different stages of democracy among provinces

The authors try to see different stages of democracy by setting an imaginary line at longitude 116½° east to compare democracy among provinces in Indonesia.

There is a quantitative variable namely voter turnout considered as one of more reliable proxy for level of democracy . Linear correlation between voter turnout and Gini coefficient is +0.424 for eastern part of Indonesia and 3 additional provinces namely Kepulauan Riau, Yogya, Central Kalimantan n=15 for the other n=18 western provinces linear correlation is -0.4276.

Another more reliable proxy for Indonesia democracy is number of reported protest demonstrations mostly found in big cities. Percentage of poor people in big cities is used as proxy to provincial figures. Linear correlation between reported protest demonstrations and percentage of poor people in big cities is -0.5194 for twenty two provinces in the west and 0.25169 for ten provinces in the east except Western Sulawesi.