Study of the Impact of the Feeling of Social Justice on the Rate of Electoral Participation (Case study of Mazandaran province in 2020)

Subject Areas : Journal of Iranian Social Development Studies

ab asgtiani ¹ , مجید رادفر ² , aboalghasem heidarabadi ³

1 - s.b
2 - m.k
3 - babol

Received: 2020-04-26 Accepted : 2020-10-24 Published : 2021-11-22

Keywords: Social Justice, electoral participation, distributive justice, Procedural Justice,

Abstract :

Political participation and the presence of the people in elections are one of the most important legitimizing factors for different political systems. Numerous factors can affect the participation of the electorate and affect its performance. One of these factors is social justice. Therefore, the research was conducted with the aim of influencing social justice on electoral participation. The research method was survey and the information was collected using the questionnaire. The statistical population included people over 15 years of age in the cities of Mazandaran province. The sampling method for multi-stage clusters and sample size is 384 according to Cochran's formula.The results show that the average electoral turnout is too moderate and equal to 2.34. There is a positive and direct relationship between social justice and electoral turnout with a correlation of 0.522. As social justice increases, so does electoral participation. We can also see a positive relationship between the components of social justice and electoral participation. Among the dimensions of social justice, the distributive justice dimension has the most correlation with electoral participation. The result is that in order to increase the electoral participation among the citizens of Mazandaran, special attention should be paid to social justice and its dimensions, and most importantly, distributive justice, and conditions should be provided for increasing distributive justice in society.