Research Letter of Political Science

Comparison of Macro-social, political and economic indicators with the participation rate of ethnic provinces in the Iranian presidential elections; (Case study: Sistan and Baluchestan and Golestan provinces)

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Document Type : Research Paper

Authors

Yser Rajabzadeh 1
Mohammad Babaei 2
Mojtaba Maghsoudi 3

1 Department of Political Science . Faculty of Law and Political Science. Kharazmi University

2 Associate Professor, Department of Political Science, Kharazmi University, Tehran, Iran.

3 Professor, Department of Political Science, Islamic Azad University. Central Tehran Branch. Tehran. Iran

10.22034/ipsa.2026.563
Abstract
The aim of the research is to identify Macro- factors affecting the political participation of people in ethnic provinces in the presidential elections of Iran. Identifying these factors leads to a more realistic understanding of the fluctuations in the participation in those provinces.The research has analyzed the participation and explained the impact of internal and external factors affecting it in Sistan and Baluchestan and Golestan with a descriptive-analytical approach. The research data has also been collected using documentary methods and analyzed using a descriptive-analytical method . The findings regarding the political index showed that political events can affect the fluctuations in the participation rate, but the growth rate of general literacy alone does not explain the increase or decrease in participation in these two provinces. Regarding social indicators, the relationship between gender and the rate of participation in the elections of the two provinces is not significant, but the relationship between the rate of urbanization growth and the rate of participation in the two mentioned provinces is significant. Regarding economic variables, although in some periods we can see a direct relationship between the unemployment rate and the participation rate, this pattern is not necessarily and always repeatable; according to the findings, the unemployment variable and its rate had an indirect effect on the rate of participation in the presidential elections. At the same time, the research findings showed that economic and identity variables played a greater role than other factors in the rate of participation of the two ethnic provinces.

Keywords

Presidential elections
political participation
ethnicity
Sistan and Baluchestan
Golestan
Subjects
Research Letter of Political Science

Articles in Press, Accepted Manuscript
Available Online from 21 July 2026

  • Receive Date 17 February 2026
  • Revise Date 06 May 2026
  • Accept Date 02 June 2026

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