Abstract
Abstract Regional variations and the nationalization of the vote are studied for the Greek parliamentary elections for the period 1981–1990. A coefficient is introduced, which uses inner products between vectors of electoral change. The coefficient represents the proximity between the national change in votes and the changes in the constituencies in Greece. Statistical testing confirms that the coefficients introduced provide efficient predictors of the vote changes. Certain geographical patterns are shown to exist. The constituencies in each pattern have ‘common’ proximity coefficients with regard to the national change. Swing is generalized for the case of a three-party system, the nationalization of the vote is checked and a decrease in the deviation of the swings appears.
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