The august presidential election in Belarus led to the biggest demonstrations since the country's independence. The outcome is still not clear.
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Electoral swing (187 KB, PDF)
Electoral swing is a way of comparing the results of two elections in the same area. This note shows how to calculate swing using examples from the 2010 General Election and explains the limitations of swing as an analytical tool. It gives detail of general election swings since 1950 and the largest constituency swings at the 2010 election as well as record by-election swings since 1945.
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Electoral swing (187 KB, PDF)
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