Electoral Volatility - Parties entering/exiting party system

QoG code: dev_regv1

Electoral volatility 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 at least 1% of the national share in election at time t+1 (while it received less than 1% in election at time t). Conversely, a party is considered as exiting the part system where it receives less than 1% in election at time t+1 (while it received at least 1% in election at time t).

Type of variable
Continuous
Downloaded by QoG on
2025-11-26
Last updated by source
2025-11-03
Details of this variable in our compilation datasets
Dataset No. Countries
Standard cross-section 20
Standard time-series 20
Dataset Available for years
Standard time-series 1946-2025

Country coverage

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  • Austria
  • Belgium
  • Cyprus (1975-)
  • Denmark
  • Finland
  • France (1963-)
  • Germany
  • Greece
  • Iceland
  • Ireland
  • Italy
  • Luxembourg
  • Malta
  • Netherlands
  • Norway
  • Portugal
  • Spain
  • Sweden
  • Switzerland
  • United Kingdom

Year coverage

This variable has information from 1946 to 2025.