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Appendix: Seats and left-right rank orders in four cases
Belgium 1991–2 (Source: Dumont 2002.)
PS SP A E FDF PSC CVP VU PRL VLD O FN VB Total
35
28
7
10 3 18 39 10 20 26 3 1 12 150
PS=French-speaking Socialists
SP= Flemish Socialists
Agalev= Flemish Greens
Ecolo= French-speaking Greens
FDF= French-speaking Regionalists (Brussels)
PSC= French-speaking Christian Democrats
CVP= Flemish Christian Democrats
VU= Flemish Regionalists
PRL= French-speaking Liberals
VLD=Flemish Liberals
O= Others, ROSSUM (Populists)
FN= French-speaking Extreme-Right
VB= Flemish Extreme-Right
The Netherlands 1998 (Source: Andeweg 2002.)
SP GL PvdA D66 CDA VVD GPV RPF SGP Total
5 11 45 14 29 38 2 3 3 150
SP= Socialist Party
GL= Green Left
PvdA= Social Democrats
D66= Progressive Liberals
CDA= Christian Democratic Appeal
VVD= Conservative Liberals
GPV= Orthodox Protestants
RPF=idem
SGP=idem
Sweden 1991 (Source: Bergman 1995, 2002.)
LP SD G Ce CD Li ND Co Total
16 138 0 31 26 33 25 80 349
LP= Left Party (Communists)
SD= Social Democrats
G= Greens
Ce= Centre Party
CD= Christian Democrats
Li= Liberals
ND= New Democracy (Populists)
Co= Conservatives
Finland 1995 (Source: Jungar 2000.)
LWA SDP GL Ce FRP CHR SPP NCP Others Total
22 63 9 44 1 7 12 39 3
200
LWA= Left-Wing Alliance (Communists)
SDP= Social Democrats
GL= Greens
Ce= Centre Party
FRP= Finnish Rural Party
CHR= Christian Democrats
SPP= Swedish People’s Party
NCP= Conservatives
Others= Amongst these, two seats for a
party called “Young Finns”
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