Global Coverage of Results
Several datasets on parties and parliaments also have election data combined with numerous variables coding parties.
- Constituency-Level Elections Archive (CLEA)Repository of results of approximately 1900 elections from 170 countries at the constituency level for lower house national legislative elections. Includes votes received by each candidate/party, total votes cast, number of eligible voters, and seat figures where available. Available in Stata, SPSS, and raw data formats. Dates are variable, but generally 1945+, though some developed countries go back to the 1800s. See coverage. Now also includes shapefiles for electoral constitutencies for 74 countries (only Brazil, Sweden, and the US currently have historical maps).
- Elections Global Dataset: 1880-2015Harmonizes and validates results (party and alliance seat and vote shares) for lower parliamentary chamber elections in 207 countries from 1880 to 2015 from 5 major datasets. Each observation is a party-election year, covering 3569 elections and 3282 parties. Parties receiving less than 5% of the vote are excluded. Uses harmonized party names and codes from Party Facts. An updated version excluding some smaller countries is incorporated in the V-Party dataset.
- Database of Political Institutions (DPI)Covers 180 countries, 1975-2020. Codes 125 variables about executives, governments, and parties. Among other things, it contains:
- date of election, vote share & seat share for government and opposition parties in the legislature, and vote share for executives, including presidents
- coding for electoral rules, checks and balances, and federalism
- fragmentation of opposition and government parties in the legislature
- nationalist, rural, religious, and partisan economic orientation of government/opposition parties
- Psephos - Adam Carr's Election ArchiveStatistics for national legislative and presidential elections from 182 countries, mostly late 1990s forward. Many elections have regional or subnational breakdowns. All results are in text format. Many countries also have electoral maps showing subnational results. (Browse using the alphabetical index at the top left.)
- IFES Election GuideThe International Foundation for Electoral Systems (IFES) reports result totals for presidential, parliamentary, and (some) subnational election results for a large number of countries. Includes voter turnout and government structure, by region and country, 1998-present. Also has a useful calendar of upcoming elections around the world. Web-based format.
- Wikipedia Election Lists by CountryList of election articles on Wikipedia by country. Useful for context, some data, and links to country election sources. Can also be useful to browse elections by year.
- Election PassportConstituency election results in over 100 countries throughout the world for a variety of dates. Includes votes won by very small parties, independents, and frequently includes candidate names. (Data is being folded into the CLEA project.) Also includes data on some regional and ethnic parliamentary elections. 1940s-2017. Data in Excel format.
- Global Elections DatabaseProvides election data at the constituency level for democratic countries around the world for national parliamentary elections. Compiled from official election results by Dawn Brancati, Washington Univ. of St. Louis. Data in Excel format. Dates vary, but generally 1945-2008.
