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- Title
The MP Renomination Indicator: A Measure of Elite Continuity and its Importance for Legislative Research.
- Authors
Gherghina, Sergiu
- Abstract
The literature on legislatures has devoted extensive space to those Members of Parliament (MPs)whoreturn to parliament. Sofar, less attention hasbeenpaid to the number of incumbents who get renominated, a category that includes also those whofail to gain reelection. To empirically examinehowmany MPs get renominated, we need an adequate indicator. This article presents a measure for the legislative renomination at a party level. It accounts for the number of incumbents, number of candidates and party size. The indicator allows for comparisons across parties and over time. Its greatest asset lies in the broad applicability to all types of elections irrespective of contextual or competition factors.
- Subjects
NOMINATIONS for public office; ELECTION law; LEGISLATORS; STATESMEN; ELITE (Social sciences)
- Publication
Parliamentary Affairs, 2015, Vol 68, Issue 2, p393
- ISSN
0031-2290
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1093/pa/gst034