Turkish Electoral Districts and Administrative Units from 1960 to 2018

Replication data for research on administrative unit proliferation in parliamentary systems, focusing on Turkish elections. The dataset was created by Abus, Murat and Sabri Ciftci and is hosted by Harvard Dataverse. It was last updated in March 2026.

Use Cases

• Analyzing the relationship between changes in administrative_unit boundaries and election_year outcomes.
• Modeling the effect of district_proliferation on party_vote_share or seat_allocation over time.
• Tracking the temporal evolution of electoral_district counts from 1960 to 2018.
• Correlating administrative_division changes with incumbent_party performance in subsequent elections.

Strengths

• Covers a long temporal range of 58 years (1960-2018).
• Data is structured for replication of a peer-reviewed academic study.

Limitations

• Specific row count, column names, and sample size are unknown.
• Data is temporally stale, ending in 2018 with no updates to recent elections.

Provenance

Source

Harvard Dataverse, authored by Abus, Murat.

Collection Method

Created as replication data for academic research; specific collection method not detailed.

Time Range

1960 to 2018

Freshness

Last updated in March 2026, but data coverage ends in 2018.

Geography

Turkey