Variable: Alignment Lower/Upper Legislative Chamber

QoG Code: (h_alignl1l2)


Dataset: Political Constraint Index (POLCON) Dataset

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: 2025-11-05
Last updated by source: 2023-01-30


Categories:

Political Parties and Elections


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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
Standard cross-section: 189
Standard time-series: 191
OECD cross-section: 32
OECD time-series: 32


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This variable has information from the year 1946 to the year 2021