faniR

Provides data on the Greek parliament (1981–2019): MPs, election results, and parliamentary votes.

faniR is an R data package that bundles historical records from the Hellenic Parliament, covering nearly four decades of Greek political life. It is designed for researchers, journalists, and data enthusiasts interested in Greek parliamentary history.

Installation

Install the development version from GitHub:

# install.packages("remotes")
remotes::install_github("stesiam/faniR")

Datasets

The package ships with three ready-to-use datasets:

MPs — biographical and party data for all members of parliament elected between 1981 and 2019
Election results — vote shares, seat allocations, and turnout figures for each general election in the period
Parliamentary votes — roll-call records showing how individual MPs voted on legislation

Usage

library(faniR)

# List available datasets
data(package = "faniR")

# Load MPs data
data(mps)
head(mps)