Fragile democratic consolidation and the institutional role of the electoral process

The electoral process, through its main variables such like the voting turnout, voting vulnerability, stability of both electoral and governing coalitions and monitoring electoral violence etc., was actually able to reflect the indicators of this state of declining democratic consolidation, as it appeared in the low voting rates, the high rates of abstention and participation, the formation of electoral coalitions and campaigns to abstain from voting or writing the opposition’s demand on the ballot paper instead of voting for anyone. candidates, as well as the lack of cohesion of electoral coalitions and the instability of ruling party coalitions.
The most prominent obstacles facing the effectiveness of the institutional role of the electoral process in democratic consolidation are that the focus is on the results of elections as a mechanism for the consolidation of democracy through the transfer of power between different political parties, as indicated by the most widespread definition of consolidation
The academic attention was not given to the electoral process as a more comprehensive concept that includes multiple stages and many political parties that can work to strengthen the pillars of democratic building, not only through the period of preparing for and conducting elections and announcing their results, but working continuously and institutionally during the period between the two elections.
On the other hand, the effectiveness of the institutional role of the electoral process in democratic consolidation was not undermined by traditional factors such as the historical context and the transitional pattern that was reflected on the constitutional and legal framework, as much as the behavioral dimension of the main political parties to the electoral process affected, namely voters and political parties
Facing a real test of its ability to contain the crises of governance that the street ignited after failing to contain them before. In some cases, these democratic institutions even contributed to fueling them with the results they produced in previous entitlements.
There is a dilemma in the relationship of the electoral process with democratic consolidation, since long-term democratic stability is not linear, and that some indicators of democratic progress may underlie vulnerabilities that threaten to explode.
In other words, the stability and frequency of the electoral process did not contribute to consolidating democracy and moving forward in consolidating the pillars of democratic status.