Summary information
Study title
Elections in Western Nations, 1828-1982
Creator
Rose, R., University of Strathclyde, Department of Politics
Mackie, T. T., University of Strathclyde, Department of Politics
Franklin, M. N., University of Strathclyde, Department of Politics
Study number / PID
1963 (UKDA)
10.5255/UKDA-SN-1963-1 (DOI)
Data access
Restricted
Series
Not available
Abstract
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.
To collect the results of national legislative elections from the beginning of competitive partisan elections to the end of 1982 in 24 countries.
Main Topics:
Variables
Names of political parties in English; year of election, electorate, valid votes, invalid votes, turnout, total seats in parliament, country, valid votes cast for parties, seats won by party.
Please note: this study does not include information on named individuals and would therefore not be useful for personal family history research.
Topics
Keywords
Methodology
Data collection period
01/01/1982
Country
Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Finland, France, German Federal Republic, Greece, Iceland, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Luxembourg, Multi-nation, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States
Time dimension
Time Series
Analysis unit
Administrative units (geographical/political)
Elections
Cross-national
National
Electoral data
Universe
Elections in 24 Western nations from the beginning of competitive partisan national elections to 31.12.82
Sampling procedure
No sampling (total universe)
Kind of data
Not availableData collection mode
Compilation or synthesis of existing material
Access
Publisher
UK Data Service
Publication year
1984
Terms of data access
The Data Collection is available to UK Data Service registered users subject to the End User Licence Agreement.
Related publications
- Rose, R. and Mackie, T. (1982) 'International almanac of electoral history'