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The study of elections and voting behaviour remains central to understanding the quality and evolution of electoral democracy in Europe. At a time of declining turnout in some contexts, rising volatility, new issue priorities, and changing partisan attachments, it is increasingly important to examine how citizens make electoral choices and how these choices translate into political representation. This panel invites contributions on electoral participation, vote choice, issue voting, retrospective and prospective voting, party identification, leader effects, strategic voting, and the social and attitudinal bases of electoral behaviour. Papers may focus on single-country analyses or comparative perspectives and may draw on surveys, experiments, panel data, ecological data, or mixed-methods designs. Special attention will be given to research that connects voting behaviour to broader questions of democratic responsiveness, representation, and legitimacy. The panel also welcomes contributions discussing how cumulative and comparable research on elections can be strengthened through harmonized data and integrative methodological approaches.