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Electoral System Type-12 classes

QoG code: gol_est_spec

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

Single-Member-District-Plurality (SMDP)
Two-Round System (TRS)
Alternative Vote (AV)
Borda Count (BC)
Block Vote (BV)
Party Block Vote (PBV)
Limited Vote (LV)
Single Nontransferable Vote (SNTV)
List Proportional Representation (List PR)
Single Transferable Vote (STV)
Mixed Dependent (or Mixed Member Proportional)
Mixed Independent (or Mixed Parallel)

Dataset

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

Type of variable

Categorical

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 compilation datasets

Dataset	No. Countries
Basic cross-section	152
Basic time-series	154
Standard cross-section	152
Standard time-series	154
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

Country coverage

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Year coverage

This variable has information from 1946 to 2020.