table_name,type,name,description,comment
view_election,text,country_name_short,three letter abbreviation of country -- iso alpha code,
view_election,text,country_name,name of country,
view_election,text,election_type,type of election -- 'parliament' or 'ep' election,
view_election,date,election_date,"Date the election took place. If the election lasted for several days, we code the last date.",
view_election,real,vote_share,percentage of votes for a party,
view_election,integer,seats,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.
view_election,integer,seats_total,total number of seats,
view_election,text,party_name_short,party abbreviation,
view_election,text,party_name,original name of party with native characters (this field may require a change of character encodings on your local computer),
view_election,text,party_name_english,English name of party,
view_election,real,left_right,"0--10 scale mean value in left/right dimension with data from Castles/Mair 1983, Huber/Inglehart 1995, Benoit/Laver 2006 and CHES 2010",
view_election,integer,country_id,ParlGov unique identifier for each country. Other tables refer to this variable as 'country_id'.,
view_election,integer,election_id,ParlGov unique identifier for national and EP elections. Other tables refer to this variable as 'election_id'.,
view_election,integer,previous_parliament_election_id,'election_id' of previous national parliament election in the country,
view_election,integer,previous_cabinet_id,'cabinet_id' of incumbent government,
view_election,integer,party_id,ParlGov unique party identifier. Variable name 'id' in 'party' table and 'party_id' in all other tables.,