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Immigrant-origin candidates in Switzerland Dataset

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Title Immigrant-origin candidates in Switzerland Dataset
 
Identifier https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/066P80
 
Creator Nadler, Anna-Lena
 
Publisher Harvard Dataverse
 
Description This is an original longitudinal dataset providing information about the presence of immigrant-origin candidates on electoral voting lists in Switzerland. The dataset covers ballot lists of the seven main political parties encompassing municipal parliamentary elections across 17 Swiss municipalities between 1996 and 2018. Depending on data availability, the last three to six communal elections have been included. The dataset contains 1'731 immigrant-origin and 13'752 native candidates on 573 voting lists.
 
Subject Social Sciences
Immigration
Political representation
Political parties
 
Contributor Nadler, Anna-Lena