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"Voter Turnout in Flemish Municipal Elections" Kris Boschmans Benny Geys Rachel Okonkwo 1. Introduction Turnout rates tend to show considerable levels of variation over different geographical areas (over countries as well as states and municipalities within these countries). This has led to a vast amount of research effort in explaining these variations. Most of the literature concerning turnout and its determinants is concentrated in the United Kingdom and the United States. In this paper, we will investigate turnout variation among the Flemish municipalities and try to infer whether the same elements influence turnout in the same way under compulsory voting than when voting is not compulsory. Figure 1 shows the turnout percentages for the 307 of the 308 Flemish municipalities studied for the municipal elections of 1982, 1988, 1994 and 20001. On the horizontal axis are the turnout percentages, while on the vertical axis we represent the number of municipalities with a certain percentage turnout. It...

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