Elections Global: Election results in 207 countries, 1880–2015

The <i>Elections Global</i> dataset compiles information about election results to 1st or “lower” chambers in 207 countries from 1880 to 2015 including 3569 elections and 3282 parties. Cross-comparability of data on political parties is enhanced by harmonizing party names and codes via Party Facts (Döring and Regel 2019). The aim of <i>Elections Global</i> is to provide the most encompassing, consistent, harmonized and validated dataset about fundamental key variables of political research. What is more, <i>Elections Global</i> served as the base for V-Party, an expert survey on various aspects of party ideology and organizations conducted by the V-Dem Institute. Yet, <i>Elections Global</i> covers some smaller countries beyond V-Dem’s sample. If researchers are interested specifically in those cases, we suggest using <i>Elections Global</i>. Else, we recommend working with the extended and updated V-Party dataset.