Elections

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Websites

Constituency-Level ​Elections Archive​
http://www.electiondataarchive.org/
​Repository of detailed election results at the constituency level for lower house legislative elections from around the world.

ElectionGuide
http://www.electionguide.org/
​Provided by the International Foundation for Electoral Systems (IFES), an international nonprofit dedicated to strengthening electoral democracy.

The Electoral Integrity Project
https://www.electoralintegrityproject.com/
Directed by the founding Director, Professor Pippa Norris,​ innovative and policy-relevant scientific research that achieves international standing in the social sciences and leads to a significant advancement of capabilities and knowledge about elections, democracy, and autocracy.​

Global Elections Calendar
​Produced by NDI, constantly-updated calendar of elections around the world and an archive of past elections.

Global Elections Database​
http://www.globalelectionsdatabase.com/
​Global Elections Database (formerly known as the Constituency-Level Elections Dataset, 2007) provides information on the results of both national and subnational elections around the world.

​IFES​
https://www.ifes.org/
Resources include publications, surveys, election materials, and multimedia from the International Foundation for Electoral Systems.

PARLINE Database
http://www.ipu.org/parline-e/parlinesearch.asp
The PARLINE database contains information about parliamentary elections as well as the electoral system, presidency, mandate of the parliament, and specialized bodies of government. Information about specific elections dates back to 1970. Data provided by Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU).

Voter Turnout Database
https://www.idea.int/data-tools/data/voter-turnout
Database created by IDEA​, provides wide array of statistics on voter turnout from around the world. It contains the most comprehensive global collection of voter turnout statistics from presidential and parliamentary elections since 1945.​

Select Books

Lists of books and articles on elections available in the Democracy Resource Center:

 

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