rowid,comment,election_fts,rank
1021,,99,
1020,,99,
1019,,99,
1018,,99,
1017,,99,
1016,,99,
1015,Inconsistency of seats documented in AEC (sum of seats exceeds total seats).,99,
1014,,99,
1013,"""The PPD/PSD ran alone in all constituencies, except in Madeira, where it ran with the CDS-PP, and in the Azores, where it ran with the CDS-PP and with the PPM, having received, alone and in coalition, a total of 1,618,381 votes (29.86%)"" (parlamento-pt).",99,
1012,,99,
1011,Inconsistency of votes documented in data source (sum of votes exceeds total votes).,99,
1010,,99,
1009,,99,
1008,,99,
1007,,99,
1006,,99,
1005,,99,
1004,,99,
1003,,99,
1002,,99,
1001,,99,
1000,,99,
999,"56 of the 80 Members of the House of Representatives have been elected. 29 seats were needed for a majority according to Wikipedia.

Party names of the source do not match with party names in the dataset (due to an update in the Google Translate algorithm?)",99,
998,,99,
997,"Votes cast calculated based on votes valid, null, blank votes (see BEC 2020, 13).
5901915 + 108887 + 46972 = 6057774",99,
996,,99,
995,vote share calculated in ParlGov web interface,99,
994,,99,
993,,99,
992,,99,
991,,99,
990,,99,
989,,99,
988,"Official sources state that the turnout is 65.95%, while the calculated validated results show a higher turnout.",99,
987,,99,
986,,99,
985,,99,
984,,99,
983,There are some minor differences between the alliances in this election and the previous one this year.,99,
982,,99,
981,,99,
980,,99,
979,,99,
978,,99,
977,,99,
976,,99,
975,,99,
974,,99,
973,,99,
972,LW: official source (cne) indicates vote share with regard to the total votes (not valid votes which is common) - so the vote share is lower which seems not to be correct,99,
971,,99,
970,,99,
969,,99,
968,,99,
967,,99,
966,,99,
965,,99,
964,,99,
963,,99,
962,,99,
961,,99,
960,,99,
959,,99,
958,,99,
957,,99,
956,,99,
955,,99,
954,,99,
953,,99,
952,,99,
951,,99,
950,,99,
949,,99,
948,,99,
947,"The votes are not real votes, but fictional votes that transform the multi-vote system into a single-vote system via a calculation process.
",99,
946,,99,
945,,99,
944,"The last democratic election of the Weimar Republic took place with strong repression by the state and by paramilitary groups (Sturmabteilung, SA) against left parties (esp. KPD and SPD).",99,
943,,99,
942,,99,
941,,99,
940,,99,
939,,99,
938,"Main election on 4 May 1924, with repeat elections in Dittmannsdorf and Oppeln on 21 September 1924.",99,
937,"Main election on 6 June 1920, with postponed elections in East Prussia and Schleswig-Holstein on 20 February 1921 and on 19 November 1922 in Oppeln.
