Local Electoral Concentration Index, how to locate electoral strongholds in municipalities?

• Grant number: 24/09433-1
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Scientific Initiation
• Start date: July 01, 2024
• End date: January 31, 2025
• Field of knowledge: Humanities - Political Science - Political Behavior
• Principal Investigator: George Avelino Filho
• Grantee: Theo Fleider
• Host Institution: Escola de Administração de Empresas de São Paulo (EAESP). Fundação Getúlio Vargas (FGV). São Paulo , SP, Brazil
• Associated research grant: 19/27645-8 - Electoral strategies and public policies: what is the importance of municipalities?, AP.TEM

Abstract

Avelino et al. (2011 and 2016) present a trajectory analysis ofelectoral performance of federal deputies related to concentration patternselectoral. Concentration is measured by an index proposed by the same authors. The index is calculated from electoral data grouped by states and municipalities and byThis identifies municipalities where a candidate has or does not have a concentration of votes, butIt is not possible to say in which region of the municipality these votes are concentrated. The research project in question proposes the development of a methodology for calculatingof intra-municipal electoral concentration