Variable: Electoral System Type-12 classes

QoG Code: (gol_est_spec)


Dataset: Democratic Electoral Systems Around the World 1946-2020

Description:

This is a categorical variable that provides a more detailed indication of the type of electoral system used in the election.

  1. Single-Member-District-Plurality (SMDP)
  2. Two-Round System (TRS)
  3. Alternative Vote (AV)
  4. Borda Count (BC)
  5. Block Vote (BV)
  6. Party Block Vote (PBV)
  7. Limited Vote (LV)
  8. Single Nontransferable Vote (SNTV)
  9. List Proportional Representation (List PR)
  10. Single Transferable Vote (STV)
  11. Mixed Dependent (or Mixed Member Proportional)
  12. Mixed Independent (or Mixed Parallel)

Type of variable: Categorical

Downloaded by QoG on: 2023-10-25
Last updated by source: 2022-12-21


Categories:

Political Parties and Elections


Find this variable in:

Basic Cross-section - 2023 Basic Time-series - 2024 OECD Cross-section - 2023 OECD Time-series - 2024 Standard Cross-section - 2023 Standard Time-series - 2024 Original Dataset

Details of this variable in our compilations datasets
Dataset No. Countries
Basic cross-section: 0
Basic time-series: 146
Standard time-series: 146
OECD time-series: 40

Dataset Available for years:
Standard time-series: 1946-2016
Basic time-series: 1946-2016
OECD time-series: 1946-2016

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This variable has information from the year 1946 to the year 2016