REIGN Dataset

September 2020 REIGN Dataset: as of September 1st, 2020

New Leaders in August 2020

• Mohamed Irfaan Ali (Centre-left/left) - Guyana
• Zoran Zaev (Centre-left) - North Macedonia
• Luis Abinader (Centre/Centre-left) - Dominican Republic
• Col. Assimi Goita (Malian Armed Forces) - Mali

Key August 2020 Election Outcomes

• Belarus (Incumbent victory with no leadership change contested) - August 9
• Trinidad and Tobago (Incumbent victory with no leadership change) - August 10
• Montenegro (Outcome unclear as of September 1st) - August 30

Key September 2020 Elections

• Jamaica (General election) - September 3

Version Updates (As of September 1st, 2020)

• Updated precipitation (SPI) estimates using NOAA’s July 2020 PREC/L release (https://www.esrl.noaa.gov/psd/data/gridded/data.prel.html).
• Corrected election dates for the following countries: New Zealand
• Added previously missing 2020 election events in the following countries: Singapore, Jamaica
• Added final outcome information for the following election events: Guyana, North Macedonia
• Regime changes: Mali changed from presidential to transitional militiary following a successful coup event

Find the most current REIGN data here

Find the most current REIGN briefing here

Election and Leader lists (September 2020)

Election List

Leader List

Regime List

Technical Notes

Technical Notes

Questions?

If you are unable to download the data, or have questions/inquiries, please contact Clayton Besaw (cbesaw@oneearthfuture.org). Also feel to contact Clayton if you notice any bugs or wrongly coded data. Thanks!