Elections in Western Nations, 1828-1982

<P>Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.</P><br>To collect the results of national legislative elections from the beginning of competitive partisan elections to the end of 1982 in 24 countries.<br><B>Main Topics</B>:<BR><br>Variables<br> 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.<br> <br> Please note: this study does not include information on named individuals and would therefore not be useful for personal family history research.<br> <br>