electionsBR (version 0.1.1)

party_mun_zone_local: Download data on the polls by parties from local elections in Brazil

Description

party_mun_zone_local() downloads and aggregates data on the polls by parties from local elections in Brazil, disaggregated by electoral zone. The function returns a data.frame where each observation corresponds to a city/zone.

Usage

party_mun_zone_local(year)

Arguments

year

Election year. For this function, only the years 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008, and 2012 are available.

Value

party_mun_zone_local() returns a data.frame with the following variables:

• DATA_GERACAO: Generation date of the file (when the data was collected).
• HORA_GERACAO: Generation time of the file (when the data was collected), Brasilia Time.
• ANO_ELEICAO: Election year.
• NUM_TURNO: Round number.
• DESCRICAO_ELEICAO: Description of the election.
• SIGLA_UF: Units of the Federation's acronym in which occurred the election.
• SIGLA_UE: Units of the Federation's acronym (In case of major election is the FU's acronym in which the candidate runs for (text) and in case of municipal election is the municipal's Supreme Electoral Court code (number)). Assume the special values BR, ZZ and VT to designate, respectively, Brazil, Overseas and Absentee Ballot.
• CODIGO_MUNICIPIO: Supreme Electoral code from the city where occurred the election.
• NOME_MUNICIPIO: Name of the city where occurred the election.
• NUMERO_ZONA: Zone number.
• CODIGO_CARGO: Code of the position that the candidate runs for.
• DESCRICAO_CARGO: Description of the position that the candidate runs for.
• TIPO_LEGENDA: It informs it the candidate runs for 'coalition' or 'isolated party'.
• NOME_COLIGACAO: Coalition name.
• COMPOSICAO_LEGENDA: Coalition's composition.
• NUMERO_PARTIDO: Party number.
• SIGLA_PARTIDO: Party's acronym.
• NOME_PARTIDO: Party name.
• QTDE_VOTOS_NOMINAIS: Total number of nominal votes that a party received in that city and zone.
• QTDE_VOTOS_LEGENDA: Total number of votes that a coalitions received in that city and zone.
• SEQUENCIAL_LEGENDA: Coalition's sequential number, generated internally by the electoral justice.

Examples

## Not run: 
# df <- party_mun_zone_local(2000)
# ## End(Not run)