Some deputies stayed in the Reichstag until the election took place in their constituency.",99,
936,,99,
935,Results represent the votes cast in the German territory before the ratification of the Treaty of Versailles.,99,
934,,99,
933,,99,
932,,99,
931,,99,
930,,99,
929,,99,
928,,99,
927,,99,
926,,99,
925,Empty Votes = Invalid Vote,99,
924,,99,
923,,99,
922,,99,
921,,99,
920,,99,
919,,99,
918,,99,
917,,99,
916,,99,
915,,99,
914,,99,
913,,99,
912,,99,
911,,99,
910,,99,
909,,99,
908,,99,
907,,99,
906,,99,
905,"Votes are given on the alliance level as votes cast for each alliance party do not add up to the total  votes cast for an alliance. Some voters did not indicate their preferential vote, but just voted for the whole alliance.",99,
904,,99,
903,,99,
902,,99,
901,,99,
900,,99,
899,,99,
898,,99,
897,,99,
896,,99,
895,,99,
894,,99,
893,,99,
892,,99,
891,,99,
890,,99,
889,,99,
888,"Available data is inconsistent, valid votes sum up to 9547422.",99,
887,,99,
886,,99,
885,,99,
884,,99,
883,,99,
882,,99,
881,,99,
880,,99,
879,,99,
878,,99,
877,,99,
876,,99,
875,,99,
874,,99,
873,,99,
872,,99,
871,,99,
870,,99,
869,,99,
868,,99,
867,,99,
866,,99,
865,,99,
864,,99,
863,,99,
862,,99,
861,,99,
860,,99,
859,,99,
858,,99,
857,,99,
856,,99,
855,,99,
854,,99,
853,,99,
852,,99,
851,,99,
850,,99,
849,,99,
848,,99,
847,,99,
846,,99,
845,,99,
844,,99,
843,,99,
842,,99,
841,,99,
840,"The percentage of votes is not related to the number of votes in the table, as voters could cast more votes in some constituencies than others, and is instead calculated based on the proportion of votes received in each constituency (Nohlen/Stöver 2010: 1254).",99,
839,"The percentage of votes is not related to the number of valid votes, as voters could cast more votes in some constituencies than others, and is instead calculated based on the proportion of votes received in each constituency (Nohlen/Stöver 2010: 1254).",99,
838,"The percentage of votes is not related to the number of valid votes, as voters could cast more votes in some constituencies than others, and is instead calculated based on the proportion of votes received in each constituency (Nohlen/Stöver 2010: 1254).",99,
837,"The percentage of votes is not related to the number of valid votes, as voters could cast more votes in some constituencies than others, and is instead calculated based on the proportion of votes received in each constituency (Nohlen/Stöver 2010: 1254).",99,
836,"The percentage of votes is not related to the number of valid votes, as voters could cast more votes in some constituencies than others, and is instead calculated based on the proportion of votes received in each constituency (Nohlen/Stöver 2010: 1254).",99,
835,,99,
834,,99,
833,,99,
832,,99,
831,,99,
830,,99,
829,,99,
828,,99,
827,,99,
826,,99,
825,,99,
824,,99,
823,,99,
822,,99,
821,,99,
820,,99,
819,,99,
818,,99,
817,,99,
816,,99,
815,,99,
814,,99,
813,,99,
812,,99,
811,,99,
810,,99,
809,,99,
808,,99,
807,,99,
806,,99,
805,,99,
804,,99,
803,,99,
802,,99,
801,,99,
800,,99,
799,,99,
798,,99,
797,,99,
796,,99,
795,,99,
794,,99,
793,,99,
792,,99,
791,,99,
790,,99,
789,,99,
788,,99,
787,,99,
786,,99,
785,,99,
784,,99,
783,,99,
782,,99,
781,,99,
780,,99,
779,,99,
778,,99,
777,,99,
776,,99,
