Datasets for the 2014 composite election

The individual files will be updated periodically every 15 minutes on 25.5.2014 from 6:00 p.m. The results can be retrieved continuously and currently in a standardised format from this web server on the evening of the election, e.g. to be automatically processed. An authority may set up different territorial levels to present the election results, from the lowest level (voting districts) to constituencies and districts to the level of the city or municipality, district and constituency. However, not all levels are necessary for each type of election. For each of the territorial levels that an authority has set up, there is a file containing the overview of those areas with fast messages already received. The following files are available for the city of Cologne on election evening: The files are encoded in UTF-8. The following fields are available in the file (fields for second votes, of course, only with appropriate options): No. Name MaxQuick Messages AnzQuick Messages Eligible voters handed out Turnout valid Voting List valid invalid Voting List invalid valid2 invalid2 In addition, the following fields are available for each party (example of one party called ‘A-Party’ — fields for second votes of course only in appropriate elections): A Party A-Party_Proz Z_A Party Z_A-Partei_Proz