“The Election Results Archive (ERA) is a collection of electronic files containing data on election results from around the world. While the growth of democracy around the world has led to increased demand for information on electoral results, accurate election-related data are not easily or widely available. This online database provides researchers, policy-makers, scholars, and others interested in elections with information on over 900 elections from around the world…You can search: By country, year of election, and type of election – multiple search is possible; By free-text search – this will search the content of each election file, including names of political parties, politicians, etc.”