Data source: Emanuele, Angelucci, Marino, Puleo and Vegetti
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.
When using this dataset, please cite as:
(Emanuele et al.,
2020)
(Emanuele, 2019)
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evep_altv
Electoral volatility in the European Parliament, caused by vote switching between parties that enter or exit from the party system caused by vote switching between existing parties, namely parties rec ...
evep_classbloc
Net change in the aggregate vote share for all parties included in the Class Bloc. For the definition of the class bloc and the identification of parties included in such bloc, the author relies on Ba ...
evep_dembloc
Net change in the aggregate vote share for all parties included in the Demarcation Bloc. Those political parties that defend anti-EU, anti-immigration and economically protectionist policies are inclu ...
evep_othv
Electoral volatility in the European Parliament, caused by vote switching between parties falling below 1% of the national share in both the elections at time t and t+1. It is important to clarify tha ...
evep_regv
Electoral volatility in the European Parliament, caused by vote switching between parties that enter or exit from the party system. A party is considered as entering the party system where it receives ...
evep_tv
Total electoral volatility in the party system, given by the sum of the previous measures: evep_regv + evep_altv + evep_othv = evep_tv.