Election Results / 2014 70% open

What data is expected?

This data category requires results by constituency / district for all major national electoral contests. To satisfy this category, the following minimum criteria must be met:

• Result for all major electoral contests
• Number of registered votes
• Number of invalid votes
• Number of spoiled ballots
• All data should be reported at the level of the polling station

What data is available

•   Openly licensed? No (No URL given)
•   Is the data available for free? Yes
•   Is the data machine readable? Yes (xls)
•   Available in bulk? Yes
•   Is the data provided on a timely and up to date basis? Yes
•   Publicly available? Yes published by Independent Electoral Commission)
•   Is data in digital form? Yes
•   Is the data available online? Yes (Here)
•   Does the data exist? Yes

Details

In my experience, the electoral commission is one of the few South Africa entities that make such datasets so easily available for public use (and providing information that is machine readable). The standard licence is restrictive, only allowing for personal use.

Reviewer comments

Changed license to 'no' since it is copyrighted under Electoral Commission of South Africa -http://www.elections.org.za/content/Copyright-Notice/