REIGN Dataset

May 2021 REIGN Dataset: as of May 4th, 2021

New Leaders in April 2021

• Eduard Heger (Populist) - Slovakia
• Giancarlo Venturini & Marco Nicolini (Centre-right) - San Marino
• Mohamed Bazoum (Centre-left) - Niger
• Mahamat ibn Idriss Deby Itno (Military) - Chad
• Nguyen Xuan Phuc (Communist) - Vietnam

Key April 2021 Election Outcomes

• Albania (Incumbent victory, no leader change) - April 25
• Cape Verde (Incumbent victory, no leader change) - April 18
• Benin (Incumbent victory, no leader change) - April 11
• Chad (Incumbent victory, no leader change) - April 11
• Ecuador (Incumbent loss, leader change) - April 11
• Peru (Outcome not yet known, runoff scheduled for June 6) - April 11
• Djibouti (Incumbent victory, no leader change) - April 9
• Samoa (Incumbent loss, hung parliament with new elections forthcoming) - April 9
• Bulgaria (Outcome not yet known, new elections to be held in July) - April 4

Key May 2021 Elections

• Syria (Presidential) - May 16
• Vietnam (Legislative) - May 23

Find the most current REIGN data here

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Election and Leader lists (April 2021)

Election List

Leader List

Regime List

Codebook and Notes

Codebook

Technical Notes

Questions?

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