You can download election data (candidate names, votes, groups) in two formats. Note that this is created from data provided by the election commissions. See the Copyright page for information. This data was downloaded from .

Andrew STV format

This is the format used internally by the system. It is a text file with the following structure:

• A single line, consisting of the string

  Election data cache file version

  followed by a tab followed by a format version number, currently 2.
• A single line containing, tab separated, the year of the election (eg 2019), the name of the authority running the election (eg AEC), the name of the election (eg Federal), and the state/exlectorate/region this is for (eg ACT).
• A series of sections, each consisting of the name of the section on a line, followed by a line containing an integer specifying how many elements there are of that type, followed by that many lines. These consist of:

  • Candidates

    . Each line consists of, tab separated, the name of the candidate, their group code (or UG for ungrouped), and their position in the group (1 for first, 2 for second, etc). This section defines candidate indices, which are 0 for the first candidate in the section, 1 for the second, etc.

  • Groups

    . Each line consists of, tab separated, the group code and then the name of the group, if any.

  • Official Results

    If available, just one line allowed, with each line being a comma separated list of elected candidate indices in the order they officially won

  • Download Location

    Each line is place useful to download the raw data this file was created from

  • Informal

    This is an exception to the normal section format, just consisting of a single line with tab separated

    Informal

    and a number of informal votes (if known)

  • SATLs

    Each line consists of a group code, followed the the number of single above the line votes for that group code. Represents tickets in Federal 2013, not used in most other elections.

  • RATLs

    Each line consists of an above the line vote, a tab, and the number of such votes. The vote is a space separated list of group IDs, first to last.

  • BTLs

    Each line consists of an below the line vote, a tab, and the number of such votes. The vote is a comma separated list of candidate indices, first to last.

It may be downloaded here.

Processed to just candidates

This is a simplified version that processes all above the line votes to equivalent below the line votes. It consists of two sections.

The first section consists of the candidates. For each candidate there is one line of tab separated candidate id, group ID, group name (if available), and candidate name.

The second section consists of a list of votes, one per line. Each line consists of

ATL

or

BTL

(above/below the line), followed by

(

then a list of comma separated candidate IDS, followed by

):

followed by the number of such votes.

It may be downloaded here.