Identification and prioritization of static and dynamic rural electoral districts in Rasht city (1990-2010)

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MOHAMAD ESHGHY ¹ , Farhad Hamzeh ² , Shohreh Taj ³

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2 - Assistant Professor at Central Tehran Islamic Azad University
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Received: 2024-05-26 Accepted : 2024-07-30 Published : 2025-01-29

Keywords: Spatial flexibility, agile city, land-use diversity, urban resilience, sustainable development,

Abstract :

Introduction And Objectives: Political participation is a feature of people's sovereignty in elections, intervention in decision-making and the administration of the country's affairs, and the conscious and powerful participation of people in all social institutions. Participation in urban and rural elections, presidential elections, and the leadership experts and the Islamic Consultative Assembly are an active arm in society. As civil institutions, they play an important role among the people and in the development and organization of the country. Political participation in urban and rural elections is defined as the voluntary activity of members of society in choosing leaders and direct and indirect participation in policymaking. Elections, as a political behavior, represent a level of political participation in which each community and each individual in the community participates in support, reform, and change based on their political understanding of the geographical environment, and cedes part of the people's will to the government in the administration of affairs. Rural areas, as a population area, can play an important role in the fate of elections. Voting to determine the system, elections for the Islamic Consultative Assembly, the Presidency of the Assembly of Experts, the leadership and the Islamic Council of cities and villages, naturally, the political behavior and participation of political and administrative units at the country level have been different and have been a function of environmental, human conditions, etc. Guilan province, with its historical background (Forest Movement and Tudeh Party, etc.), with the city of Rasht as its administrative and political center, has been one of the active political centers in the country. The predominantly rural landscape in the region and the extensive and deep relations between the city and the village have formed an intertwined network of relations in different dimensions for this region. Methodology: The present study is applied in terms of its purpose and from the perspective of library and field methods. The average participation rate in Sangar district for the presidential elections was (65.48%) and in the Islamic Consultative Assembly elections (64.95%). Similarly, the central district had the highest participation rate in the presidential elections (61.53%) and in the Islamic Consultative Assembly elections (59.63%) during these two decades, indicating a dynamic in these districts. Results and Discussion: On the other hand, in the Khammam district, we have the lowest participation rate in the elections of the Experts of the Leadership (34.39%) and the Islamic Consultative Assembly (41.51%). On the other hand, the average participation rate in the rural districts of Rasht city is another criterion for measuring the dynamics and stability in the peripheral districts, as the participation rate in the presidential and Islamic Council elections in all districts except Khammam and Khoshkbijar districts was higher than the average participation rate, and in the elections of the Islamic Consultative Assembly and Experts of the Leadership (Khamam district) was lower than the average participation rate. Conclusion: According to the results obtained in this study, the Khammam and Khoshkbijar districts are among the peripheral static districts of Rasht city, and the Sangar, Markazi, Lasht-e-Nasha, and Kouch-e-Safhan districts have better dynamic priority than each other, respectively.