Variable: Electoral Volatility in the EP - Parties entering/exiting party system

QoG Code: (evep_regv)


Dataset: Dataset of Electoral Volatility in the European Parliament elections since 1979

Description:

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 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: 2023-10-20
Last updated by source: 2019-06-22


Categories:

Political Parties and Elections


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Standard Cross-section - 2024 Standard Time-series - 2024 Original Dataset

Details of this variable in our compilations datasets
Dataset No. Countries
Standard cross-section: 28
Standard time-series: 29


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This variable has information from the year 1984 to the year 2019