Political Data Yearbook

🗳️ 2024 was the biggest election year in human history.
🌎 More than 1 billion people cast ballots in more than 60 countries.
📖 Explore the results of #LocalElections, #NationalElections + the #EPelections across 37 countries in 2024 on PDY + PDYi.
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🆕 #Cyprus #PoliticalData
🗳️ 2024 saw stalled reunification talks, UN envoy Holguín’s departure, #FidiasPanayiotou’s election success, a Turkish Cypriot university scandal + strengthened US-Cyprus relations, report Hubert Faustmann & @ahmetsozen.bsky.social.
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🆕 #Finland 2024 #PoliticalData
🗳️ #AlexanderStubb won the presidential election in a year of tense government-opposition clashes, welfare + immigration reforms and an austerity backlash, reports @emiliapalonen.bsky.social. 🔓 #OA
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🆕 #Luxembourg #PoliticalData
🗳️ In the 2024 #EPElections, Luxembourg’s ADR won its first seat, joining the ECR, while the Liberal party fell to third place + lost its second seat, report Patrick Dumont & Raphael Kies.
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🆕 #Belgium #PoliticalData
🗳️ Belgium’s 2024 elections reshaped politics, report @audreyvdleene.bsky.social & colleagues, as #MR & #LesEngagés ended Socialist dominance, N-VA led Flanders, the ecologists declined + new ‘Arizona’, ‘Azur’ & tripartite coalitions emerged.
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🆕 #Greece #PoliticalData
🗳️ In a turbulent 2024, Greece saw low-turnout for the #EUelections, #SYRIZA's leadership crisis, #Wildfires, inflation + became the 1st Orthodox Christian country to legalise 💒 #SameSexMarriage, reports @harrismylonas.bsky.social.
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❤️ If you like your research #OpenAccess, then you'll love @pdyearbook.bsky.social.
🆓 PDYinteractive is our free-to-use, customisable data resource, covering 37 countries.
🆓 More than 1/2 of our articles are #OA this year + all will be from 2026! #OAweek
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🆕 #Japan #PoliticalData
🗾 Sanae #Takaichi has won a historic vote to become Japan's 1st female PM.
Back in 2024, after scandals + declining support, the LDP elected Shigeru #Ishiba, but lost its majority. Opposition parties surged + new far-right parties also made minor gains. #OA
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🆕 #Norway #PoliticalData
#NorwegianPolitics remained stable in 2024, report Johannes Bergh & Rune Karlsen despite Cabinet reshuffles, scandals, low polling for the government + a historic unanimous bill to boost defence spending.
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💻 Attending the @ecpr.bsky.social webinar on #Israel's domestic political landscape after the #Gaza war tomorrow?
📘 Get up to speed on Israel's political developments + data in the latest report for PDY from @liranharsgor.bsky.social and @roizur.bsky.social.
➡️ bit.ly/48uS83v

🆕 #Malta #PoliticalData
In 2024, #MaltesePolitics was marked by 🗳️ #EUelections and 🏥 hospital privatisation, challenging Labour's dominance, though deeper shifts in voter loyalty remain uncertain, writes Dominic Fenech.
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Israel: Political Developments and Data in 2024 In 2024, Israel faced profound political and military upheaval. The Gaza war persisted throughout the year, expanding to direct confrontations with Hezbollah and Iran, while Houthi attacks intensifie...