775,,99,
774,,99,
773,,99,
772,,99,
771,,99,
770,,99,
769,,99,
768,,99,
767,,99,
766,,99,
765,,99,
764,,99,
763,,99,
762,,99,
761,,99,
760,,99,
759,,99,
758,,99,
757,,99,
756,,99,
755,,99,
754,,99,
753,,99,
752,,99,
751,,99,
750,,99,
749,,99,
748,,99,
747,,99,
746,,99,
745,,99,
744,,99,
743,,99,
742,,99,
741,,99,
740,,99,
739,,99,
738,,99,
737,,99,
736,Regular election in 2014. Previous regular election in 2010 and an early election in 2011.,99,
735,,99,
734,,99,
733,"Centre-right parties (The Alliance: M, FP, Cp, KD) formed a pre-electoral coalition.",99,
732,,99,
731,,99,
730,,99,
729,,99,
728,,99,
727,,99,
726,,99,
725,,99,
724,,99,
723,,99,
722,,99,
721,,99,
720,,99,
719,,99,
718,"Candidates with no party affiliation won 195,588 votes (1.1%). Not recorded following ParlGov election coding rules.",99,
717,,99,
716,,99,
715,,99,
714,,99,
713,,99,
712,,99,
711,,99,
710,,99,
709,,99,
708,,99,
707,,99,
706,,99,
705,,99,
704,,99,
703,,99,
702,,99,
701,,99,
700,Needs information for largest Party that won no seat,99,
699,,99,
698,,99,
697,,99,
696,,99,
695,,99,
694,The seats (json) of parties in alliances based on the candidate list of the Central Election Bureau (12. Lista candidaţilor care au primit mandat de deputat grupaţi pe circumscripţii electorale şi colegii uninominale).,99,
693,The Central Electoral Commission nullified the result of the single-member election in the constituency Biržai-Kupiškis because of violations against the law. Due to the invalid result the candidate was not elected.,99,
692,,99,
691,,99,
690,,99,
689,,99,
688,,99,
687,,99,
686,,99,
685,,99,
684,,99,
683,,99,
682,,99,
681,,99,
680,,99,
679,,99,
678,,99,
677,,99,
676,,99,
675,,99,
674,"cantons with uncontested seats: Lucerne, Schwyz, Zug, Solothurn, Appenzell-Ausserrhoden, Ticino, Vaud, Valais and Neuchatel",99,
673,MPs from the Law and Justice Party (PiS) formed the Solidarity Poland Party (SP) on 7 November 2011. SP does not meet ParlGov inclusion criterias and is therefore not included. ,99,
672,,99,
671,,99,
670,,99,
669,,99,
668,,99,
667,,99,
666,,99,
665,,99,
664,,99,
663,,99,
662,,99,
661,,99,
660,,99,
659,,99,
658,,99,
657,,99,
656,,99,
655,,99,
654,,99,
653,,99,
652,,99,
651,,99,
650,,99,
649,,99,
648,,99,
647,,99,
646,,99,
645,,99,
644,,99,
643,,99,
642,,99,
641,,99,
640,,99,
639,,99,
638,"Total votes and total valid votes include only New South Wales, Victoria, Queensland and Western Australia.
South Australia and Tasmanian are multi-member constituencies and are not included.",99,
637,,99,
636,,99,
635,,99,
634,,99,
633,,99,
632,,99,
631,,99,
630,,99,
629,,99,
628,,99,
627,,99,
626,,99,
625,,99,
624,,99,
623,,99,
622,,99,
621,,99,
620,,99,
619,,99,
618,,99,
617,,99,
616,,99,
615,,99,
614,,99,
613,,99,
612,,99,
611,,99,
610,,99,
609,,99,
608,,99,
607,,99,
606,,99,
605,,99,
604,"In this election voters were entitled to one, two or three votes, depending on the size of their constintuency. Here, the number of votes cast means ballots cast. The total number of valid votes is 55,448,879.",99,
603,The election results differ in comparison to Nohlen ea. 2001.,99,
602,Election results differ in comparison to Nohlen ea. 2001.,99,
601,"Election results differ between Mackie/Rose (1991) and Nohlen ea. (2001).
