Variable: Alignment Lower/Upper Legislative Chamber
QoG Code: (h_alignl1l2)
Description:
Dummy variable indicating alignment between the legislative chambers, coded 1 when the same party or a coalition of parties (when available) control a majority in both legislative chambers.
Type of variable: Binary
Downloaded by QoG on: 2023-11-24
Last updated by source: 2022-10-14
Categories:
Political Parties and Elections
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Dataset
No. Countries
Standard time-series:
66
This variable has information for these countries:
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Afghanistan
Algeria
Argentina
Armenia
Australia
Austria
Belgium
Bolivia
Brazil
Burundi
Cambodia
Canada
Chile
Colombia
Comoros
Congo
Congo, Democratic Republic
Croatia
Czech Republic
Czechoslovakia
Denmark
Dominican Republic
Estonia
France (-1962)
France (1963-)
Germany, West
Haiti
Iceland
India
Italy
Jamaica
Japan
Jordan
Kyrgyzstan
Lesotho
Liberia
Mauritania
Mexico
Morocco
Namibia
Nepal
Netherlands
New Zealand
Nigeria
Pakistan (1971-)
Paraguay
Peru
Philippines
Poland
Romania
Senegal
Serbia and Montenegro
Slovenia
South Africa
Spain
Sri Lanka
Sweden
Switzerland
Taiwan
Tajikistan
Trinidad and Tobago
United States
Uruguay
Venezuela
Yugoslavia
Zimbabwe
This variable has information from the year 1946 to the year 2016