Czech political candidate and donation datasets

Abstract This paper introduces a new Czech Political Candidate Dataset (CPCD), which compiles comprehensive data on all candidates who have run in any municipal, regional, national, and/or European Parliament election in the Czech Republic since 1993. For each candidate, the CPCD includes their firs...

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Main Authors: Lukáš Linek, Michael Škvrňák, Michal Šoltés, Vítězslav Titl
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Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2025-02-01
Series:Scientific Data
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-025-04617-5
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description Abstract This paper introduces a new Czech Political Candidate Dataset (CPCD), which compiles comprehensive data on all candidates who have run in any municipal, regional, national, and/or European Parliament election in the Czech Republic since 1993. For each candidate, the CPCD includes their first name, last name, age, gender, place of residence, university degree, party membership, party affiliation, ballot position, and election results for candidates and for parties. We match candidates over various elections by using algorithms that rely on their personal information. We add information on political donations made to political parties. We source donation information from the Czech Political Donation Dataset (CPDD), our other newly built dataset, in which we compile records of individual donations to 12 leading political parties from official records for the period from 2017 to 2023. CPDD is publicly available along with the CPCD.
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spelling doaj-art-d1ed0c86aef44c2d803a9c0338f380eb2025-08-20T02:15:08ZengNature PortfolioScientific Data2052-44632025-02-0112111210.1038/s41597-025-04617-5Czech political candidate and donation datasetsLukáš Linek0Michael Škvrňák1Michal Šoltés2Vítězslav Titl3Institute of Sociology, Czech Academy of SciencesInstitute of Sociology, Czech Academy of SciencesDepartment of Economics and Empirical Legal Studies, Faculty of Law, Charles UniversityDepartment of Economics and Empirical Legal Studies, Faculty of Law, Charles UniversityAbstract This paper introduces a new Czech Political Candidate Dataset (CPCD), which compiles comprehensive data on all candidates who have run in any municipal, regional, national, and/or European Parliament election in the Czech Republic since 1993. For each candidate, the CPCD includes their first name, last name, age, gender, place of residence, university degree, party membership, party affiliation, ballot position, and election results for candidates and for parties. We match candidates over various elections by using algorithms that rely on their personal information. We add information on political donations made to political parties. We source donation information from the Czech Political Donation Dataset (CPDD), our other newly built dataset, in which we compile records of individual donations to 12 leading political parties from official records for the period from 2017 to 2023. CPDD is publicly available along with the CPCD.https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-025-04617-5
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