Abstract
The majority runoff formula is employed by a multitude of countries to elect executives and legislators at the national and subnational levels. This study examines the impact of racial heterogeneity on the number of effective candidates in majority runoff elections employing data from Louisiana House of Representatives elections. This is the first district level test of the emerging theory that the effective number of candidates and parties in a polity is the product of an interactive relationship between electoral laws and social heterogeneity. Using a much larger data set with more reliable data and valid measures than previous studies, I find that the level of racial heterogeneity in the House districts does indeed have a significant positive impact on the effective number of candidates in the House elections.
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