Governance Websites
- ACE Electoral Knowledge NetworkAn online repository that provides comprehensive information on electoral processes for over 200 countries and territories in the world. The website contains in-depth articles, global statistics and data, an Encyclopaedia of Elections, daily electoral news, an election calendar, etc. Most of the ACE website is freely accessible to all users.
- PARLINE (Parliaments Online)The PARLINE database contains information on the structure and working methods of 271 parliamentary chambers in all of the 193 countries where a national legislature exists.
- International IDEA Data and Tools
The Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance (IDEA) has collected and produced a number of information databases on different areas of democracy and elections worldwide. Find data for specific countries on topics such as voter turnout, electoral system design, political finance laws, quota systems for women, etc. - Nations of the World (from the Law Library of the Library of Congress)Created by the Law Library at the Library of Congress, this directory provides links to each country's laws and branches of government.
