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Closed-list proportional representation in Russia The fates of former district deputies

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This work considers how a ruling party in an increasingly authoritarian regime utilizes legislative electoral system changes. It argues that the placement of former district deputies on the list of Russia’s ruling party after the move to a PR-only system reflected an interest in expanding its presence in the countryside as well as the attractiveness of the ruling party to the former district deputies themselves. It submits that both the party’s willingness to place former district deputies on its list and the willingness of the deputies to accept positions should vary by previous party affiliations, yielding predictable patterns in the aggregate. In terms of list ranking, it finds that the ruling party’s district deputies received significantly better placement than previously independent deputies, but not better placement than district deputies who made the list but had competed under a different party label in the previous election.

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Party Politics

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Thousand Oaks : Sage Publications., 2015

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English

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1354-0688

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Volume 21, Number 3 May 2015, pages 381-392

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Russia
authoritarianism
electoral systems
Geographic organization

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