Electoral System Changes in Europe

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Pilet, Jean-Benoit; Renwick, Alan, 2024, "Electoral System Changes in Europe", https://doi.org/10.34934/DVN/OTAEBW, Social Sciences and Digital Humanities Archive – SODHA, V1

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Description	Dataset of electoral systems for lower chamber of parliament in 31 European democracies (EU27, CH, NOR, UK, ISL) between 1945 and 2020 (2022-01-01)
Subject	Social Sciences
Keyword	electoral systems, electoral laws, Europe, elections
Notes	The dataset present, for each year between 1945 and 2015, the core characteristics of the electoral system that is used for the elections of the national parliament (lower chamber) in 30 European countries (EU27, UK, CH, ISL).
License/Data Use Agreement	Custom Dataset Terms

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Persistent Identifier	doi:10.34934/DVN/OTAEBW
Publication Date	2024-12-05
Title of Dataset	Electoral System Changes in Europe
Author	Pilet, Jean-Benoit (Université libre de Bruxelles (ULB)) - ORCID: 0000-0001-5612-0835 Renwick, Alan (University College London)
Point of Contact	Use email button above to contact. Pilet, Jean-Benoit (Université libre de Bruxelles (ULB))
Description	Dataset of electoral systems for lower chamber of parliament in 31 European democracies (EU27, CH, NOR, UK, ISL) between 1945 and 2020 (2022-01-01)
Subject	Social Sciences
Keyword	electoral systems electoral laws Europe elections
Topic Classification	Politics.Elections (CESSDA Topic Classification) https://vocabularies.cessda.eu/vocabulary/TopicClassification Politics.GovernmentPoliticalSystemsAndOrganisations (CESSDA Topic Classification) https://vocabularies.cessda.eu/vocabulary/TopicClassification
Notes	The dataset present, for each year between 1945 and 2015, the core characteristics of the electoral system that is used for the elections of the national parliament (lower chamber) in 30 European countries (EU27, UK, CH, ISL).
Language	English
Producer	Pilet, Jean-Benoit (Université libre de Bruxelles (ULB)) https://cevipol.phisoc.ulb.be/en/academics/professors/jean-benoit-pilet
Production Date	2016-01-01
Funding Information	FNRS
Depositor	Pilet, Jean-Benoit
Deposit Date	2024-11-27
Time Period	Start: 1945-01-01 ; End: 2015-12-31
Date of Collection	Start: 2011-01-01 ; End: 2016-12-31

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Unit of Analysis	Election year
Universe	All elections for national lower chamber of parliament. Between 1945 (or first democratic elections) in 30 European countries (EU27, UK, CH, ISL)

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