Description
This dataset provides data on electoral volatility and its internal components in the elections for the European Parliament (EP) in all European Union (EU) countries since 1979 or the date of their accession to the Union. It also provides data about electoral volatility for both the class bloc and the demarcation bloc. This dataset will be regularly updated so as to include the next rounds of the European Parliament elections.
How to cite this dataset?
Emanuele, V., Angelucci, D., Marino, B., Puleo, L., and Vegetti, F. (2019), Dataset of Electoral Volatility in the European Parliament elections since 1979, Rome: Italian Center for Electoral Studies, https://doi.org/10.7802/1905.
Publications based on this dataset
Emanuele V., Marino B., Angelucci, D. (2020), ‘The congealing of a new cleavage? The evolution of the demarcation bloc in Europe (1979–2019)’, Italian Political Science Review/Rivista Italiana di Scienza Politica 50 (3), 314-333. https://doi.org/10.1017/ipo.2020.19.
Emanuele, V. and Marino, B. (2019) Party system change in EU countries: long-term instability and cleavage restructuring. In Russo, L. Franklin, Mark N., and De Sio, L. (eds.) (2019), The European Parliament Elections of 2019, Rome, Luiss University Press, pp. 29-42. https://cise.luiss.it/cise/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/DCISEEP2019_30-43.pdf.
Downloads
Dataset of Electoral Volatility in the European Parliament elections since 1979
Downloads (2024 update)
Dataset of Electoral Volatility in the 2024 European Parliament elections
How to cite the 2024 update:
Emanuele, V. and Marino, B. (2024), Dataset of Electoral Volatility in the European Parliament elections since 1979 (2024 update). Rome: Italian Center for Electoral Studies, https://doi.org/10.7802/2739.