Electorial Reform Society (ERS) Data (00007)

This dataset contains the results of 86 separate elections of various elections held by non-profit orginizations, trade unions, and professional orginizations. They were originally dontated by Nicolaus Tideman who secured NSF funding to have the ballots tabulated. The ballots are from elections held under various voting rules requiring incomplete strict orders. The tabulated results were initially collected by the Electoral Reform Society in the UK in order to support the adoption of STV and other range voting methods.

The files contain vote records with a maximum of 29 candidates and as few as 3; the number of voters ranges from 9 to 3419. The toc files have all unranked candidates tied, at the end of the order. Additionally, some of these are complete sets of ballots from the given elections and some are random samples from the set of all ballots.

Selected studies: N. Tideman and F. Plassmann. Modeling the outcomes of vote-casting in actual elections. In: Dan Felsenthal and Mose Machover (eds.) Electoral sytems: Paradoxes, assumptions, and procedures, 2012. | N. Tideman and F. Plassmann. Which Voting Rule is Most Likely to Choose the Best Option? Public Choice, 2013. | N. Tideman and F. Plassmann. How frequently do different voting rules encounter voting paradoxes in three-candidate elections? Social Choice and Welfare, 2013.

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Details

Election

  • Number of files: 174
  • Total size: 985.7 KB
  • Data types: soi, toc.
  • Publication date: Aug. 17, 2013
  • Last modification: March 1, 2024
ERS Set 1 — 00007-00000001.soi
380 Voters, 10 Alternatives
ERS Set 2 — 00007-00000002.soi
83 Voters, 19 Alternatives
ERS Set 3 — 00007-00000003.soi
963 Voters, 10 Alternatives
ERS Set 4 — 00007-00000004.soi
76 Voters, 20 Alternatives
ERS Set 5 — 00007-00000005.soi
104 Voters, 26 Alternatives
ERS Set 6 — 00007-00000006.soi
73 Voters, 17 Alternatives
ERS Set 7 — 00007-00000007.soi
77 Voters, 21 Alternatives
ERS Set 8 — 00007-00000008.soi
129 Voters, 3 Alternatives
ERS Set 9 — 00007-00000009.soi
867 Voters, 13 Alternatives
ERS Set 10 — 00007-00000010.soi
976 Voters, 6 Alternatives
ERS Set 11 — 00007-00000011.soi
860 Voters, 7 Alternatives
ERS Set 12 — 00007-00000012.soi
371 Voters, 9 Alternatives
ERS Set 13 — 00007-00000013.soi
2785 Voters, 5 Alternatives
ERS Set 14 — 00007-00000014.soi
741 Voters, 8 Alternatives
ERS Set 15 — 00007-00000015.soi
44 Voters, 11 Alternatives
ERS Set 16 — 00007-00000016.soi
91 Voters, 29 Alternatives
ERS Set 17 — 00007-00000017.soi
82 Voters, 5 Alternatives
ERS Set 18 — 00007-00000018.soi
183 Voters, 3 Alternatives
ERS Set 19 — 00007-00000019.soi
100 Voters, 5 Alternatives
ERS Set 20 — 00007-00000020.soi
77 Voters, 6 Alternatives
ERS Set 21 — 00007-00000021.soi
115 Voters, 4 Alternatives
ERS Set 22 — 00007-00000022.soi
68 Voters, 3 Alternatives
ERS Set 23 — 00007-00000023.soi
981 Voters, 15 Alternatives
ERS Set 24 — 00007-00000024.soi
58 Voters, 3 Alternatives
ERS Set 25 — 00007-00000025.soi
32 Voters, 4 Alternatives
ERS Set 26 — 00007-00000026.soi
148 Voters, 5 Alternatives
ERS Set 27 — 00007-00000027.soi
9 Voters, 18 Alternatives
ERS Set 28 — 00007-00000028.soi
63 Voters, 14 Alternatives
ERS Set 29 — 00007-00000029.soi
176 Voters, 17 Alternatives
ERS Set 30 — 00007-00000030.soi
43 Voters, 14 Alternatives
