Study title

Plenary Votes in the Finnish Parliament during 1983-2014

Dataset ID Number

FSD2117

Persistent identifiers

https://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD2117
https://doi.org/10.60686/t-fsd2117

Data Type

Quantitative

Authors

• Pajala, Antti (University of Turku. Department of Political Science)
• Jakulin, Aleks (Jozef Stefan Institute)

Abstract

The survey charts plenary votes in the Finnish Parliament between 1983 and 2014. Each vote contains the votes of the MPs and the number of nay and yea votes, blank votes and absents. The data comprises the number of the vote in the plenary session, and time, type, title, status, and background information of the vote. The number, date and starting time of the plenary session is also included.

Keywords

members of parliament; parliamentary sessions; parliamentary work; plenary sessions; proposals; voting

Topic Classification

• Social sciences (Fields of Science Classification)
• Elites and leadership (CESSDA Topic Classification)
• Government, political systems and organisations (CESSDA Topic Classification)

Series

Individual datasets

Distributor

Finnish Social Science Data Archive

Access

The dataset is (B) available for research, teaching and study.

Data Collector

• Pajala, Antti (University of Turku. Department of Political Science)
• Jakulin, Aleks (Jozef Stefan Institute)
• Pulkkinen, Niina
• Makkonen, Kimmo

Data Producers

• Academy of Finland
• University of Turku. Department of Political Science

Time Period Covered

1983 – 2014

Collection Dates

2004 – 2015

Nation

Finland

Geographical Coverage

Finland

Analysis/Observation Unit Type

Event/Process/Activity

Universe

Plenary Votes in the Finnish Parliament during 1983-2014

Time Method

Time series

Data Sources

Website of the Finnish Parliament and microfilms of vote charts in the Library and Archive of Parliament.

Sampling Procedure

Total universe/Complete enumeration

Collection Mode

Compilation/Synthesis

Research Instrument

Structured questionnaire

Data File Language

Downloaded data package may contain different language versions of the same files.

The data files of this dataset are available in the following languages: Finnish and English.

FSD translates quantitative data into English on request, free of charge. More information on ordering data translation.

Number of Cases and Variables

870 variables and 25438 cases.

Data Version

3.0

Completeness of Data and Restrictions

In the variable bv2 "number of vote in plenary session" values 1900, 2000 ja 2600 refer to ballots. When two zeros are removed from the values, they denote the tie vote. The variable bv3 "time of vote" contains information since 1996.

Weighting

There are no weight variables in the data.

Citation Requirement

The data and its creators shall be cited in all publications and presentations for which the data have been used. The bibliographic citation may be in the form suggested by the archive or in the form required by the publication.

Bibliographical Citation

Pajala, Antti (University of Turku) & Jakulin, Aleks (Jozef Stefan Institute): Plenary Votes in the Finnish Parliament during 1983-2014 [dataset]. Data version 3.0 (2017-03-24). Finnish Social Science Data Archive [distributor]. DOI: https://doi.org/10.60686/t-fsd2117; URN: https://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD2117

Deposit Requirement

Notify FSD of all publications where you have used the data by sending the citation information to user-services.fsd@tuni.fi.

Disclaimer

The original data creators and the archive bear no responsibility for any results or interpretations arising from the reuse of the data.

Related Publications

Pajala, Antti & Jakulin, Aleks & Buntine, Wray (2005). Eduskuntaryhmien käyttäytyminen ja -koheesio vuoden 2003 valtiopäivillä. Politiikka 47(3), 205-217.

Pajala, Antti (2006). Eduskunnan täysistuntoäänestykset vuosien 1945-2005 valtiopäivillä. Politiikka 48(1), 64-75.

Miettinen, Pauli & Mielikäinen, Taneli & Gionis, Aris & Das, Gautam & Mannila, Heikki (2008). The Discrete Basis Problem [online]. IEEE Transactions on Knowledge and Data Engineering, 05 Mar 2008. IEEE Computer Society Digital Library. http://doi.ieeecomputersociety.org/10.1109/TKDE.2008.53 [cited 5.6.2008].

Williams, Brian D. (2014) Institutions and Legislative Consensus in National Parliaments. UC Riverside: Political Science.

Pajala, A. and Jakulin, A. 2007. Eduskuntaryhmien äänestyskoheesio vuosien 1991-2006 valtiopäivillä, Politiikka 49(3), 141-154.

Pajala, A., & Buntine, W. & Jakulin, A. 2009. Three Views to Plenary Voting, Acta Politica Aboensia, series B:1.

Pajala, A. 2010. Plenary Votes and Voting Cohesion in Eduskunta: A Descriptive Analysis of the 1991-2006 Parliamentary Years, Acta Politica Aboensia, series B:2.

Pajala, A. 2011. Hallitus- ja oppositioryhmien suhde eduskunnassa II maailmansodan jälkeisellä ajalla. Politiikka 53(3), 214-226.

Pajala, A. 2012. Eduskunnan ristiriitaulottuvuudet täysistuntoäänestysten valossa vuosien 1991-2010 valtiopäivillä. Politiikka 54(2), 103-118.

Pajala, A. 2013. Government vs opposition voting in the Finnish parliament Eduskunta since World War II. European Journal of Government and Economics 2(1), 41-58.

Pajala, A. 2014. Täysistuntoäänestykset ja eduskunta-aloitteet. Teoksessa Raunio, T. and Wiberg, M. (toim.) Eduskunta - Kansanvaltaa puolueiden ja hallituksen ehdoilla. Helsinki: Gaudeamus, 184-202.

Dvorak, Petr (2016). Long-term legislative unity in five parliamentary democracies [online]. Czech Republic. Brno: Masaryk University. Dissertation thesis. https://is.muni.cz/th/178499/fss_d/ [cited 28.6.2016].

El Hannari, N., Pajala, A., Raiskila, M., Suojaranta, T. ja Vainio, J. 2015. Ryhmäyhtenäisyyden vakaus: Hallitus-oppositio -äänestäminen eduskunnassa 1980-luvun parlamentaarisessa murroksessa. Politiikka 57:2, 126-136.

Tuttnauer, O., 2016. Parliamentary Oppositions in Established Democracies: A Comparative Approach, European Forum at the Hebrew University Working Paper.