Study title

Electoral Alliances in Parliamentary Elections 1945-2007

Dataset ID Number

FSD2316

Persistent identifier

urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD2316

Data Type

Quantitative

Authors

• 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

• Social sciences (Fields of Science Classification)
• Elections (CESSDA Topic Classification)

Series

Individual datasets

Distributor

Finnish Social Science Data Archive

Access

The dataset is (A) openly available for all users without registration (CC BY 4.0).

Data Collector

• Paalanen, Katja (University of Tampere. Finnish Social Science Data Archive)

Data Producers

• Finnish Social Science Data Archive
• Election Study Consortium

Time Period Covered

1945 – 2007

Collection Dates

2007-12 – 2008-01

Nation

Finland

Geographical Coverage

Finland

Analysis/Observation Unit Type

Organization/Institution

Universe

The electoral alliances between two or more political parties in Finnish parliamentary elections from 1945 to 2007.

Time Method

Time series

Data Sources

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.

Sampling Procedure

Total universe/Complete enumeration

Collection Mode

Compilation/Synthesis

Research Instrument

Data collection guidelines: Secondary data collection guide

Data File Language

Downloaded data package may contain different language versions of the same files.

The data files of this dataset are available in the following languages: English and Finnish.

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Number of Cases and Variables

19 variables and 423 cases.

Data Version

1.2

Completeness of Data and Restrictions

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.

Weighting

There are no weight variables in the data.

Citation Requirement

The data and its creators shall be cited in all publications and presentations for which the data have been used. The bibliographic citation may be in the form suggested by the archive or in the form required by the publication.

Bibliographical Citation

Alaterä, Tuomas J. (University of Tampere) & Paalanen, Katja (University of Tampere): Electoral Alliances in Parliamentary Elections 1945-2007 [dataset]. Version 1.2 (2017-10-14). Finnish Social Science Data Archive [distributor]. https://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD2316

Deposit Requirement

Notify FSD of all publications where you have used the data by sending the citation information to user-services.fsd@tuni.fi.

Disclaimer

The original data creators and the archive bear no responsibility for any results or interpretations arising from the reuse of the data.

Related Publications

Vaalit yleisödemokratiassa. Eduskuntavaalitutkimus 2007 (2009). Toim. Borg, Sami & Paloheimo, Heikki. Tampere: Tampere University Press.

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.