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aec2013_2cp: 2013 General election data for two candidate preferred votes for the House of Representatives for each polling place

Description

A dataset containing two candidate preferred vote counts, polling place locations, and other results for the House of Representatives from the 2013 Australian federal election. Includes the count of votes for the leading two candidates in the electorate after distribution of preferences for each polling place. The data were obtained from the Australian Electoral Commission, and downloaded from http://results.aec.gov.au/17496/Website/HouseDownloadsMenu-17496-csv.htm and http://www.aec.gov.au/elections/federal_elections/2013/downloads.htm.

Usage

aec2013_2cp

Format

A data frame with the following variables:

• ID: Electoral division ID
• Electorate: Electoral division name
• PollingPlace: Polling place name
• PollingPlaceID: Polling place ID
• CandidateID: Candidate ID
• Surname: Candidate surname
• GivenNm: Candidate given name
• BallotPosition: Candidate's position on the ballot
• Elected: Whether the candidate was elected (Y/N)
• HistoricElected:
• PartyAb: Abbreviation for political party name
• PartyNm: Political party name
• OrdinaryVotes: Number of ordinates votes cast at the polling place for the candidate
• Swing: Percentage change since the last election