Number of Political Parties in European Parliaments?


Colors:

Red?:1 party

Yellow?:2 parties

Green?:3 parties

Blue?:4 parties

Cyan?:5 parties

Grey?:Occupied (0) 


Statistics Overall:

•Total number of countries (countable): 21

(Not counting the 2 under "occupation": Ireland & Russia)

•Total number of parties: 48

•Average number of parties per parliament:
3

Standard deviation: ≈ ​​1.12

? Distribution of Number of Parties

? Top & Bottom Countries

•Country with the most parties:
?? Poland with 5 parties

•Countries with the fewest parties (1 party):
??Albania, ??Italy, ??Lithuania, ??North Macedonia, ??Slovenia, ??United Kingdom, ??Ukraine

? Geographic Trends

•?Central and Eastern Europe: More common to have 1-2 parties

•?Western and Northern Europe: Tend to have 3-4 parties

•Countries under "occupation": 0 parties (Ireland, Russia)