Writing a report about Israeli politics in 2024 for @pdyearbook.bsky.social was quite a challenge. Luckily, I had @roizur.bsky.social as a collaborator.
We hope this report helps make sense of an extremely difficult period in the country’s history.

ejpr.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

🆕 #Canada #PoliticalData
📉 PM Justin #Trudeau faced plummeting approval in 2024, reports David K Stewart, along with Conservative poll dominance, party dissent, by-election losses, US tensions + leadership doubts amid a collapsing #NDP agreement.
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🆕 #Australia #PoliticalData
🗳️ 2024 saw the #LaborGovernment face mid-term setbacks, regional election losses, a Cabinet reshuffle, plus policy challenges including cost-of-living, Gaza + #AUKUS commitments, report @marijataflaga.bsky.social & @joshsunman.bsky.social.
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🆕 #Bulgaria #PoliticalData
🇧🇬 In 2024, #BulgarianPolitics remained unstable and fragmented, reports Marina Spirova, with coalition struggles, declining trust, rising #Euroscepticism, and contentious debates despite progress toward #EUintegration.
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🆕 #NewZealand #PoliticalData
✂️ In 2024, PM #ChristopherLuxon & the new coalition government cut public spending, advanced reforms, faced Māori opposition + delivered tax relief while reversing Labour’s policies, report @fionacbarker.bsky.social & @willdreyer.bsky.social.
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🆕 #Portugal 2024 #PoliticalData
🌹 José M. Magone reports on a year that saw nationwide commemorations to mark 50 years since the #CarnationRevolution, multiple elections + the formation of a new minority government led by PM #LuisMontenegro.
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🆕 #Croatia 2024 #PoliticalData
🗳️ In an election packed year, the ruling #HDZ secured victories in all major polls. President #Milanović faced legal pushback, while public discontent was eased by public sector pay hikes, report Dario Nikić Čakar & Višeslav Raos.
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🧳 Leaving #ecprgc25 today?
🎧 Need something to listen to on your journey home?
🆓 Check out our latest #Podcast episodes covering the #AustralianElections, #GermanElections, #USelections and many more!
👉 ecpr.eu/podcast #PoliticalPodcast

⏰ Today at #ecprgc25
⬇️ Meet PDY co-editor @raulgomez.bsky.social
to find out about our data + analysis covering 37 countries.
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🤔 Curious to learn more about Greece's #PoliticalData ahead of #ecprgc25 in Thessaloniki this week?
🆓 Find fully searchable & downloadable data covering election results, national referenda, institutional reforms + more at PDYinteractive.
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✈️ Heading to #Thessaloniki next week for #ecprgc25?
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👉 ecpr.eu/podcast #PoliticalPodcast

👍 Attending #ecprgc25 and want to know more about PDY and PDYinteractive?
⬇️ Meet PDY co-editor @raulgomez.bsky.social next week and find out about our data + analysis covering 37 countries.
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👇 Heading to the Open Science session at #ecprgc25 next week?
❤️ If you like #OpenScience, you'll love PDY
🆓 PDYinteractive is our free-to-use, customisable data resource, covering 37 countries.
🆓 Many of our articles are #OA + all will be from 2026!
👉 bit.ly/4lyEH5g

🆕 #Italy 2024 #PoliticalData
🇮🇹 #EPelections highlighted a possible return to bipolarism, report M Gallina & C Biancalana, after the electoral collapse of #M5S + 7 regional elections, saw the centre-right coalition consolidate its territorial dominance.
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Open access to report on 2024 in Danish politics: Queen abdicated. EP elections returned a fragmented Danish representation in Brussels. The cross-the-aisle-majority gov saw some program realization, cf. initiatives on stronger defense, conscription for women & ‘Green Partite’ deal #polisky #dkpol

🎙️ Did you know we do #Podcasts?
🎧 PDY editors, @raulgomez.bsky.social, Michelangelo Vercesi & Tom Mustillo have been speaking to colleagues around the world to predict and reflect on election results in the #US, #Germany, #Australia and many more.
▶️ Catch up on all the episodes: ecpr.eu/podcast

🆕 #UK #PoliticalData
🗳️ @aliamiddleton.bsky.social reports on 2024, when PM #Sunak called a July election, which #UKLabour won. #Starmer became PM, scrapping the #RwandaPlan and #RachelReeves’ budget cut #WinterFuelPayments, criticising prior policies.
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