Variable: Electoral System Type-3 classes

QoG Code: (gol_est)


Dataset: Democratic Electoral Systems Around the World 1946-2020

Description:

This is a categorical variable that takes on one of three values indicating the basic type of electoral system used in the elections.

  1. Majoritarian
  2. Proportional
  3. Mixed

Type of variable: Categorical

Downloaded by QoG on: 2024-10-29
Last updated by source: 2022-12-21


Categories:

Political Parties and Elections


Find this variable in:

Basic Cross-section - 2025 Basic Time-series - 2025 OECD Cross-section - 2025 OECD Time-series - 2025 Standard Cross-section - 2025 Standard Time-series - 2025 Original Dataset

Details of this variable in our compilations datasets
Dataset No. Countries
Basic cross-section: 142
Basic time-series: 143
Standard cross-section: 142
Standard time-series: 143
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 2016