Variable: Effective Number of Electoral Parties

QoG Code: (gol_enep)


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

Description:

Effective number of electoral parties.

Type of variable: Continuous

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


Categories:

Political Parties and Elections


Find this variable in:

Basic Cross-section - 2026 Basic Time-series - 2026 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
Basic cross-section: 142
Basic time-series: 145
Standard cross-section: 142
Standard time-series: 145
OECD cross-section: 32
OECD time-series: 32

Dataset Available for years:
Standard time-series: 1946-2020
Basic time-series: 1946-2020
OECD time-series: 1946-2020

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