Data

Overview of electoral systems used European countries

From this page, you can download country summaries. These files give you the details of the electoral systems used in the country since the first democratic elections. The details included are the electoral formula for the allocation of seats between lists, districts and district magnitude, assembly size, ballot structure (nature of the vote that can be cast) and the method for the allocation of seats within parties.

In addition, you can access the full dataset of electoral systems in Europe since 1945 via our publications page.

Austria :

since 1945
Belgium :

since 1946
Bulgaria :

since 1990
Croatia :

since 2000 (tbc)
Cyprus: :

since 1970
the Czech Republic :

Czechoslovakia from 1990;
the Czech National Council from 1990
Denmark :

since 1945
Estonia :

Since 1990
(i.e., starting with the Supreme Soviet elections)
Finland :

since 1945
France :

since 1945
Germany :

since 1949
Greece :

since 1974
Hungary :

since 1990
Iceland :

since 1946
Ireland :

since 1948
Italy :

since 1946
Latvia :

since 1990
(i.e., starting with the Supreme Soviet elections)
Lithuania :

since 1990
(i.e., starting with the Supreme Soviet elections)
Luxembourg :

since 1945
Malta :

since 1966 (i.e., independence)
the Netherlands :

since 1946
Poland :

since 1991
Portugal :

since 1975
Romania :

since 1990
Slovakia :

since 1990 (i.e., including the Slovak National
Council elections held within Czechoslovakia)
Slovenia :

since 1990
Spain :

since 1977
Sweden: since 1945
Switzerland :

since 1947
the United Kingdom :

since 1945