Incumbency Turnover of Local Government Councillors in Malawi

IF 0.9 4区社会学 Q3 POLITICAL SCIENCE

Politikon Pub Date : 2021-10-02 DOI:10.1080/02589346.2021.1998744

A. Chiweza, J. Chunga, Charles Chunga

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Abstract

ABSTRACT Since Malawi adopted democratisation in 1994, local government elections have been erratic. To date, only three rounds of local government elections have been conducted against six rounds of Presidential and Parliamentary elections. The first local government elections took place in 2000. When the first term of office expired in 2005, local government councils were dissolved. Thereafter, local government elections were postponed for a variety of reasons, until 2014 when the country conducted its first tripartite elections. The most recent local government elections took place in 2019 and have seen a huge turnover rate for incumbent councillors. This paper draws from the 2014 and 2019 elections data and Afrobarometer round 7 survey data, to explore the extent, origins and drivers of the 2019 councillor incumbency turnover rate under a single-member district electoral system. Are voters expressing dissatisfaction with these representatives as has been argued about Members of Parliament, or does this high turnover have other origins?

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马拉维地方政府议员的现职更替

摘要马拉维自1994年实行民主化以来，地方政府选举一直不稳定。迄今为止，地方政府选举只进行了三轮，而总统和议会选举则进行了六轮。第一次地方政府选举于2000年举行。2005年第一届任期届满时，地方政府委员会解散。此后，地方政府选举因各种原因被推迟，直到2014年该国首次举行三方选举。最近一次地方政府选举发生在2019年，现任议员的更替率很高。本文利用2014年和2019年的选举数据以及Afrobarometer第7轮调查数据，探讨在单一成员区选举制度下，2019年议员在职更替率的程度、起源和驱动因素。选民是否像对国会议员的争论一样对这些代表表示不满，还是这种高更替率有其他原因？

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Politikon POLITICAL SCIENCE-

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1.90

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32 weeks

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