Geographical Analysis of Electoral Behaviors in the Elections of the Islamic Consultative Assembly (Case Study of the Ninth Election of Gilan Province)

The study of electoral behaviors is one of the important issues in political geography, which shows the course of popular participation in the field of macro decision-making using geographical structures. Always explaining how the election campaigns from the campaign to after the vote can reflect the behaviors and frameworks accepted by citizens in public participation. Therefore, researchers in the field of geopolitics try to find a significant relationship between the number of votes of candidates and the geographical environment of their activities and also examine the existing political spectrums in their success or failure. The analysis of the electoral behaviors of the citizens of Gilan in the ninth term of the Islamic Consultative Assembly elections and the stance of the political spectrum on this issue show the role of some political groups and currents in the country. In terms of the support of political groups, it can explain the electoral behaviors of the citizens of Gilan. This applied research with descriptive and analytical methods and statistical comparisons examines the nature of electoral behaviors of Gilan citizens in the ninth term of the Islamic Consultative Assembly and tries to answer the question that the electoral behaviors of Gilan voters in the ninth term of the Islamic Consultative Assembly Elections Which theory of electoral behavior does it agree with? Therefore, the results indicate that the electoral behaviors of Gilan voters are consistent with the pattern of rational selection and functionalism of candidates.