Election rules governing the determination of electoral outcomes for the executive: we record data on the electoral requirements for winning executive elections, specifically, the sorts of vote thresholds required for winners. If the executive is appointed or otherwise comes to power via non-electoral processes, we code this as missing.
Majority rule (50% + 1). Where run-offs are held, ''majority rule'' is selected, as the intention of a run-off election is to have one candidate receive a majority of the votes.
Plurality
No official, explicit, rule governing the outcome
Party leader of majority party/coalition in legislature is automatically selected without additional process
Source: IAEP (Wig et al., 2015)
Type of variable: Categorical
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