CLEA Lower Chamber Elections Archive
The lower chamber dataset currently includes 2181 elections from 183 countries and territories. Future releases are being planned that will include more countries and additional elections.
Release 17 (April 19, 2024)
Documentation: Codebook and Appendices
SPSS .sav
STATA .dta
R .RData
Excel
Errata and Data Inconsistencies
Full list of updates and error corrections to CLEA Lower Chamber data.
Discrepancies in official sources that could not be resolved.
Preferential Vote Counts Dataset (9MB)
Supplemental file containing preferential vote counts for Australia, Estonia (1992), Ireland, Malta and Nauru, along with all other CLEA variables.
Indirect Elections Dataset (1MB)
Supplemental file containing the number of electors, and electors won by party for indirect elections, along with all other CLEA variables. Currently, this applies only to Norway (1822-1903) and Sweden (1866-1908).
Latvia Ordinal Ballot Vote Counts Dataset (2MB)
Supplemental file containing the plus/minus ordinal ballot vote counts for Latvia, along with all other CLEA variables.
Lebanon Confessional Quota Preference Vote Counts (1MB)
Supplemental file containing the confessional quota preference vote counts for Lebanon, along with all other CLEA variables.