| Title: | Presidential Election Data of "Sri Lanka" from 1982 to 2015 |
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| Description: | Presidential Election data of "Sri Lanka"" is stored in Pdf files, through Pdf scraping they are converted into data-frames and stored in this R package. |
| Authors: | Amalan Mahendran [aut, cre] |
| Maintainer: | Amalan Mahendran <[email protected]> |
| License: | MIT + file LICENSE |
| Version: | 1.0.1 |
| Built: | 2024-06-28 08:26:13 UTC |
| Source: | https://github.com/Amalan-ConStat/SLPresElection |
The first presidential election of Sri Lanka was held in 1982. Its results are published as a pdf file. The data available in this file is scraped and summarised as a data-frame Election1982.
data(Election1982)data(Election1982)
A data frame with 6 columns and 2018 rows.
YearYear of the presidential election
DistrictDistrict Names
ElectorateElectorate Names, Postal District Votes and Final District Results
ColNamesCandidate Names, Total No of Valid Votes, No of Rejected Votes, Total No of Votes Polled and No of Registered Electors
VotesNo of votes for the ColNames variable
PercentagePercentage of votes with regard to the No of Registered Electors and the Total No of Votes Polled for Total No of Votes Polled and all other ColNames variable, respectively
There are 22 districts and 160 electorates in Sri Lanka. In 1982 six candidates participated in this election and J.R. Jayawardene became the first executive president.
Extracted from the pdf published by the Sri Lankan Elections commission at https://elections.gov.lk or the project that I have completed in scraping the data from the pdf file at : https://github.com/Amalan-ConStat/PresidentialElection.
Election1982[Election1982$District == "Colombo" & Election1982$Electorate == "Colombo-North",]Election1982[Election1982$District == "Colombo" & Election1982$Electorate == "Colombo-North",]
The second presidential election of Sri Lanka was held in 1988. Its results are published as a pdf file. The data available in this file is scraped and summarised as a data-frame Election1988.
data(Election1988)data(Election1988)
A data frame with 6 columns and 1406 rows.
YearYear of the presidential election
DistrictDistrict Names
ElectorateElectorate Names, Postal District Votes and Final District Results
ColNamesCandidate Names, Total No of Valid Votes, No of Rejected Votes, Total No of Votes Polled and No of Registered Electors
VotesNo of votes for the ColNames variable
PercentagePercentage of votes with regard to the No of Registered Electors and the Total No of Votes Polled for Total No of Votes Polled and all other ColNames variable, respectively
There are 22 districts and 160 electorates in Sri Lanka. In 1988 three candidates participated in this election and Ranasinghe Premadasa became the second executive president.
Extracted from the pdf published by the Sri Lankan Elections commission at https://elections.gov.lk or the project that I have completed in scraping the data from the pdf file at : https://github.com/Amalan-ConStat/PresidentialElection
Election1988[Election1988$District == "Colombo" & Election1988$Electorate == "Colombo-North",]Election1988[Election1988$District == "Colombo" & Election1988$Electorate == "Colombo-North",]
The third presidential election of Sri Lanka was held in 1994. Its results are published as a pdf file. The data available in this file is scraped and summarised as a data-frame Election1994.
data(Election1994)data(Election1994)
A data frame with 6 columns and 2040 rows.
YearYear of the presidential election
DistrictDistrict Names
ElectorateElectorate Names, Postal District Votes and Final District Results
ColNamesCandidate Names, Total No of Valid Votes, No of Rejected Votes, Total No of Votes Polled and No of Registered Electors
VotesNo of votes for the ColNames variable
PercentagePercentage of votes with regard to the No of Registered Electors and the Total No of Votes Polled for Total No of Votes Polled and all other ColNames variable, respectively
There are 22 districts and 160 electorates in Sri Lanka. In 1994 six candidates participated in this election and Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumarathunga became the third executive president.
