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Turnout Drop in Times of Crisis? An enigma of the electoral turnout change in the 2022 parliamentary election in Sweden

  • Journal of the Scandinavian Society of Korea
  • Abbr : JSSK
  • 2022, (30), pp.75-103
  • Publisher : The Scandinavian Society of Korea
  • Research Area : Social Science > Area Studies > North Europe(Scandinavian)
  • Received : December 19, 2022
  • Accepted : January 12, 2023
  • Published : December 31, 2022

Yonhyok Choe 1 Elvis Bisong Tambe 1

1Linnaeus University

Accredited

ABSTRACT

The Swedish elections in 2022 made international headlines first because of the breakthrough of the Swedish Democrat. This far-right populist party is now the second largest party, but also because of the 3 per cent drop in the 2022 elections compared to the previous parliamentary election of 2018. Voter turnout is a strong indicator of functional democracy and essential for the legitimacy of the democratic system. Therefore, from a normative perspective, a small drop should be the cause of concern. The article, therefore, aims to explain this surprising drop. By relying on descriptive and exploratory statistics, our preliminary analysis confirms in times of crises, turnout became lower because of the negative impact of uncertainty and degenerated life conditions.

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