Table3

Table 3: Variables of democratisation and representation Variable name Description of the variables

Variable name	Description of the variables
YEAR	Year of election
Democratisation
Enfranchisement
AGE SEX CENSIT CAPACIT ADV1 ADV2 ADV3	Voting age Women enfranchisement Régime cencitaire Régime capacitaire Eligible to vote in thousands Eligible to vote in per cent of over 20 Eligible to vote in per cent of enfranchised population
Equality of vote
PLURAL DIRECT SECRECY	Plural or equal voting Direct or indirect vote Secret or manifest vote (provision of secrecy)
Representation system
COMP SYSTEM CONST LEG HOUSE	Compulsoriness of voting Electoral system (several sub-variables) Size of constituencies (number of seats to be returned) Duration of legislature Size of the house (number of MPs)

Note: Due to lack of space, this table does not present the coding scheme of the categorical, ordinal and dummy variables. The continuous variables (year, age, adv123) and the 'leg' and 'house' variables clearly do not need any coding. The variable 'electoral systems' also provides information about topics such as the multiple vote (see note 5), the STV proportional representation system, the number of ballots for plurality systems, etc.