Explaining the situational and structural factors affecting voting behavior Emphasizing the Structural-Functional Theory of Gabriel Almond

Election participation has a special place in the political sociology debate in general and in the electoral sociology in particular. Elective behavior analysis is one of the most important tasks of electoral sociology that researchers will be able to select different electoral models for analyzing behavior choices. The purpose of the present research is to find that "what is the most important factors in the conduct of a voting behavior in elections are based on Gabriel Almond's Structural-Functional Theory". The results show that a set of situational factors along with a set of structural factors can be considered as one of the most important factors in voting process. Although in remote areas and less developed regions, economically and socially, the outcome of the election is still more than that of the rational-bureaucratic components; the emotional nature of ethnic interest and tribal.

Political Culture, Political Participatory, Civic society, Parties.