Сonstitutional Regulation of Elections in the Countries of East and South-East Asia: Comparative Analysis of the Coefficient of the Legislator’s Interest

Abstract

The territorial framework of the study includes the constitutions of the countries of East and South-East Asia. The comparative analysis of articles of constitutions of these countries devoted to elections is presented, the main directions of constitutional and legal regulation of elections are analyzed. The main attention in the article is paid to solving the question of which countries’ constitutions show the greatest and least interest in electoral norms. It is established that a simple comparison of the number of articles of the constitution that are devoted to elections does not accurately reflect the degree of interest of the legislator. The author’s method of calculation is proposed, designated as the «Coefficient of legislator’s interest» (CLI). CLI represents the share of articles on elections in the total number of articles of a specific Constitution. It has been established that the largest CLI in the region characterizes the Constitution of Mongolia. The conclusion is made that the CLI indicator can serve as one of the elements of the characteristics of the Constitution of any state, as well as a tool for comparative analysis of legislative acts of different countries, as well as acts adopted at different times.