Voter Turnout Database

Data source: Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance

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Description:

The Voter Turnout Database is the best resource for a wide array of statistics on voter turnout from around the world. It contains the most comprehensive global collection of voter turnout statistics from presidential and parliamentary elections since 1945. Always growing, the database also includes European Parliament elections, as presented by country using both the number of registered voters and voting age population as indicators, and in some cases the data includes statistics on spoilt ballot rate.

Dataset type: Time-Series
Dataset level: Country

Citation:

When using this dataset, please cite as:
• The International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance. (2023). Voter turnout database. https://www.idea.int/data-tools/data/voter-turnout



Variables in this dataset:

   EU Parliamentary Election: Compulsory Voting
QoG Code: ideavt_eucv

EU Parliamentary Election: Compulsory Voting

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   EU Parliamentary Election: Voter Turnout
QoG Code: ideavt_euvt

EU Parliamentary Election: Voter Turnout

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   Parliamentary Election: Compulsory Voting
QoG Code: ideavt_legcv

Parliamentary Election: Compulsory Voting

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   Parliamentary Election Second Round: Compulsory Voting
QoG Code: ideavt_legcvsnd

1 represents compulsory voting 0 represents non compulsory voting

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   Parliamentary Election: Voter Turnout
QoG Code: ideavt_legvt

Parliamentary Election: Voter Turnout

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   Presidential Election: Compulsory Voting
QoG Code: ideavt_prescv

Presidential Election: Compulsory Voting

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   Presidential Election Second Round: Compulsory Voting
QoG Code: ideavt_prescvsnd

1 represents compulsory voting 0 represents non compulsory voting

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   Presidential Election: Voter Turnout
QoG Code: ideavt_presvt

Presidential Election: Voter Turnout

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