Founding Elections and Protest Events Across 200 Countries, 1946-2015
by Yukawa, Taku / Harvard Dataverse·Updated 2mo ago
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Description
175 founding elections across 200 countries from 1946 to 2015, reviewed by regional experts specializing in Asia, Europe, Latin America, and Africa. The dataset was created by Yukawa, Taku and is hosted on Harvard Dataverse. It was last updated on April 13, -2026.
Use Cases
Analyze the relationship between transition type and protest activity based on the founding election classification.
Compare protest dynamics across different world regions based on the expert-reviewed regional coverage.
Study long-term patterns in political contention during foundational democratic moments based on the 1946-2015 time span.
Strengths
Covers 175 founding elections across 200 countries.
Time span of nearly 70 years, from 1946 to 2015.
Data was reviewed by regional experts for Asia, Europe, Latin America, and Africa.
Limitations
Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
Provenance
Source
Harvard Dataverse
Collection Method
Reviewed by regional experts.
Time Range
1946 to 2015
Freshness
Last updated 2026-04 13 15:11:36; freshness should be verified.
Geography
200 countries across Asia, Europe, Latin America, and Africa.
License is unknown; terms of use must be verified before download.