elections_cepesp

Retrieve electoral data from the cepesp API.

Offers a set of functions to easily download and clean
Brazilian electoral data from the Superior Electoral Court website.
Among others, the package retrieves data on local and
federal elections for all positions (city councilor, mayor, state deputy,
federal deputy, governor, and president) aggregated by
state, city, and electoral zones.

Denisson Silva

electionsBR

R Functions to Download and Clean Brazilian Electoral Data

elections_cepesp function

<dl><dt>year</dt>
<dd>The election year. Valid options are between 1998 to 2018 for positions such as President, Governor, Senator, Federal Deputy, State Deputy, and District Deputy. For Mayor or Councillor positions, valid options range from 2000 to 2016.</dd>
<dt>type</dt>
<dd>The type of data to retrieve. Valid options are "candidate" or "vote".</dd>
<dt>position</dt>
<dd>The position for which the data is requested. Valid options are President, Governor, Senator, Federal Deputy, State Deputy, District Deputy, Mayor, or Councillor.</dd>
<dt>data_table</dt>
<dd>If set to TRUE, the function will return the data as a data.table object. Default is FALSE.</dd></dl>

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Retrieve electoral data from the cepesp API. — elections_cepesp

<dl>

<dt>year</dt>
<dd>The election year. Valid options are between 1998 to 2018 for positions such as President, Governor, Senator, Federal Deputy, State Deputy, and District Deputy. For Mayor or Councillor positions, valid options range from 2000 to 2016.</dd>


<dt>type</dt>
<dd>The type of data to retrieve. Valid options are "candidate" or "vote".</dd>


<dt>position</dt>
<dd>The position for which the data is requested. Valid options are President, Governor, Senator, Federal Deputy, State Deputy, District Deputy, Mayor, or Councillor.</dd>


<dt>data_table</dt>
<dd>If set to TRUE, the function will return the data as a data.table object. Default is FALSE.</dd>

</dl>

elections_cepesp: Retrieve electoral data from the cepesp API.

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