Variable: Average District Magnitude

QoG Code: (gol_adm)


Dataset: Democratic Electoral Systems, 1919-2020 dataset (Version 5.0)

Description:

Average district magnitude in an electoral tier. This is calculated as the total number of seats allocated in an electoral tier divided by the total number of districts in that tier.

Type of variable: Continuous

Downloaded by QoG on: 2025-12-03
Last updated by source: 2022-12-21


Categories:

Political Parties and Elections


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

Details of this variable in our compilations datasets
Dataset No. Countries
Standard cross-section: 151
Standard time-series: 153
OECD cross-section: 32
OECD time-series: 32


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This variable has information from the year 1946 to the year 2020