QoG Data

QoG code: iaep_pm5p

How many parties hold at least 5% of seats in the legislature?

Source: IAEP (Wig et al., 2015)

Dataset

Type of variable

Categorical

Downloaded by QoG on

2025-12-27

Last updated by source

2015-05-20

Details of this variable in our compilation datasets

Dataset	No. Countries
Standard time-series	159
OECD time-series	30

Dataset	Available for years
Standard time-series	1960-2012
OECD time-series	1960-2012

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This variable has information from 1960 to 2012.