Abstract

This article was written based on the analytical ideas of the theory chair at Allameh Tabatabai University after the elections of the 12th term of the Islamic Council elections on 02/22/1403 to answer the question why the participation in the 12th term of the Islamic Council elections was at its lowest level. In the years after the Islamic Revolution? The present article, using the interpretive hermeneutic method, using the researcher's biological experiences (who participated in the 8th and 10th sessions of the Islamic Council to describe and analyze the problem of participation reduction), tries to explain the role of religious democracy in the administration and control of society, in accordance with the values Check religion. The obtained results show that the decrease in participation in the elections of the 11th parliament is not a single cause and is a function of a combination of different causes and factors that are intertwined and influenced by each other in different domains and fields with different levels of influence. Ambiguities about the exact position, role and authority of the parliament in the constitution, reduction of public trust in the system, economic problems, lack of competition and elimination of some political currents, weak performance of the 11th parliament and lack of active participation of legislators for effective governance and maintaining the democratic legitimacy of representative institutions. can be counted