Variable: Was More Than One Party Legal

QoG Code: (nelda_mtop)


Dataset: National Elections Across Democracy and Autocracy, Version 6

Description:

This variable indicates whether multiple political parties were technically legal. The legalization of multiple parties need not necessarily mean the existence of a functioning opposition party, as there may be other non-legal barriers to the development of an opposition party. Similarly, a well organized opposition party may exist but may not be legal.

Values:
0. No
1. Yes
3. Unclear

Type of variable: Categorical

Downloaded by QoG on: 2023-11-06
Last updated by source: 2021-07-23


Categories:

Political Parties and Elections


Find this variable in:

Basic Cross-section - 2024 Basic Time-series - 2024 OECD Cross-section - 2024 OECD Time-series - 2024 Standard Cross-section - 2024 Standard Time-series - 2024 Original Dataset

Details of this variable in our compilations datasets
Dataset No. Countries
Basic cross-section: 169
Basic time-series: 202
Standard cross-section: 169
Standard time-series: 202
OECD cross-section: 38
OECD time-series: 40

Dataset Available for years:
Standard time-series: 1946-2020
Basic time-series: 1946-2020
OECD time-series: 1946-2020

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