Election Results / 2014 35% 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? Unsure (No URL given)
•   Is the data available for free? Yes
•   Is the data machine readable? Unsure (n/a)
•   Available in bulk? Unsure
•   Is the data provided on a timely and up to date basis? Unsure
•   Publicly available? Yes published by Kiesraad https://www.kiesraad.nl/)
•   Is data in digital form? Yes
•   Is the data available online? Yes (Here)
•   Does the data exist? Yes

Details

The data on elections is not open to the public under EML standard. If this data is open it would enable new applications and insights that have a positive impact on our democracy. At this moment, very little information is available about the elections: On the website of the Election Council the results appear only five weeks after the elections in its database. In this database, only the results on the municipal level is shown, not at the level of polling stations. Although the unofficial results of the local elections were announced one day after the elections (March 20, 2014), one is referred to the websites of local governments for the results. On March 28, 2014 when the last recounts were done, one is still referred to the websites of local governments. On election night, news is followed by calls that are made by news agencies to municipalities. These are not actual open data of the actual results. A misinterpretation of results or an error in the news chain could cause wrong information being spread.

http://openstate.eu/2014/05/elections-data-in-the-netherlands-do-our-votes-count/

Reviewer comments

The data on elections is not open to the public under EML standard. On the website of the Election Council the results appear only five weeks after the elections in its database. In this database, only the results on the municipal level is shown, not at the level of polling stations.