Electoral Volatility in the EP - Total

QoG code: evep_tv

Total electoral volatility in the party system, given by the sum of the previous measures: evep_regv + evep_altv + evep_othv = evep_tv.

Dataset
Dataset of Electoral Volatility in the European Parliament elections since 1979
Type of variable
Continuous
Downloaded by QoG on
2025-11-28
Last updated by source
2024-07-16

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 28
Standard time-series 28
Dataset Available for years
Standard time-series 1984-2024

Country coverage

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  • Austria
  • Belgium
  • Bulgaria
  • Croatia
  • Cyprus (1975-)
  • Czech Republic
  • Denmark
  • Estonia
  • Finland
  • France (1963-)
  • Germany
  • Greece
  • Hungary
  • Ireland
  • Italy
  • Latvia
  • Lithuania
  • Luxembourg
  • Malta
  • Netherlands
  • Poland
  • Portugal
  • Romania
  • Slovakia
  • Slovenia
  • Spain
  • Sweden
  • United Kingdom

Year coverage

This variable has information from 1984 to 2024.