General Election Sites

IFES International Foundation for Election Systems (IFES)

Political Resources on the Net

Elections and Electoral Systems by Country

Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU)

IDEA  - International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance

Elections around the World / W. Derksen

Lijphart Election Archive

European Political Resources

Parties and Elections in Europe

Klipsan Election Notes Election Notes: Daily International News of Elections, Elections Calendar, Election Returns, Election Results, Election Administration, Campaign Finance, and Electoral Politics

The Comparative Study of Electoral Systems

Manuel Álvarez-Rivera's Election Resources on the Internet

OMRI Election Information - Information about Post-communist Countries since 1995

OSCE Parliamentary Assembly - Election and Mission Reports online countries where OSCE had missions at election time

East European Election Resources

NCSEER Post-Communist Elections Project

Association of Central and Eastern European Election Officials

Centre for the Study of Public Policy (CSPP)

Country links: Election Results, Election commission, Parliament, Presidency, Government, other

BULGARIA

• Bulgarian election results - Democracy Traditions Foundation; votes and percentages for all parties (national level) 91, 94, 97 + pres 92, 96 http://www.math.bas.bg/dt/

• Central Election Commission - http://www.ckmi.parliament.bg

• President - http://www.president.bg/

• Government - http://www.govrn.bg/

• Bulgarian Parliament - http://www.parliament.bg/ or   http://www1.parliament.bg/ 

• National Statistical Institute - http://www.nsi.bg/

• Bulgaria online http://www.online.bg/main/politics.htm

CZECH REPUBLIC

• The President of the Czech Republic http://www.hrad.cz/

• Parliament of the Czech Republic, Chamber of Deputies http://www.psp.cz/cgi-bin/eng/

• Parliament of the Czech Republic, Senate  http://www.senat.cz/

• Office of the Government of the Czech Republic http://www.vlada.cz/index2.htm

• Central Election Commission http://www.volby.cz/

• Interior ministry’s website for 1998 elections http://www.mvcr.cz/volby/index.html

• Institute for Public Opinion Research http://www.ivvm.cz/

• List of links to government and state institutions http://www.seznam.cz/.asc/Instituce/Vladni_instituce/index.html

ESTONIA

• Estonian Parliament - http://www.riigikogu.ee/englishindex.html (Riigikogu; in English)

• National Electoral Committee  http://www.vvk.ee/engindex.html (in English)

• Estonian government and ministries (in English) http://www.vm.ee/eng/govmin/index.html; http://www.vm.ee/eng/govmin/govdir.html

• Estonian President (in English) http://www.president.ee/eng/

• Government information server (in English) http://www.gov.ee/engno/index.html

• Supreme Court of Estonia (in English; includes constitutional decisions) http://www.nc.ee/english/

• Statistical Office (in English) http://www.stat.ee/wwwstat/eng_stat/

HUNGARY

• Central Election Commission - http://www.election.hu/index_en.htm   legislation, election results (1998 constituency level, 1990 and 1994 national level, distribution of mandates), more inforamtion in Hungarian than in English

• Hungarian Parliament (Magyar Országgyűlési Hivatal) http://www.mkogy.hu/

• Constitutional Court - http://www.mkab.hu/ (page under construction)

LATVIA

• Latvian Parliament (Saeima; a link to the English version available): http://www.saeima.lv/

• Latvian Government (in English): http://www.mk.gov.lv/eng/

• Latvian President (in English): http://www.president.lv/eng_def.html

• Constitutional Court of Latvia (in English): http://www.satv.tiesa.gov.lv/Eng/e_index.htm

• Information on the Latest Elections (Latvian Central Electoral Commission): http://www.saeima.lv/Lapas/Velesanas_Visa.htm

• Latvia - elections 98 - http://kastors.saeima.lanet.lv/base/cgi/vel7.sa3  

• Central Statistical Bureau (in English): http://www.csb.lv/ajaunumi.htm

LITHUANIA

• Lithuanian Parliament  (Seimas; link to the English version ) http://rc.lrs.lt/n/eng/index.html

• Supreme Electoral Commission (in Lithuanian): http://www.lrs.lt/rinkimai/

• Lithuanian Government (English version): http://www.lrvk.lt/anglu/home_anglo.htm

• President of Lithuania (English version): http://www.lrp.lt/index_e.htm

• Constitutional Court of Lithuania (in English): http://www.lrkt.lt/index_en.htm

• Department of Statistics: http://www.std.lt (in Lithuanian) http://www.std.lt/engl/default.htm (in English, under construction)

• Legal acts of Lithuania (search in English): http://www.lrs.lt/n/eng/DPaieska.html

• English translations of many Lithuanian laws: http://www.tm.lt/Litlex/Eng/Frames/Laws/Laws.htm

• Elections of the President of the Republic of Lithuania '97

• LITHUANIA'S SEIMAS ELECTIONS' 96

MOLDOVA

• IFES MOLDOVA:  legislation, election results, info on Moldovan institutions, news and commentary

