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The Truth International is a research, evaluation and advisory organization supporting evidence-based decision-making across governance, development, markets, infrastructure and public systems.

Global Elections Directory

Partner: International Parliamentarians Congress (IPC) Sector: Governance & Institutional Research Location: Global

Comparative research on forms of government and electoral systems across 192 countries.

Project Background

The Global Elections Directory was developed as a large comparative research effort covering elections and parliamentary systems across countries.

The work gathered and organized information on democratic systems, elections and parliamentary structures to support situational analysis, comparative assessment, benchmarking, case-study learning and wider understanding of democratic practice.

TTI's Role

TTI contributed observational assessment, desk research, literature review, monitoring, documentation and analysis of election and parliamentary-system data for the live directory.

Methodology / Approach

The directory was developed through intensive desk research, literature review, structured data documentation and continued updating.

01

Desk Research

Gather country-level information on elections, parliamentary systems and governance arrangements.

02

Literature Review

Review available institutional and electoral sources for relevant evidence.

03

Data Consolidation

Transfer information into a coherent and consolidated global directory.

04

Comparative Analysis

Use collected information to support benchmarking, case-study review and comparative assessment.

05

Ongoing Updating

Update the live directory as elections alter the composition of elected bodies.

Key Outputs

Global elections dataset
Parliamentary-systems directory
Country-level governance information
Comparative research resource
Continuously updated election records

Results / Learning

Consolidated Global Evidence

The project created a structured source of information on elections and parliamentary systems.

Comparative Governance Learning

The directory supports situational analysis, benchmarking and case-study comparison.

Ongoing Research Utility

The live structure allows election information to be updated as political systems change.