Participation ratios are falling further from previous electoral entitlements in Iraq, which gives an indication that there is dissatisfaction on the part of most voters, who seek to punish politicians through boycotting the elections, believing that boycotting the electoral process would deprive candidates of winning or rising to the threshold of political representation or that it would result in the illegitimacy of the elections and thus the loss of all candidates or their votes won’t make a difference; because of the thought that the same candidates would win and repeat the same policies without any significant change.
Participation in the elections is one of the most important elements of the success of the democratic process and gives credibility to the culture and awareness of society and gives credibility to the political representation of the winning blocs or figures in the elections. There is no doubt that all these things happen if the electoral system is a fair system with the equal competition. Let us agree that there is no ideal electoral system in the world. Each electoral system has advantages and disadvantages, but electoral systems are more appropriate depending on the political, societal, and cultural nature of States.
