rowid,id,table_id,table_id_label,column_number,name,type,comment_entry,incomplete,description,comment
1,1,19,country,24,old_countryID,integer,0,0,Previous country ID used versions prior to ParlGov 10/11 -- three digit iso code,
3,4,8,election_result,2,election_id,integer,0,0,ParlGov unique identifier for national and EP elections. Variable name 'id' in 'election' table and 'election_id' in all other tables.,
4,5,8,election_result,3,party_id,integer,0,0,ParlGov unique party identifier. Variable name 'id' in 'party' table and 'party_id' in all other tables.,
5,7,8,election_result,6,seats,integer,0,0,number of seats won by party,Seats coded for alliance members if information available. Coded as 0 for parties that won no seats and as missing value for electoral alliances if seats are coded at the level of alliance members.
7,9,8,election_result,8,votes,integer,0,1,number of votes,Information for this table is not systematically coded for all countries. Please refer to wiki.parlgov.org to get further information about the detail of country codings.
9,11,35,election,20,old_countryID,integer,0,0,Previous country ID used versions prior to ParlGov 10/11 -- three digit iso code,
10,12,35,election,21,old_parlID,integer,0,0,Previous election ID used versions prior to ParlGov 10/11 -- five digit number composed of the year the election took place and an ascending digit,
12,14,35,election,9,seats_total,integer,0,0,total number of seats,
13,15,35,election,12,votes_valid,integer,0,0,number of valid votes for parties and candidates -- not including blank votes,Based on the number of 'votes_cast' and 'electorate'. For electoral systems with multiple votes cast by each voter a 'data_json' entry 'valid_votes' records the sum of all valid (multiple) votes.
14,16,35,election,11,votes_cast,integer,0,0,number of votes cast in an election -- including invalid and blank votes ,
15,17,35,election,10,electorate,integer,0,0,number citizens eligible to vote,
17,19,29,party,2,country_id,integer,0,0,ParlGov unique identifier for each country. Variable name 'id' in 'country' table and 'country_id' in all other tables.,
18,20,29,party,30,old_partyID,integer,0,0,Previous party ID used versions prior to ParlGov 10/11 -- a unique number for every party in a country. IDs start at 10 and have no particular order. 990 -- no party affiliation (independent); 995 -- others; 999 -- to be coded,
19,21,29,party,3,family_id,integer,0,0,ParlGov unique party family identifier -- see table 'info_id' for a description,
26,28,29,party,16,cmp,integer,0,0,Comparative Manifestos Project (CMP) party ID (Budge ea. 2001; Klingemann ea. 2006),
27,29,29,party,20,castles_mair,integer,0,0,Castles/Mair (1983) expert survey party ID --  combined from number of country and number of party entry in data table (pp. 75--83),
28,31,29,party,21,huber_inglehart,integer,0,0,Huber/Inglehart (1995) expert survey party ID -- combined from number of country and number of party entry in Appendix 2 (pp. 92--108),
29,32,29,party,26,chess,integer,0,0,Chapel Hill expert survey series (CHESS) party ID (Hooghe ea. 2010; Marks/Steenbergen 2007),
30,33,29,party,24,benoit_laver,integer,0,0,Benoit/Laver (2006) expert survey party ID -- row number of first party entry in original data set,
31,34,12,cabinet,2,country_id,integer,0,0,ParlGov unique identifier for each country. Variable name 'id' in 'country' table and 'country_id' in all other tables.,
32,35,12,cabinet,19,old_cabID,integer,0,0,Previous cabinet ID used versions prior to ParlGov 10/11 -- Five digit number is composed of the year the cabinet came into office and an ascending digit for the number of the cabinet in that year starting with zero.,
36,39,20,external_commissioner_doering,3,commission_year,integer,0,0,year Commission formed,
37,40,20,external_commissioner_doering,2,country_id,integer,0,0,ParlGov unique identifier for each country. Other tables refer to this variable as 'country_id'.,
38,41,20,external_commissioner_doering,5,person_id,integer,0,0,ParlGov unique person identifier. Other tables refer to this variable as 'person_id'.,
44,47,20,external_commissioner_doering,11,party_id,integer,0,0,ParlGov unique party identifier. Variable name 'id' in 'party' table and 'party_id' in all other tables.,