Voting Procedures
Last updated: October 24, 2005This table shows voting procedures in use in each country during various election studies.
| LOWER HOUSE - 1ST SEGMENT | LOWER HOUSE - 2ND SEGMENT | UPPER HOUSE - 1ST SEGMENT | UPPER HOUSE - 2ND SEGMENT | |
| SINGLE CANDIDATE | BELARUS 2001 CANADA 1997 CHILE 1999 FINLAND 2003 FRANCE 2002 GERMANY 1998 GERMANY 2002 GREAT BRITAIN 1997 HUNGARY 1998 HUNGARY 2002 IRELAND 2002 JAPAN 1996 LITHUANIA 1997 MEXICO 1997 MEXICO 2000 NEW ZEALAND 1996 RUSSIA 1999 RUSSIA 2000 SOUTH KOREA 2000 SOUTH KOREA 2004 TAIWAN 1996 THAILAND 2001 UKRAINE 1998 UNITED STATES 1996 UNITED STATES 2004 |
SLOVENIA 1996 | BRAZIL 2002 CHILE 1999 CZECH REPUB 1996 CZECH REPUB 2002 JAPAN 1996 MEXICO 2003 POLAND 1997 POLAND 2001 SWITZERLAND 1999 SWITZERLAND 2003 TAIWAN 1996 THAILAND 2001 UNITED STATES 1996 |
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| SINGLE CANDIDATE, WITH ALTERNATIVES |
AUSTRALIA 1996 AUSTRALIA 2004 |
AUSTRALIA 1996 AUSTRALIA 2004 |
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| CLOSED PARTY LIST | BULGARIA 2001 HONG KONG 1998 HONG KONG 2000 HONG KONG 2004 ISRAEL 1996 ISRAEL 2003 NORWAY 1997 NORWAY 2001 PERU 2001 PORTUGAL 2002 ROMANIA 1996 SPAIN 1996 SPAIN 2000 SPAIN 2004 |
GERMANY 1998 GERMANY 2002 HUNGARY 1998 HUNGARY 2002 JAPAN 1996 LITHUANIA 1997 MEXICO 1997 MEXICO 2000 NEW ZEALAND 1996 NEW ZEALAND 2002 ROMANIA 1996 RUSSIA 1999 RUSSIA 2000 SOUTH KOREA 2000 SOUTH KOREA 2004 TAIWAN 1996 THAILAND 2001 UKRAINE 1998 |
MEXICO 1997 MEXICO 2000 ROMANIA 1996 SPAIN 1996 SPAIN 2000 |
JAPAN 1996 TAIWAN 1996 |
| PREFERENTIAL OR 'OPEN' PARTY LIST |
BELGIUM 1999 BELGIUM 2003 BRAZIL 2002 CZECH REPUB 1996 CZECH REPUB 2002 DENMARK 1998 DENMARK 2001 ICELAND 1999 ICELAND 2003 NETHERLANDS 1998 PERU 2000 POLAND 1997 POLAND 2001 SLOVENIA 1996 SWEDEN 1998 SWEDEN 2002 SWITZERLAND 1999 SWITZERLAND 2003 |
POLAND 1997 | BELGIUM 1999 BELGIUM 2003 |
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| OTHER | FRANCE 2002 SPAIN 2004 |
BELGIUM 2003 | ||
| LOWER HOUSE - 1ST SEGMENT | LOWER HOUSE - 2ND SEGMENT | UPPER HOUSE - 1ST SEGMENT | UPPER HOUSE - 2ND SEGMENT |
Data Source:
CSES Module 1: August 4, 2003 version
CSES Module 2: June 29, 2005 version
Variables Used:
CSES Module 1: A5033_1, A5033_2, A5033_3, A5033_4
CSES Module 2: B5039_1, B5039_2, B5039_3, B5039_4
Notes:
- Please see original codebooks for notes specific to each country and election study.