Candidates Contested

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##     1-2     2-5    5-10   10-20   20-30   30-40   40-50   50-75  75-100 100-150 
##     578     465     379     346     134      93      60      88      56      52 
## 150-200    200+ 
##      36     151

Statewise

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##  1-2  3-5   5+ 
## 1689  506  243

Longevity

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##   0-1   1-5  5-10 10-25   25+ 
##  1143   445   402   333   115

Assemblies Contested

## # A tibble: 4 × 3
##   assemblies_group     n Percentage
##   <fct>            <int>      <dbl>
## 1 1                 1586      65.1 
## 2 2                  459      18.8 
## 3 3-5                310      12.7 
## 4 5+                  83       3.40

Party Type

Single election party are those which took part in only one election. Double election party are those which took part in only two election cycles. No National party is included in Single and Double election category. For any party taking part in three or more election cycles we have sub divided into 3 categories. Micro party are those which took part upto 10% of the seats in any given assembly. Minor parties are those which contested in in seats between 10%-50% of any assembly. Major parties are those which took part in more than 50% of the seats of any assembly. When calculating Unique parties, if they occur in two categories because of different states, the higher category will be chosen.

Note: Missing parties are much smaller: Median candidates contested = 1; on average ≈ 10 candidates over their entire TCPD presence.655 parties removed. 

## [1] 2175

Party type Vote/Seat share

Vote, seat share, and strike rate by party type (unique parties, highest category, national parties removed from single/double)
Party type Number of parties Mean vote share Median vote share Mean seat share Median seat share Mean strike rate Median strike rate
Single-election party 1492 0.392 0.005 0.060 0.014 2.004 0.000
Double-election party 372 1.183 0.010 0.080 0.020 3.081 0.000
Micro party (3+ elections) 187 0.171 0.015 0.029 0.022 5.590 0.000
Minor party (3+ elections) 72 2.092 0.928 0.150 0.122 8.263 3.552
Major party (3+ elections) 44 12.252 8.597 0.463 0.397 20.014 13.724

Party System Start/End

Party System Start and End

Party longevity by system

INC Decline all states

## [1] "Combined data: 752 rows, 30 states"
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