Die politischen Konsequenzen der niedrigen Wahlbeteiligung bei der Europawahl 2009

Cees Van Der Eijk; Hermann Schmitt; Eliyahu V. Sapir

doi:10.1007/s11615-010-0038-4

Die politischen Konsequenzen der niedrigen Wahlbeteiligung bei der Europawahl 2009

Translated title of the contribution: Political consequences of low turnout in the 2009 European Parliament elections

Cees Van Der Eijk, Hermann Schmitt, Eliyahu V. Sapir

Politics

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Abstract

If electoral abstention is linked to party preferences, low turnout-as witnessed in European Parliament elections-may hurt some parties and benefit others. In order to assess this possibility, we compare, in the member states of the EU, parties' vote shares in the 2009 European Parliament elections with the results that would have been obtained had turnout reached the level of national general elections. We find that the effects of low turnout are minimal, and that-except for a single seat-higher turnout would not have resulted in a different composition of the European Parliament. © VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften 2010.

Translated title of the contribution	Political consequences of low turnout in the 2009 European Parliament elections
Original language	German
Pages (from-to)	605-617
Number of pages	12
Journal	Politische Vierteljahresschrift
Volume	51
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s11615-010-0038-4
Publication status	Published - Dec 2010

Keywords

Abstention
European Parliament elections
Representation
Turnout
Turnout effects
Voting

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