Sum of votes for all parties exceeds total number of votes reported in Mackie/Rose (1991).",99,
600,The election results differ in comparison to Nohlen ea. 2001.,99,
599,"The election results differ in comparison to Nohlen ea. 2001. Mackie/Rose is used for all data, except the total numer of seats (Nohlen ea. 2001).",99,
598,Vote shares differ in comparison to results provided by Central Election Commission Latvia (cvk). We use the number of valid votes (944 841) to calculate the vote share and not the number of votes cast (965 538).,99,
597,,99,
596,,99,
595,,99,
594,,99,
593,,99,
592,,99,
591,,99,
590,,99,
589,,99,
588,,99,
587,,99,
586,,99,
585,,99,
584,,99,
583,,99,
582,,99,
581,,99,
580,,99,
579,,99,
578,,99,
577,,99,
576,,99,
575,,99,
574,,99,
573,,99,
572,,99,
571,,99,
570,,99,
569,,99,
568,,99,
567,,99,
566,,99,
565,,99,
564,,99,
563,,99,
562,,99,
561,,99,
560,The EJPR source indicated that the official number of 9.933.385 voters is unrealistic and estimated 8.500.000 electors.,99,
559,,99,
558,,99,
557,,99,
556,,99,
555,,99,
554,Seats total excludes 20 seats from overseas territories.,99,
553,,99,
552,,99,
551,,99,
550,,99,
549,,99,
548,,99,
547,,99,
546,,99,
545,,99,
544,,99,
543,,99,
542,First unicameral election.,99,
541,"Centre-right parties (The Alliance: M, FP, Cp, KD) formed a pre-electoral coalition.",99,
540,,99,
539,,99,
538,,99,
537,,99,
536,Seats total excludes 20 seats from overseas territories.,99,
535,,99,
534,,99,
533,"
",99,
532,,99,
531,,99,
530,,99,
529,,99,
528,,99,
527,,99,
526,,99,
525,,99,
524,,99,
523,,99,
522,,99,
521,,99,
520,,99,
519,,99,
518,,99,
517,,99,
516,,99,
515,,99,
514,,99,
513,,99,
512,,99,
511,,99,
510,,99,
509,,99,
508,,99,
507,,99,
506,,99,
505,"
",99,
504,,99,
503,,99,
502,,99,
501,,99,
500,,99,
499,,99,
498,Election in Thirsk and Malton was delayed by three weeks after the death of a candidate.,99,
497,Five percent threshold was applied at the state level (Bundeswahlgesetz 1949 10(4)).,99,
496,,99,
495,,99,
494,,99,
493,,99,
492,,99,
491,Needs information about the largest party that won no seats.,99,
490,,99,
489,,99,
488,,99,
487,,99,
486,,99,
485,,99,
484,,99,
483,,99,
482,,99,
481,,99,
480,,99,
479,,99,
478,,99,
477,,99,
476,,99,
475,,99,
474,,99,
473,,99,
472,"Alliances were mainly formed for the plurality single member district voting part of the elections. For proportional voting, parties competed outside their electoral alliances. Alliances that formed for plurality voting were The Prodi-List (POP SVP PRI UD PRODI), CCD-CDU and The Dini-List.",99,
471,,99,
470,,99,
469,,99,
468,,99,
467,,99,
466,,99,
465,,99,
464,,99,
463,,99,
462,,99,
461,,99,
460,possible error in the primary source due to the valid votes,99,
459,,99,
458,,99,
457,,99,
456,,99,
455,,99,
454,,99,
453,,99,
452,,99,
451,,99,
450,,99,
449,,99,
448,,99,
447,,99,
446,,99,
445,,99,
444,,99,
443,,99,
442,,99,
441,,99,
440,,99,
439,,99,
438,"Centre-right (The Alliance: M, FP, Cp, KD) and centre-left (Red-Greens: SAP, MP, V) parties formed pre-electoral coalitions.",99,
437,"Some parties (NCP, LL, IC) won seats with SMD tier votes and no PR votes are included.",99,
436,,99,
435,inconsistencies with Mackie/Rose (1991/97),99,
434,,99,
433,,99,
432,,99,
431,"

",99,
430,,99,
429,,99,
428,,99,
427,,99,
426,,99,
425,"The official results don't allow to distinguish seats for parties in the single member district elections, so these information are from Wikipedia.",99,
424,,99,
423,Seats total excludes 17 seats from overseas territories.,99,
422,,99,
421,,99,
420,,99,
419,,99,
418,,99,
417,Check parliament composition change: K or KDU-CSL/US-DU,99,
416,,99,
415,,99,
414,"Kohl had previously become Chancellor by winning a constructive vote of no confidence. However, he wanted to seek a new electoral mandate. Early elections were called after Kohl lost a faked vote of no confidence.",99,
413,,99,
412,,99,
411,possible error in the primary source due to the valid votes,99,
410,"Official data inconsistent: Valid votes sum up to 25629277.
Number of valid votes based on interim results provided by the Assemblée nationale.
