Description
This dataset provides data on electoral volatility and its internal components in parliamentary elections (lower house) in 20 countries of Western Europe for the period 1945-2015. It covers the entire universe of Western European elections held after World War II under democratic regimes. Data for Greece, Portugal and Spain have been collected after their democratizations in the 1970s. Altogether, a total of 347 elections (or, more precisely, electoral periods) are included.
This dataset will be regularly updated so as to include latest elections.
How to cite this dataset?
Emanuele, V. (2015), Dataset of Electoral Volatility and its internal components in Western Europe (1945-2015), Rome: Italian Center for Electoral Studies, http://dx.doi.org/10.7802/1112.
Publications based on this dataset
Chiaramonte, A. and Emanuele, V. (2017), ‘Party System Volatility, Regeneration and De-Institutionalization in Western Europe (1945-2015)’, Party Politics, 23(4), pp. 376-388.
Chiaramonte, A. and Emanuele, V. (2022), The deinstitutionalization of Western European party systems, London: Palgrave Macmillan.
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Dataset of Electoral Volatility and its internal components in Western Europe (1945-2015)