ERS Set 31 — 00007-00000031.soi
923 Voters, 10 Alternatives
ERS Set 32 — 00007-00000032.soi
575 Voters, 13 Alternatives
ERS Set 33 — 00007-00000033.soi
750 Voters, 16 Alternatives
ERS Set 34 — 00007-00000034.soi
561 Voters, 4 Alternatives
ERS Set 35 — 00007-00000035.soi
41 Voters, 6 Alternatives
ERS Set 36 — 00007-00000036.soi
667 Voters, 10 Alternatives
ERS Set 37 — 00007-00000037.soi
460 Voters, 10 Alternatives
ERS Set 38 — 00007-00000038.soi
922 Voters, 11 Alternatives
ERS Set 39 — 00007-00000039.soi
302 Voters, 10 Alternatives
ERS Set 40 — 00007-00000040.soi
680 Voters, 13 Alternatives
ERS Set 41 — 00007-00000041.soi
306 Voters, 9 Alternatives
ERS Set 42 — 00007-00000042.soi
216 Voters, 7 Alternatives
ERS Set 43 — 00007-00000043.soi
683 Voters, 7 Alternatives
ERS Set 44 — 00007-00000044.soi
280 Voters, 9 Alternatives
ERS Set 45 — 00007-00000045.soi
196 Voters, 6 Alternatives
ERS Set 46 — 00007-00000046.soi
199 Voters, 4 Alternatives
ERS Set 47 — 00007-00000047.soi
166 Voters, 4 Alternatives
ERS Set 48 — 00007-00000048.soi
155 Voters, 7 Alternatives
ERS Set 49 — 00007-00000049.soi
192 Voters, 3 Alternatives
ERS Set 50 — 00007-00000050.soi
195 Voters, 10 Alternatives
ERS Set 51 — 00007-00000051.soi
191 Voters, 6 Alternatives
ERS Set 52 — 00007-00000052.soi
180 Voters, 14 Alternatives
ERS Set 53 — 00007-00000053.soi
49 Voters, 4 Alternatives
ERS Set 54 — 00007-00000054.soi
86 Voters, 9 Alternatives
ERS Set 55 — 00007-00000055.soi
79 Voters, 17 Alternatives
ERS Set 56 — 00007-00000056.soi
525 Voters, 9 Alternatives
ERS Set 57 — 00007-00000057.soi
499 Voters, 8 Alternatives
ERS Set 58 — 00007-00000058.soi
272 Voters, 3 Alternatives
ERS Set 59 — 00007-00000059.soi
525 Voters, 5 Alternatives
ERS Set 60 — 00007-00000060.soi
253 Voters, 3 Alternatives
ERS Set 61 — 00007-00000061.soi
311 Voters, 4 Alternatives
ERS Set 62 — 00007-00000062.soi
403 Voters, 5 Alternatives
ERS Set 63 — 00007-00000063.soi
213 Voters, 3 Alternatives
ERS Set 64 — 00007-00000064.soi
486 Voters, 4 Alternatives
ERS Set 65 — 00007-00000065.soi
362 Voters, 8 Alternatives
ERS Set 66 — 00007-00000066.soi
78 Voters, 7 Alternatives
ERS Set 67 — 00007-00000067.soi
269 Voters, 7 Alternatives
ERS Set 68 — 00007-00000068.soi
902 Voters, 11 Alternatives
ERS Set 69 — 00007-00000069.soi
369 Voters, 4 Alternatives
ERS Set 70 — 00007-00000070.soi
1123 Voters, 4 Alternatives
ERS Set 71 — 00007-00000071.soi
276 Voters, 7 Alternatives
ERS Set 72 — 00007-00000072.soi
158 Voters, 4 Alternatives
ERS Set 73 — 00007-00000073.soi
157 Voters, 5 Alternatives
ERS Set 74 — 00007-00000074.soi
120 Voters, 4 Alternatives
ERS Set 75 — 00007-00000075.soi
134 Voters, 9 Alternatives
ERS Set 76 — 00007-00000076.soi
255 Voters, 5 Alternatives
ERS Set 77 — 00007-00000077.soi
3419 Voters, 12 Alternatives
ERS Set 78 — 00007-00000078.soi
365 Voters, 20 Alternatives
ERS Set 79 — 00007-00000079.soi
661 Voters, 14 Alternatives
ERS Set 80 — 00007-00000080.soi
537 Voters, 13 Alternatives
ERS Set 81 — 00007-00000081.soi
561 Voters, 4 Alternatives
ERS Set 82 — 00007-00000082.soi
579 Voters, 4 Alternatives
ERS Set 83 — 00007-00000083.soi
587 Voters, 7 Alternatives
ERS Set 84 — 00007-00000084.soi
564 Voters, 6 Alternatives
ERS Set 85 — 00007-00000085.soi
284 Voters, 4 Alternatives
ERS Set 86 — 00007-00000086.soi
279 Voters, 4 Alternatives
ERS Set 87 — 00007-00000087.soi
275 Voters, 4 Alternatives