eechidna (version 1.4.0)

fp01: 2001 Australian Federal election data: First preference votes for candidates (House of Representatives) in each electorate.

Description

A dataset containing first preference vote counts, candidate names, and other results for the House of Representatives from the 2001 Australian federal election. 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

fp01

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

  • PartyAb: Abbreviation for political party name

  • PartyNm: Political party name

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

  • Percent: Percentage of ordinary votes for the candidate