FSD2316 Electoral Alliances in Parliamentary Elections 1945-2007
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Alaterä, Tuomas J. (University of Tampere. Finnish Social Science Data Archive)
Paalanen, Katja (University of Tampere. Finnish Social Science Data Archive)
Abstract
The dataset contains information on the electoral alliances in Finnish parliamentary elections formed between two or more parties in 1945-2007, sorted by electoral districts. The data have been collected from the Statistics Finland's parliamentary election data.
The advantageousness of the electoral alliances in the data was examined by splitting each alliance in each electoral district one by one, and by calculating whether the parties participating in them would have received more, as many or fewer seats in the parliament if they had remained unallied in the elections. The basic assumption behind the calculations was that each party participating in the alliances would have received an equal number of votes if they had been unallied. If the electoral alliance had been advantageous to at least one of the parties involved, and simultaneously disadvantageous to none of them, it was calculated which of the parties involved would have received the seat received by the alliance, in case the alliance in question had not existed.
The dataset contains information on the parties involved in the electoral alliance, on the advantageousness and disadvantageousness of the alliance, on the disadvantageousness of the alliance tothe parties not involved in the alliance, on the electoral district of the alliance, and on the number of seats in the electoral district.
Keywords
elections; parliamentary elections; political parties; political support
Topic Classification
political studies (FSD Topics Classification)
elections (CESSDA Topics Classification)
Restrictions
Access to the data granted for scientific and teaching purposes. FSD's access application procedure.
Data Collector
Paalanen, Katja (University of Tampere. Finnish Social Science Data Archive)
Data Producer
Finnish Social Science Data Archive
Election Study Consortium
Collection Date
December 2007 - January 2008
Nation
Finland
Geographical Coverage
Finland
Analysis Unit
Organization
Universe
Total study. The electoral alliances between two or more political parties in Finnish parliamentary elections from 1945 to 2007.
Time Method
Time series study
Data Source
Oikeusministeriö, vaalien vastuualue, Puoluerekisteriin merkityt ja siitä poistetut puolueet. Muistio 23.10.2007 (www.vaalit.fi/uploads/jycy72_1.pdf) [Viitattu 10.12.2007]
Oikeusministeriö, vaalien vastuualue, Taulukko, Vaalipiirien paikat eduskuntavaaleissa 1907-2007 (www.vaalit.fi/uploads/zd1jh9.pdf) [Viitattu 7.12.2007]
Tilastokeskus, Eduskuntavaalit 1999. Suomen Virallinen Tilasto 1999:1. Helsinki 1999.
Tilastokeskus, Eduskuntavaalit 2003. Suomen Virallinen Tilasto Vaalit 2004:1. Helsinki 2004.
Tilastokeskus, Kansanedustajain vaalit 1972. Suomen Virallinen Tilasto XXIX A: 32. Helsinki 1972.
Tilastokeskus, Kansanedustajain vaalit 1975. Suomen Virallinen Tilasto XXIX A:33. Helsinki 1976.
Tilastokeskus, Kansanedustajain vaalit 1987. Suomen Virallinen Tilasto XXIX A:38. Helsinki 1987.
Tilastokeskus, Kansanedustajain vaalit 1991. Suomen Virallinen Tilasto Vaalit 1991:2. Helsinki 1991.
Tilastokeskus, Kansanedustajain vaalit 1995. Suomen Virallinen Tilasto Vaalit 1995:3. Helsinki 1995.
Tilastokeskus, StatFin-tilastotietokanta. Eduskuntavaalit 2007, puolueiden kannatus. (http://pxweb2.stat.fi/database/StatFin/databasetree_fi.asp) [Viitattu 19.11.2007]
Tilastokeskus, Valtiolliset vaalit, Kansanedustajain vaalit 1975. Suomen Virallinen Tilasto XXIX A:35. Helsinki 1979.
Tilastokeskus, Valtiolliset vaalit, Kansanedustajain vaalit 1983. Suomen Virallinen Tilasto XXIX A:37. Helsinki 1983.
Tilastollinen päätoimisto, Eduskuntavaalit 1958. Suomen Virallinen Tilasto XXIX A: 26. Helsinki 1959.
Tilastollinen päätoimisto, Eduskuntavaalit vuonna 1948. Suomen Virallinen Tilasto XXIX Vaalitilasto A 21. Helsinki 1949.
Tilastollinen päätoimisto, Eduskuntavaalit vuonna 1951. Suomen Virallinen Tilasto XXIX Vaalitilasto A 23. Helsinki 1952.
Tilastollinen päätoimisto, Eduskuntavaalit vuonna 1954. Suomen Virallinen Tilasto XXIX Vaalitilasto A 24. Helsinki 1954.
Tilastollinen päätoimisto, Eduskuntavaalit vuosina 1939 ja 1945. Suomen Virallinen Tilasto XXX Vaalitilasto A 20. Helsinki 1946.
Tilastollinen päätoimisto, Kansanedustajain vaalit 1962. Suomen Virallinen Tilasto XXIX A:28. Helsinki 1962.
Tilastollinen päätoimisto, Kansanedustajain vaalit 1966. Suomen Virallinen Tilasto XXIX A:29. Helsinki 1966.
Tilastollinen päätoimisto, Kansanedustajain vaalit 1970. Suomen Virallinen Tilasto XXIX A: 31. Helsinki 1970.
Collection Size
Data: SPSS portable file containing all electoral alliances. In addition, an Excel file containing all electoral alliances, as well as each alliance from each election year on separate tabs, is available. Data available also in other file formats.
Number of cases and variables
423 cases and 20 variables
Data version
1.1. (15.1.2008)
Other Material
See downloadable files at the top of the page
Data Appraisal and Notes
There is a controversy in the official Finnish statistics 29 A:28 (Suomen Virallinen Tilasto 29 A:28) concerning the 1962 parliamentary elections. The chapter "Electoral alliances and election candidates" (p. 7) contradicts table 4 "Votes received by the electoral alliances" as regards the electoral alliances formed in North Karelia electoral district. As opposed to the table, the text (p. 7) indicates that the Agrarian League was allied with the opposition of the Small Holders' Party of Finland, and that another alliance was formed between the National Coalition Party and the People's Party. The outcome resulting from these alliances is in accordance with the confirmed result. In this dataset, the advantageousness and disadvantageousness of the alliance has been calculated according to the alliances mentioned above.
Citation Requirement
The source must be acknowledged in any publication based wholly or in part on the data. The bibliographic citation may be in the form required by the publication, or in the form suggested by the archive.
Bibliographical Citation
Alaterä, Tuomas J. & Paalanen, Katja: Electoral Alliances in Parliamentary Elections 1945-2007 [computer file]. FSD2316, version 1.1. (2008-01-15). Tampere: Finnish Social Science Data Archive [distributor], 2008.
Depositing Requirements
The archive must be informed of all publications where the data have been used.
Disclaimer
The depositor and the archive bear no responsibility for any results or interpretations arising from the secondary use of the data.
Related Publications
Paloheimo, Heikki & Sundberg, Jan (2009). Vaaliliitot eduskuntavaaleissa 1945-2007. Teoksessa: Vaalit yleisödemokratiassa. Eduskuntavaalitutkimus 2007 (toim. Borg, Sami & Paloheimo, Heikki), 206-242. Tampere: Tampere University Press.
Vaalit yleisödemokratiassa. Eduskuntavaalitutkimus 2007 (2009). Toim. Borg, Sami & Paloheimo, Heikki. Tampere: Tampere University Press.
