Variable: Electoral Volatility - Parties above 1%

QoG Code: (dev_altv1)


Dataset: Dataset of Electoral Volatility in Western Europe

Description:

Electoral volatility caused by vote switching between existing parties, namely parties receiving at least 1% of the national share in both elections under scrutiny.

Type of variable: Continuous

Downloaded by QoG on: 2025-11-26
Last updated by source: 2025-11-03


Categories:

Political Parties and Elections


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Standard Cross-section - 2026 Standard Time-series - 2026 Original Dataset

Details of this variable in our compilations datasets
Dataset No. Countries
Standard cross-section: 20
Standard time-series: 20


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This variable has information from the year 1946 to the year 2025