POLAND

• Polish National Electoral Commission - Panstwowa Komisja Wyborcza   http://www.pkw.gov.pl/

• Polish Parliament - Lower House - Sejm -  http://www.sejm.gov.pl/

• Polish Presidency - http://www.prezydent.pl/toc.html

• Information Service of the Prime Minister - http://www.kprm.gov.pl/

• Rzeczpospolitej - 1997 elections - http://www.rzeczpospolita.pl/Pl-asc/Wybory97/index.html (in Polish)

• http://www.urm.gov.pl/cbos/icbos.html

• http://www.sejm.gov.pl/poslowie/mapa/polska6.htm

• Institute for Political Studies, Polish Academy of Sciences (also has a link to the Polish National Election Studies) http://www.isppan.waw.pl/

ROMANIA

• Romanian Parliament, Chamber of Deputies -  http://www.cdep.ro/

• Romanian Parliament, Senate - http://www.senat.ro/

• Government - http://domino.kappa.ro/guvern/home.nsf

• Romanian Presidency - http://www.presidency.ro/

• Legislative database of the Parliament (in Romanian) - http://www.cdep.ro/dic/owa/cd.show?cpage=legislatie1

• Legislative database of the Ministry of Justice (in Romanian) - http://domino2.kappa.ro/mj/superlex.nsf

• 1996 Election Results - Parliamentary and Presidential elections - http://www.kappa.ro/guv/bec/bec96.html

• Local and general elections 2000 - http://domino.kappa.ro

RUSSIA

• IFES Russia - http://www.ifes.ru:8101/eng/index.html

• Election Commission - http://www.fci.ru

• State Duma - http://www.duma.ru/

• Presidential Office - http://president.kremlin.ru/

• Government - http://www.gov.ru/

SLOVAKIA

• The President of the Slovak Republic http://www.prezident.sk/

• National Council of the Slovak Republic http://www.nrsr.sk/

• Government of the Slovak Republic http://www.government.gov.sk/

• Election Results - Parliamentary election 1994 - http://volby.statistics.sk/volby98/1994/index.htm (in Slovak; some information in English)

• Election Results - Parliamentary election 1998 - http://volby.statistics.sk/volby98/results/tabs.htm (in Slovak; some information in English)

• Election Results - Presidential elections 1999 - http://volby.statistics.sk/elect99/home.asp (in Slovak; some information in English)

• List of links to parties, NGOs, state institutions, election results & presidential candidates http://www.szm.sk/spopol/

UKRAINE

• List of links http://www.brama.com/ua-gov/index.html

• Central Election Commission - http://www.cvk.ukrpack.net/

• Parliament of Ukraine - http://www.rada.kiev.ua

• IFES Ukraine - http://www.ifes-ukraine.org - Results of the 1994 and 1998 Parliamentary elections, 1994 and 1999 Presidential Elections, Laws and Draft Laws of Ukraine, IFES Surveys

Election Sources from Other Post-Communist Countries

Armenian National Election Commission http://www.elections.am/

IFES - ARMENIA

Belarus - National Assembly

Bosnia-Hertzegovina - OSCE Mission

Croatia - Election Commission (Croatian only; English index not functional)

Georgia - National Election Commission

Republic of Macedonia - 1998 parliamentary election resutls

 

Republic of Macedonia - Parliament

Slovenia - Republic Electoral Commission (includes links to results of the 1992 and 1996 parliamentary elections and the 1997 presidential elections)

Center for Free Elections and Democracy - Yugoslavia (link set to English version; Serbian version: http://www.cesid.org/index.shtml)

Various  East European Resources (or with East European section)

"One Europe or Several? The Dynamics of Change Accross Europe" ESRC project that examines contemporary processes of political, security, economic, social and cultural change across the European continent; the Programme has both east-west and north-south dimensions and many of the 27 projects are cross-country comparisons.

ICORE - International Committee for Research into Elections and Representative Democracy

Freedom House

International Constitutional Law / ICL Wuerzburg University

Comparative Democratization Project -  Stanford University http://democracy.stanford.edu/

Democratisation of Transitional Societies in Central and Eastern Europe. A Project in the Department of Comparative Politics, University of Bergen, Norway

Tocqueville Reseach Centre - Research centre specializing in comparative cross-national political analysis

Fuzzy Statehood Project - University of Birmingham, part of 'One-Europe or Several?'

MINELRES directory of resources on minority human rights and related problems of the transition period in Eastern and Central Europe

Minorities at Risk Project (Post Communist States)

News sources (Post-Communist Countries)

Radio Free Europe

Post-Soviet Media Law & Policy Newsletter http://www.vii.org/monroe/

Central Europe Online Home Page

Transitions Online: The ultimate source on Central and Eastern Europe and NIS

Armenian Home Page - Politics

Links to Belarus sources and news archive

Estonian Foreign Ministry Information Service

Latvian News Archives

Romanian Media

Russia News Today Home Page

Interfax News Agency - News and Reports from the Russian Federation

Russian National News Service