",99,
409,,99,
408,,99,
407,,99,
406,,99,
405,,99,
404,Needs information about the largest party that won no seats.,99,
403,,99,
402,,99,
401,,99,
400,,99,
399,,99,
398,,99,
397,,99,
396,,99,
395,,99,
394,,99,
393,,99,
392,,99,
391,,99,
390,,99,
389,,99,
388,,99,
387,,99,
386,"Elections took only place later in 2007. Results reflect the initial composition of Bulgarian MEPs, based on the party composition of the  National Assembly.",99,
385,,99,
384,,99,
383,,99,
382,5% threshold applied separately to the West and East of Germany.,99,
381,,99,
380,,99,
379,,99,
378,"After the election, the number of seats in the House of Representatives was raised from 100 to 150.",99,
377,,99,
376,,99,
375,,99,
374,,99,
373,,99,
372,,99,
371,,99,
370,,99,
369,,99,
368,,99,
367,,99,
366,,99,
365,,99,
364,,99,
363,,99,
362,,99,
361,,99,
360,,99,
359,,99,
358,,99,
357,,99,
356,,99,
355,,99,
354,"The results for Northern Ireland were added, although a different voting system was used (STV). For the votes of parties in Northern Ireland, the first preferences were used.",99,
353,,99,
352,,99,
351,,99,
350,possible error in the primary source due to the valid votes,99,
349,,99,
348,,99,
347,,99,
346,,99,
345,,99,
344,,99,
343,,99,
342,,99,
341,,99,
340,,99,
339,,99,
338,,99,
337,,99,
336,,99,
335,Seats total excludes 17 seats from overseas territories.,99,
334,,99,
333,"Although the two successor parties of the PSB-BSP (Parti socialiste belge-Belgische Socialistische Partij) were founded in 1978, the IBZ data differentiates between the Flemish and the Wallonian part for the 1977 election results without further specification. Since all other sources (Nohlen, Mackie/Rose, Cevipol) stand in contrast with this, the PSB-BSP is coded as one party.",99,
332,,99,
331,,99,
330,,99,
329,,99,
328,,99,
327,Official results include a by-election on 4 October 1970.,99,
326,,99,
325,,99,
324,,99,
323,,99,
322,,99,
321,,99,
320,,99,
319,,99,
318,,99,
317,,99,
316,,99,
315,,99,
314,,99,
313,,99,
312,,99,
311,,99,
310,Seats total excludes 18 seats from overseas territories.,99,
309,,99,
308,,99,
307,,99,
306,the number of votes for parties differ significantly between Comissão Nacional de Eleições and Parline,99,
305,,99,
304,,99,
303,,99,
302,,99,
301,,99,
300,,99,
299,,99,
298,,99,
297,,99,
296,,99,
295,,99,
294,,99,
293,,99,
292,,99,
291,,99,
290,,99,
289,,99,
288,"""Distribution of seats by party on the day of convocation of the 71st special session
taking into account the post-election change of party affiliation of 15 members."" (Parline)",99,
287,,99,
286,,99,
285,,99,
284,,99,
283,,99,
282,,99,
281,,99,
280,,99,
279,,99,
278,,99,
277,,99,
276,,99,
275,,99,
274,,99,
273,"Elections took only place in 1987. Results reflect the initial composition of Portuguese MEPs, based on the party composition of the Assembly of the Republic.",99,
272,,99,
271,"election results (number of votes) differ between Parline, EJPR and Wikipedia as data souces",99,
270,,99,
269,Seats total excludes 51 seats from Algeria and overseas territories.,99,
268,,99,
267,,99,
266,,99,
265,,99,
264,,99,
263,,99,
262,,99,
261,,99,
260,,99,
259,,99,
258,,99,
257,,99,
256,,99,
255,,99,
254,,99,
253,,99,
252,Seats total excludes 17 seats from overseas territories.,99,
251,,99,
250,,99,
249,,99,
248,,99,
247,,99,
246,Inconsistencies with Mackie/Rose (1991/97).,99,
245,,99,
244,,99,
243,"PSD and PS gained seats through membership in electoral alliances and by running separately in the constituencies of Azores and Madeira

possible error in the primary source due to the valid votes",99,
242,"La Lega Lombarda - Alleanza Nord was an electoral alliance of six minor regionalist parties (comprising Lega Lombarda, Lega Veneta, Piemont Autonomista, Uniun Ligure, Lega Emiliano-Romagnola and Alleanza Toscana) situated in the north of Italy. For the results it is coded with the Party-ID of Lega Lombarda.",99,
