kosovoelections

An unofficial package with election results

Installation

# install.packages("devtools")
devtools::install_github("Kushtrimvisoka/kosovoelections")

Example

Load {kosovoelections} package…

library(kosovoelections)

Download Election Results

data <- get_election_results(type = "national", # "local" (for local assembly), or "mayor", or "mayor2" (for runoffs).
                             year = 2021,
                             by = "candidate", # or "party".
                             level = "national" # "municipality", or "pc" (Polling Center), or "ps" (Polling Station).
                             )

## Downloading data for 2021 national assembly elections, by candidate, at national level...

summary(data)

##   Candidate            Gender            Party_ID            Party          
##  Length:1052        Length:1052        Length:1052        Length:1052       
##  Class :character   Class :character   Class :character   Class :character  
##  Mode  :character   Mode  :character   Mode  :character   Mode  :character  
##                                                                             
##                                                                             
##                                                                             
##    Acronym              Votes         
##  Length:1052        Min.   :     2.0  
##  Class :character   1st Qu.:   127.8  
##  Mode  :character   Median :   528.0  
##                     Mean   :  3515.8  
##                     3rd Qu.:  3293.5  
##                     Max.   :300756.0

Plot a simple map

# install.packages("devtools")
# devtools::install_github("Kushtrimvisoka/kosovomaps")
library(kosovoelections)
library(kosovomaps)
library(tidyverse)
library(sf)

map <- mapof(x = "municip")

data <- get_election_results(type = "national", # "local" (for local assembly), or "mayor", or "mayor2" (for runoffs).
                             year = 2021,
                             by = "candidate", # or "party".
                             level = "municipality" # "national", or "pc" (Polling Center), or "ps" (Polling Station).
                             )

data <- data %>% 
  filter(Candidate == "VJOSA OSMANI-SADRIU") %>% 
  group_by(id, Municipality, Candidate) %>% 
  summarise(Votes = sum(Votes))

data <- merge(map, data)

p <- ggplot(data = data)+
  geom_sf(aes(fill = Votes)) +
  scale_fill_viridis_c("Votes", direction = -1, option = "E") +
  labs(title = "Votes cast for Vjosa Osmani-Sadriu", 
       caption = "Source: CEC")+
  theme_void()

Plot example

print(p)

Data

Source: Central Election Commission of Kosovo (https://www.kqz-ks.org).

The data in this package are taken from the CEC website and processed in R using various packages for processing Excel and PDF files.

Disclaimer: This package does not have any connection with the CEC or other public institutions in Kosovo. I do not claim or guarantee the accuracy of the data in this package. I disclaim any responsibility or liability for errors and omissions.

For the official and certified election results, please refer to the CEC website.

Data availability

By level: national

Type of elections	2010	2013	2014	2017	2019	2021
National Assembly	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Local Assembly	–	Yes	–	Yes	–	Yes
Mayor - First Round	–	Yes	–	Yes	–	Yes
Mayor - Second Round	–	Yes	–	Yes	–	Yes

By level: municipality

Type of elections	2010	2013	2014	2017	2019	2021
National Assembly	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Local Assembly	–	Yes	–	Yes	–	Yes
Mayor - First Round	–	Yes	–	Yes	–	Yes
Mayor - Second Round	–	Yes	–	Yes	–	Yes

By level: polling center

Type of elections	2010	2013	2014	2017	2019	2021
National Assembly	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Local Assembly	–	Yes	–	Yes	–	Yes
Mayor - First Round	–	Yes	–	Yes	–	Yes
Mayor - Second Round	–	Yes	–	Yes	–	Yes

By level: polling station

Type of elections	2010	2013	2014	2017	2019	2021
National Assembly	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Local Assembly	–	Yes	–	Yes	–	Yes
Mayor - First Round	–	Yes	–	Yes	–	Yes
Mayor - Second Round	–	Yes	–	Yes	–	Yes

Codebook

Variable Name	Description
id	Unique ID for each Municipality.
Municipality	Name of Municipality (in Albanian).
Polling Center	Unique ID for each Polling Center.
Polling Station	Unique ID for each Polling Station.
Candidate	Name of candidate.
Gender	Gender of the candidate.
Party_ID	Unique ID for each political party.
Party	Full name of political party.
Acronym	Acronym of political party.
Votes	Number of votes.

License

This package is released under the MIT License. For more, see “License”.