able to successfully co-ordinate their balloting decisions on viable party offerings, while those in other constituencies are not? Prior work on voter co-ordination failures has focused on institutional and elite-level explanations.
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District Magnitude and Legislators’ Personal Vote-Seeking

2009
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Audrey, André, Depauw, Sam, Deschouwer, Kris   +2 more
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District magnitude and electoral turnout: A macro-level global analysis

Acta Politica, 2013
The conventional wisdom assumes a positive relationship between a country’s district size and its electoral turnout. However, recently, this ‘rule’ in electoral politics has been questioned on several occasions. Trying to resolve these discrepancies, this article aims to comprehensively examine the link between the two concepts.
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District Magnitude’s Effect on Political Minorities’ Representation

Journal of Northeast Asian Studies, 2023
Wonbin Cho, Narae Kim
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Impact of Change in Electoral District Magnitude on Multipartism

2020
The aim of the study is to analyze the relation between electoral district magnitude and multipartism in accordance with the election results of 1 November 2015 and 24 June 2018. With the approval of the Constitutional referendum which was held on 16 April 2017, the number of the members of parliament in Turkey increased from 550 to 600.
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Legislators’ Local Roots: Personal Vote-Earning Attributes and District Magnitude

2010
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Audrey, André, Depauw, Sam
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District magnitude, electoral coordination, and legislative fragmentation

Journal of Elections, Public Opinion and Parties, 2023
Patrick Cunha Silva
exaly  

District Magnitude

2011
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The effect of district magnitude on turnout: Quasi-experimental evidence from nonpartisan elections under SNTV

Party Politics, 2019
Taishi Muraoka, Joan Barceló
exaly