As a core mechanism of modern democratic systems, elections are the primary means through which citizens exercise their political rights and select national leaders and legislative bodies (parliaments); parliaments, as the highest legislative organs of a country, dominate policy-making and government oversight. This database covers information on the results of presidential and parliamentary elections held worldwide from 1789 to 2023, divided into two tables: presidential elections and parliamentary elections. It comprehensively includes core indicators such as election results, participating political parties, voter turnout, and seat distribution, providing underlying data support for researching the evolution of the global political landscape, the logic of policy formulation, and dynamics of international relations.

Data Features:

• Extensive Global Coverage and Extraordinarily Long Time Span: The data spans over 200 years, covering 6,309 national elections held in 212 countries and independent territories, including 1,409 presidential elections and 4,900 parliamentary elections.
• Comprehensive Coverage of Key Indicators and High Field Completeness: Presidential election data includes key information such as candidates' vote rates, party affiliations, election rounds, and voter base; parliamentary election data covers critical details like political parties' seat proportions, ruling coalition compositions, number of effective political parties, and types of electoral systems. The field completeness rate exceeds 98%, supporting accurate identification of regime change events.
• Revealing Details of Party Composition and Electoral Mechanisms: Both presidential and parliamentary election data contain detailed information on the composition and changes of political party coalitions in multi-party countries, such as voting rounds, election results, whether there was a coup, and whether it was a direct election, revealing the micro-mechanisms of power games.

Potential Application Scenarios:

• Academic Research: Used for empirical analysis in fields such as political science, economics, and public administration.
• Business Services: Enterprises can use it to predict risks of policy continuity and the impact of regime changes in resource-rich countries on industry development.
• Policy Optimization: Governments and international organizations can utilize it to monitor the dynamics of global democracy indices,pre-warning political crises, and optimize the allocation of diplomatic resources.

   USDataverse Global Presidential and Parliamentary Elections Database features extensive global coverage, historical depth, and detailed and complete field granularity, revealing the processes and details of regime changes in countries worldwide. It provides underlying data support for academic research, business analysis, and policy-making, and serves as a cornerstone for understanding changes in national power structures and the evolution of the global political landscape.

Time Range

1789-2023

Field Description

Sample Data

Presidential Elections Table

Parliamentary Elections Table

Data Update Frequency

Updated Irregularly