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<article-title>Correction: Local elections and democratic backsliding: pragmatic politics in Southeast Asia</article-title>
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<name><surname>Pandey</surname> <given-names>Sumit Kumar</given-names></name>
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<name><surname>Rai</surname> <given-names>Sushil Kumar</given-names></name>
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<corresp id="c001"><label>&#x0002A;</label>Correspondence: Sumit Kumar Pandey, <email xlink:href="mailto:sumit.pandey@jaipur.manipal.edu">sumit.pandey@jaipur.manipal.edu</email>; Sushil Kumar Rai, <email xlink:href="mailto:sushilkumar.rai@jaipur.manipal.edu">sushilkumar.rai@jaipur.manipal.edu</email></corresp>
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<related-article id="RA1" related-article-type="corrected-article" journal-id="Front. Polit. Sci." journal-id-type="nlm-ta" vol="7" page="1746666" xlink:href="10.3389/fpos.2025.1746666" ext-link-type="doi">A Correction on <article-title>Local elections and democratic backsliding: pragmatic politics in Southeast Asia</article-title> by Pandey, S. K., Rai, S. K., and Sharma, T. (2026). <italic>Front. Polit. Sci</italic>. 7:1746666. doi: <object-id>10.3389/fpos.2025.1746666</object-id></related-article>
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<p>In the published article, the correspondence symbol and correspondence details for the second author, Sushil Kumar Rai, were erroneously omitted. Sushil Kumar Rai has now been included as a corresponding author as intended.</p>
<p>The original version of this article has been updated.</p>
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