README.md

In Kushtrimvisoka/kosovoelections: Election datasets

kosovoelections

An unofficial package with election results

Installation

# install.packages("devtools")
devtools::install_github("Kushtrimvisoka/kosovoelections")

Example

Load {kosovoelections} package…

library(kosovoelections)

Download Election Results

data <- get_election_results(type = "national", # "local" (for local assembly), or "mayor", or "mayor2" (for runoffs).
                             year = 2021,
                             by = "candidate", # or "party".
                             level = "national" # "municipality", or "pc" (Polling Center), or "ps" (Polling Station).
                             )

## Downloading data for 2021 national assembly elections, by candidate, at national level...

summary(data)

##   Candidate            Gender            Party_ID            Party          
##  Length:1052        Length:1052        Length:1052        Length:1052       
##  Class :character   Class :character   Class :character   Class :character  
##  Mode  :character   Mode  :character   Mode  :character   Mode  :character  
##                                                                             
##                                                                             
##                                                                             
##    Acronym              Votes         
##  Length:1052        Min.   :     2.0  
##  Class :character   1st Qu.:   127.8  
##  Mode  :character   Median :   528.0  
##                     Mean   :  3515.8  
##                     3rd Qu.:  3293.5  
##                     Max.   :300756.0

Plot a simple map

# install.packages("devtools")
# devtools::install_github("Kushtrimvisoka/kosovomaps")
library(kosovoelections)
library(kosovomaps)
library(tidyverse)
library(sf)

map <- mapof(x = "municip")

data <- get_election_results(type = "national", # "local" (for local assembly), or "mayor", or "mayor2" (for runoffs).
                             year = 2021,
                             by = "candidate", # or "party".
                             level = "municipality" # "national", or "pc" (Polling Center), or "ps" (Polling Station).
                             )

data <- data %>% 
  filter(Candidate == "VJOSA OSMANI-SADRIU") %>% 
  group_by(id, Municipality, Candidate) %>% 
  summarise(Votes = sum(Votes))

data <- merge(map, data)

p <- ggplot(data = data)+
  geom_sf(aes(fill = Votes)) +
  scale_fill_viridis_c("Votes", direction = -1, option = "E") +
  labs(title = "Votes cast for Vjosa Osmani-Sadriu", 
       caption = "Source: CEC")+
  theme_void()

Plot example

print(p)

Data

Source: Central Election Commission of Kosovo (https://www.kqz-ks.org).

The data in this package are taken from the CEC website and processed in R using various packages for processing Excel and PDF files.

Disclaimer: This package does not have any connection with the CEC or other public institutions in Kosovo. I do not claim or guarantee the accuracy of the data in this package. I disclaim any responsibility or liability for errors and omissions.

For the official and certified election results, please refer to the CEC website.

Data availability

By level: national

| Type of elections | 2010 | 2013 | 2014 | 2017 | 2019 | 2021 | |:---------------------|:-----|:-----|:-----|:-----|:-----|:-----| | National Assembly | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | | Local Assembly | – | Yes | – | Yes | – | Yes | | Mayor - First Round | – | Yes | – | Yes | – | Yes | | Mayor - Second Round | – | Yes | – | Yes | – | Yes |

By level: municipality

| Type of elections | 2010 | 2013 | 2014 | 2017 | 2019 | 2021 | |:---------------------|:-----|:-----|:-----|:-----|:-----|:-----| | National Assembly | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | | Local Assembly | – | Yes | – | Yes | – | Yes | | Mayor - First Round | – | Yes | – | Yes | – | Yes | | Mayor - Second Round | – | Yes | – | Yes | – | Yes |

By level: polling center

| Type of elections | 2010 | 2013 | 2014 | 2017 | 2019 | 2021 | |:---------------------|:-----|:-----|:-----|:-----|:-----|:-----| | National Assembly | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | | Local Assembly | – | Yes | – | Yes | – | Yes | | Mayor - First Round | – | Yes | – | Yes | – | Yes | | Mayor - Second Round | – | Yes | – | Yes | – | Yes |

By level: polling station

| Type of elections | 2010 | 2013 | 2014 | 2017 | 2019 | 2021 | |:---------------------|:-----|:-----|:-----|:-----|:-----|:-----| | National Assembly | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | | Local Assembly | – | Yes | – | Yes | – | Yes | | Mayor - First Round | – | Yes | – | Yes | – | Yes | | Mayor - Second Round | – | Yes | – | Yes | – | Yes |

Codebook

| Variable Name | Description | |-------------------|-------------------------------------| | id | Unique ID for each Municipality. | | Municipality | Name of Municipality (in Albanian). | | Polling Center | Unique ID for each Polling Center. | | Polling Station | Unique ID for each Polling Station. | | Candidate | Name of candidate. | | Gender | Gender of the candidate. | | Party_ID | Unique ID for each political party. | | Party | Full name of political party. | | Acronym | Acronym of political party. | | Votes | Number of votes. |

License

This package is released under the MIT License. For more, see “License”.

Kushtrimvisoka/kosovoelections documentation built on Jan. 28, 2022, 4:06 a.m.