Incumbency advantage and candidate characteristics in open-list proportional representation systems: Evidence from Indonesia |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Department of Government, Cornell University, USA;2. Department of Political Science, The Ohio State University, USA;1. University of Maryland, United States;2. Universidade de Estado de Rio de Janeiro, Brazil;3. Universidade de Sao paulo, Brazil;1. Embassy of Japan in Malaysia, No, 11 Persiaran Stonor, off Jalan Tun Razak, 50450 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia;2. Faculty of Political Science, Thammasat University, 2 Taprajan Road, Bangkok 10200, Thailand |
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| 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. |
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| Keywords: | Incumbency advantage Open list proportional representation Candidate characteristics Indonesia |
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