Investigating the relationship between elections and soft power, soft security and insecurity

One of the important dimensions of national security is its software dimension, which can be the result of soft power. Meanwhile, due to its soft security features and functions, elections can be a matter of security and one of the factors of security and insecurity. Accordingly, the present article, while defining and explaining the concepts of elections, soft power and soft security through a descriptive-analytical method, using written sources and studies, seeks to answer the question, how and how elections are produced. Does it create security or insecurity ?Findings showed that elections in the atmosphere of soft power and values, legitimacy of the political system, authority and efficiency of government, rule of law, democracy, institutionalized political participation, national cohesion, culture of competition and interaction and political capacity, etc. produce soft security And provides security. On the other hand, elections in the atmosphere of injuries and threats in various constituencies and contexts that can be the result of underlying, individual and behavioral causes and factors, laws and regulations and structure, cause soft threats and create insecurity.