Electoral Volatility - Total

QoG code: dev_tv1

Total electoral volatility in the party system, given by the sum of the previous measures: dev_regv + dev_altv + dev_othv = dev_tv.

Dataset
Dataset of Electoral Volatility in Western Europe
Type of variable
Continuous
Downloaded by QoG on
2025-11-26
Last updated by source
2025-11-03

Categories

Political Parties and Elections

Find this variable in

Standard Cross-section - 2026 Standard Time-series - 2026 Original dataset
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.