eechidna (version 1.3.0)

tcp01: 2001 Australian Federal election data: Two candidate preferred votes for candidates (House of Representatives) in each electorate.

Description

A dataset containing two candidate preferred vote counts, and other results for the House of Representatives from the 2001 Australian federal election. Includes the count of votes for the leading two candidates in the electorate after distribution of preferences. The data were obtained from the Australian Electoral Commission, and downloaded from https://www.aec.gov.au/About_AEC/Publications/statistics/files/aec-2001-election-statistics.zip.

Usage

tcp01

Arguments

Format

A data frame with the following variables:

  • UniqueID: numeric identifier that links the electoral division with Census and other election datasets.

  • StateAb: Abbreviation for state name

  • DivisionNm: Electoral division name

  • Surname: Candidate surname

  • GivenNm: Candidate given name

  • Elected: Whether the candidate was elected (Y/N)

  • Percent: Percentage of ordinary votes cast for the candidate

  • PartyAb: Abbreviation for political party name

  • PartyNm: Political party name

  • Swing: Percentage point change in ordinary votes for the party from the previous election