Qualitative Meta – Analysis of Voting Behavior Studies in Iran: 1982 – 2018

The voting depends on the voters behavior. The behavior of Iranian voters have been interested in many researchers. The multiplicity and distribution of the studies has led to the present study to identify, classify and evaluate studies in this area of research for the first time in Iran under the title of voting behavior studies. The current study has utilized the qualitative Meta-Analysis method. The sample includes articles that have been published in databases of NOORMAGZ, SID and MAGIRAN from 1981 to 2018. During the review process, 131 articles were identified and finally, 35 of them were included to the secondary evaluation. The findings indicated that the 2011s, has been a turning point in studies of voting behavior in Iran. The men had the largest collaboration. The 10th parliament election was the most studied and the city of Tehran and ordinary voters, respectively, dedicated as the most of the field and case studies. The sociological factors have been identified as the most influential factors on Iranian voting behavior. On the base of content criteria, electoral cases of Assembly of Experts of Leadership, village councils and, the southern and eastern provinces have been ignored in these studies.