Publication Type
Journal Article
Version
acceptedVersion
Publication Date
8-2017
Abstract
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.
Keywords
Candidate characteristics, Incumbency advantage, Indonesia, Open list proportional representation
Discipline
Asian Studies | Political Science
Research Areas
Political Science
Publication
Electoral Studies
Volume
48
First Page
111
Last Page
120
ISSN
0261-3794
Identifier
10.1016/j.electstud.2017.06.002
Publisher
Elsevier
Citation
DETTMAN, Sebastian Carl, PEPINSKY, Thomas B., & PIERSKALLA, Jan H..(2017). Incumbency advantage and candidate characteristics in open-list proportional representation systems: Evidence from Indonesia. Electoral Studies, 48, 111-120.
Available at: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soss_research/3124
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Authors
Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 International License.
Additional URL
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.electstud.2017.06.002