The Effect of Spatial Identity on the Spatial Distribution of VotesCase Study: Miandoab, ShahinDej and Takab Constituencies

Humans are the source of meaning and identity for place with an attitude to their set of beliefs and actions, and make decisions for their habitat based on their spatial dependence. Voting as a politico-spatial act is a manifestation of these decisions that relate to the identity and spatial belonging of individuals. Our experience of elections on a national scale in the country shows that there is a correlation between the spatial sense of place of individuals and the bias in candidates’ votes in the concept of Hometown votes in many constituencies. The present paper, which the required inputs (data and information) were collected using a library method, is of a descriptive-analytical nature and is based on the assumption that the spatial distribution of votes in the Miandoab, ShahinDej and Takab constituencies is a function of and voters’ identity sense of place (Hometown votes). The Results showed that the spatial distribution of the vote is a function of the spatial identity of number of holders of voting rights in these constituencies. This mean, spatial identity has been effective in spatial distribution of votes and direction of the Hometown votes of the candidates of these constituencies (Miandoab, Shahin Dezh and Takab).