Comparative Datasets

Comparative Datasets
There are three comparative datasets which present data on (1) congruence between regional and national elections, (2) congruence scores for party systems, parties and regions, and (3) vote share swings between the regional and the previous national election for regions in 18 countries for elections held between 1945 and 2009. If you are interested in the publications where I use this data please consult the regional elections publication page.

1. Congruence between regional and national elections

[Dataset congruence between regional and national elections]

Notes:

DIS_NN_NR = Dissimilarity between the national vote at the statewide level and the national vote in the region
DIS_NN_RR = Dissimilarity between the national vote at the statewide level and the regional vote in the region
DIS_NR_NR = Dissimilarity between the national vote in the region and the regional vote in the region

For more information on the three measurements of congruence please consult the article cited below.

Citation

Schakel, Arjan H. (2011) “Congruence Between Regional and National Elections,” Comparative Political Studies, published online 18 October 2011. [link] [pdf]

Contents dataset congruence between regional and national elections

	Country	Region	Number of regions	Election period		Number of elections
	Country	Region	Number of regions	First	Last	Number of elections
1	Australia	States	6	1946	2008	150
		Territories	2	1974	2008	21
2	Austria	Lander	9	1945	2009	180
3	Belgium	Gemeenschappen/Gewesten	4	1974	2007	24
4	Canada	Provinces	10	1943	2009	209
		Yukon	1	1978	2006	10
5	Denmark	Amter	14	1974	2001	178
		Region	5	2005	2009	10
6	France	Region	22	1986	2004	132
7	Germany	Lander	16	1947	2009	203
8	Greece	Nomoi	49	1994	2006	294
9	Italy	Regioni a statuto speciale	5	1947	2009	78
		Regioni a statuto ordinare	15	1970	2005	165
10	Japan	Todofuken	47	1965	2007	703
11	Netherlands	Provincie	12	1946	2007	216
12	Norway	Fylker	19	1975	2007	171
13	Portugal	Acores and Madeira	2	1976	2008	24
14	Spain	Comunidades autonomas	19	1980	2009	148
15	Sweden	Lan	24	1973	2006	255
16	Switzerland	Cantons	24	1945	2009	365
17	United Kingdom	Scotland, Wales and London	3	1999	2007	8
18	United States	States	50	1968	2003	880
		Washington DC	1	1994	2002	5
	Total		359			4429

2. Nationalization scores for party systems, parties and regions

[Dataset Nationalization scores for Party Systems]
[Dataset Nationalization Scores for Parties]
[Dataset Nationalization Scores for Regions]
[Online Appendix]
[Codebook]

This paper has a revise and resubmit so the dataset might be published soon.

Citation
This paper has a revise and resubmit so the citation will folow soon.

Contents dataset nationalization scores for party systems, parties and regions

	Country	Region	Number of regions	Election period	Number of elections		Number of parties
	Country	Region	Number of regions	Election period	National	Regional	National	Regional
1	Australia	States, Territories	6-8	1946-2007	25	147	13	25
2	Austria	Lander	9	1945-2008	20	128	10	14
3	Belgium	Gemeenschappen, Gewesten	4	1995-2007	4	16	14	18
4	Canada	Provinces, Territories	10-11	1945-2008	21	194	15	19
5	Denmark	Amter/Region	15/5	1973-2007	12/2	120/10	11	13
6	France	Region	21-22	1986-2007	6	87	14	25
7	Germany	Lander	8-16	1949-2009	17	202	18	35
8	Greece	Nomoi	50	1993-2009	6	200	7	7
9	Italy	Regioni	20	1948-2008	16	186	43	73
10	Japan	Todofuken	46-47	1967-2009	15	516	21	9
11	Netherlands	Provincie	11-12	1946-2006	19	182	21	27
12	Norway	Fylker	19	1973-2009	10	171	11	11
13	Portugal	Distritos	20	1975-2009	13	18	8	6
14	Spain	Comunidades autonomas	17-19	1979-2008	9	133	32	50
15	Sweden	Lan	21-24	1973-2006	11	255	8	10
16	Switzerland	Cantons	17-26	1947-2007	16	405	22	32
17	United Kingdom	Regions, countries	11	1997-2005	3	9	5	8
18	United States	States, Washington DC	48-51	1968-2002	18	846	18	11
	Total		384		243	3825	291	393

3. Vote share swings between the regional and the previous national election

[Dataset Vote Share Swings Between the Regional Election and the Previous National Election]
[Codebook]

This paper is forthcoming so the dataset will be published soon.

Citation

Schakel, Arjan H. and Jeffery, Charlie (2012/3) “Are Regional Elections Really Second-Order Elections?,” forthcoming in Regional Studies. [link] and [pdf] forthcoming

Contents Dataset Vote Share Swings Between the Regional Election and the Previous National Election

	Country	Regions	Number of regions	Election period	Number of elections
1	Australia	States	6	1946-2009	122
		Territories	2	1974-2009	18
2	Austria	Lander	9	1945-2009	128
3	Belgium	Gemeenschappen/Gewesten	4	1989-2009	16
4	Canada	Provinces	10	1941-2009	175
		Yukon	1	1978-2009	9
5	Denmark	Amter	15	1974-2001	119
		Region	5	2005-2009	10
		Faroe Islands	1	1945-2009	18
		Greenland	1	1979-2009	9
7	Germany	Lander (west)	10	1949-2009	147
		Lander (east)	6	1990-2009	25
8	Greece	Nomoi	49	1994-2009	196
9	Italy	Regioni a statuto speciale	5	1947-2009	66
		Regioni a statuto ordinare	15	1970-2009	120
10	Japan	Todofuken	47	1965-2009	512
11	Netherlands	Provincie	12	1946-2009	12
12	Norway	Fylker	19	1975-2009	171
13	Portugal	Acores and Madeira	2	1976-2009	18
14	Spain	Comundades autonomas	19	1980-2009	133
15	Sweden	Lan	24	1975-2009	233
16	Switzerland	Cantons	25	1945-2009	376
17	United Kingdom	Lander Scotland, Wales and London	3	1999-2009	9
		Northern Ireland	1	1945-2009	12
	Total		313		2933