The International Almanac is the only up to date source for the history of election results in the Western world from their origins to the present. It provides clear and authoritative information for 25 different countries, ranging alphabetically from Australia to the USA, and geographically across four continents, including Japan and new Mediterranean democracies as well as old Anglo-American and Scandinavian democracies. Each chapter gives a comprehensive list of all parties that have contested one or more elections, its vote at each election and percentage share of the poll, and the number of seats won in the national assembly. The results have been checked from original sources in more than 15 languages. The new edition of the Almanac brings election results up to date and incorporates fresh materials from historical research, while retaining the features that have made the volume the authoritative book on elections.

Acknowledgements - Introduction - Australia since 1901 - Austria since 1919 - Belgium since 1847 - Canada since 1878 - Denmark since 1901 - Finland since 1907 - France since 1910 - Germany since 1871 - Greece since 1928 - Iceland since 1916 - Ireland since 1918 - Israel since 1949 - Italy since 1895 - Japan since 1890 - Luxembourg since 1918 - Malta since 1921 - Netherlands since 1888 - New Zealand since 1890 - Norway since 1882 - Portugal since 1975 - Spain since 1931 - Sweden since 1887 - Switzerland since 1896 - United Kingdom since 1885 - United States of America since 1828 - Appendix: The Mechanics of Electoral Systems