ParlGov web · 🗳️

A web application for managing data on parties, elections, and cabinets (ParlGov). The project is now in maintenance mode, receiving only security updates (see post 2024-10-01).

See parlgov.fly.dev and docs.

Python and Django versions are specified in pyproject.toml and documented in the changelog.

References · 🗂️

• Döring, Holger. 2025. “Advancing Data Infrastructures on Democratic Representation: An Open-Source Version of ParlGov.” SOCIUM SFB 1342 Working Papers. — DOI: 10.26092/elib/4362
• Döring, Holger. 2024. “ParlGov Source Code: A Web Application for Managing Data on Parties, Elections, and Cabinets.” Zenodo. — DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.14357360
• Döring, Holger, and Philip Manow. 2024. “ParlGov 2024 Release.” Harvard Dataverse. — DOI: 10.7910/dvn/2VZ5ZC

Usage · 💡

For local use, see the initialization example in ./scripts/init-dev-project.sh.

Run the local development version at localhost:8000.

# (.venv) ./app
python manage.py runserver

Licenses · ⚖️

• Code: MIT
• Documentation: CC0 1.0
• Data from ParlGov Dataverse: CC0 1.0

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