241,,99,
240,,99,
239,,99,
238,,99,
237,,99,
236,,99,
235,,99,
234,,99,
233,,99,
232,,99,
231,,99,
230,,99,
229,,99,
228,,99,
227,,99,
226,,99,
225,,99,
224,,99,
223,,99,
222,,99,
221,,99,
220,,99,
219,,99,
218,,99,
217,possible error in the primary source due to the valid votes,99,
216,possible error in the primary source due to the valid votes,99,
215,,99,
214,"Elections took only later in 1981. Results reflect the initial composition of Greek MEPs, based on the party composition of the Hellenic Parliament.",99,
213,Coded as snap election since it took place before the end of the official five-year term.,99,
212,,99,
211,,99,
210,,99,
209,,99,
208,,99,
207,,99,
206,,99,
205,,99,
204,,99,
203,,99,
202,,99,
201,,99,
200,,99,
199,,99,
198,,99,
197,,99,
196,,99,
195,,99,
194,,99,
193,,99,
192,,99,
191,,99,
190,,99,
189,,99,
188,,99,
187,,99,
186,,99,
185,,99,
184,KLD and PPG created a parliamentary group named Polski Program Liberalny (Polish Liberal Program) on 6 November 1992.,99,
183,possible error in the primary source due to the valid votes,99,
182,,99,
181,,99,
180,,99,
179,Inconsistencies with Mackie/Rose (1991/97).,99,
178,,99,
177,,99,
176,"""There was considerable duplication of electors enrolled. 360870 deletions were made in 1979/80. This would reduce the number enrolled to 2126724 and increase percentage of those voting to 79.86."" (Wilson 1985)",99,
175,,99,
174,Potentially an error in primary source related to the number of valid votes.,99,
173,,99,
172,,99,
171,,99,
170,,99,
169,,99,
168,,99,
167,"Elections took only place in 1996. Results reflect the initial composition of Finish MEPs, based on the party composition of the Eduskunta.",99,
166,,99,
165,,99,
164,,99,
163,,99,
162,,99,
161,,99,
160,,99,
159,Needs information about the largest party that won no seats.,99,
158,,99,
157,,99,
156,,99,
155,,99,
154,,99,
153,,99,
152,,99,
151,,99,
150,,99,
149,,99,
148,,99,
147,,99,
146,,99,
145,,99,
144,,99,
143,,99,
142,,99,
141,,99,
140,,99,
139,Official results include a by-election on 13 October 1996.,99,
138,,99,
137,,99,
136,,99,
135,The first polish election after the breakdown of the communism had a special (semi-free or semi-democratic) character. The coding of this election will therefore absorb some more time.,99,
134,,99,
133,,99,
132,,99,
131,,99,
130,,99,
129,,99,
128,,99,
127,,99,
126,,99,
125,,99,
124,,99,
123,possible error in the primary source due to the valid votes,99,
122,,99,
121,,99,
120,,99,
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103,Official results include a by-election at 2 October 2005 in the district Dresden I.,99,
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100,Remaining votes won by candidates without party affiliation in two districts. ,99,
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80,Total seats change to 621 on 3 March 2011 (Christian Social Union [CSU] seat ) and to 620 on 27 May (Christian Democrats [CDU]) after losing surplus seats following MP resignations.,99,
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78,the number of votes for parties differ significantly between Parline and EJPR,99,
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69,The number of votes cast differs within the voltive source.,99,
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53,2000 election with plurality instead of majority run-off for majority tier of parallel system,99,
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48,"Elections took only place later in 1995. Results reflect the initial composition of Swedish MEPs, based on the party composition of the Riksdag.",99,
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32,"Elections took only place in 1987. Results reflect the initial composition of Spanish MEPs, based on the party composition of the Congress of Deputies.",99,
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