Abstentionism
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This article is about the political strategy in parliament. For Christian theological positions relating to alcoholic beverages, see Christianity and alcohol. For the US legal doctrine, see Abstention doctrine.
Abstentionism is the political practice of standing for election to a deliberative assembly while refusing to take up any seats won or otherwise participate in the assembly's business. Abstentionism differs from an election boycott in that abstentionists participate in the election itself. Abstentionism has been used by Irish republican political movements in the United Kingdom and Ireland since the early 19th century. It was also used by Hungarian and Czech nationalists in the Austrian Imperial Council in the 1860s.[1]