Extracted from the pdf published by the Sri Lankan Elections commission at https://elections.gov.lk or the project that I have completed in scraping the data from the pdf file at : https://github.com/Amalan-ConStat/PresidentialElection
Election1994[Election1994$District == "Colombo" & Election1994$Electorate == "Colombo-North",]Election1994[Election1994$District == "Colombo" & Election1994$Electorate == "Colombo-North",]
The fourth presidential election of Sri Lanka was held in 1999. Its results are published as a pdf file. The data available in this file is scraped and summarised as a data-frame Election1999.
data(Election1999)data(Election1999)
A data frame with 6 columns and 3446 rows.
YearYear of the presidential election
DistrictDistrict Names
ElectorateElectorate Names, Postal District Votes and Final District Results
ColNamesCandidate Names, Total No of Valid Votes, No of Rejected Votes, Total No of Votes Polled and No of Registered Electors
VotesNo of votes for the ColNames variable
PercentagePercentage of votes with regard to the No of Registered Electors and the Total No of Votes Polled for Total No of Votes Polled and all other ColNames variable, respectively
There are 22 districts and 160 electorates in Sri Lanka. In 1999 thirteen candidates participated in this election and Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumarathunga became the executive president for the second time.
Extracted from the pdf published by the Sri Lankan Elections commission at https://elections.gov.lk or the project that I have completed in scraping the data from the pdf file at : https://github.com/Amalan-ConStat/PresidentialElection
Election1999[Election1999$District == "Colombo" & Election1999$Electorate == "Colombo-North",]Election1999[Election1999$District == "Colombo" & Election1999$Electorate == "Colombo-North",]
The fifth presidential election of Sri Lanka was held in 2005. Its results are published as a pdf file. The data available in this file is scraped and summarised as a data-frame Election2005.
data(Election2005)data(Election2005)
A data frame with 6 columns and 3494 rows.
YearYear of the presidential election
DistrictDistrict Names
ElectorateElectorate Names, Postal District Votes, Final District Results and Displaced District Votes
ColNamesCandidate Names, Total No of Valid Votes, No of Rejected Votes, Total No of Votes Polled and No of Registered Electors
VotesNo of votes for the ColNames variable
PercentagePercentage of votes with regard to the No of Registered Electors and the Total No of Votes Polled for Total No of Votes Polled and all other ColNames variable, respectively
There are 22 districts and 160 electorates in Sri Lanka. In 2005 thirteen candidates participated in this election and Mahinda Rajapaksha became the fourth executive president.
Extracted from the pdf published by the Sri Lankan Elections commission at https://elections.gov.lk or the project that I have completed in scraping the data from the pdf file at : https://github.com/Amalan-ConStat/PresidentialElection
Election2005[Election2005$District == "Colombo" & Election2005$Electorate == "Colombo-North",]Election2005[Election2005$District == "Colombo" & Election2005$Electorate == "Colombo-North",]
The sixth presidential election of Sri Lanka was held in 2010. Its results are published as a pdf file. The data available in this file is scraped and summarised as a data-frame Election2010.
data(Election2010)data(Election2010)
A data frame with 6 columns and 5434 rows.
YearYear of the presidential election
DistrictDistrict Names
ElectorateElectorate Names, Postal District Votes, Final District Results and Displaced District Votes
ColNamesCandidate Names, Total No of Valid Votes, No of Rejected Votes, Total No of Votes Polled and No of Registered Electors
VotesNo of votes for the ColNames variable
PercentagePercentage of votes with regard to the No of Registered Electors and the Total No of Votes Polled for Total No of Votes Polled and all other ColNames variable, respectively
There are 22 districts and 160 electorates in Sri Lanka. In 2010 twenty-two candidates participated in this election and Mahinda Rajapaksha became the executive president for the second time.
Extracted from the pdf published by the Sri Lankan Elections commission at https://elections.gov.lk or the project that I have completed in scraping the data from the pdf file at : https://github.com/Amalan-ConStat/PresidentialElection
Election2010[Election2010$District == "Colombo" & Election2010$Electorate == "Colombo-North",]Election2010[Election2010$District == "Colombo" & Election2010$Electorate == "Colombo-North",]
The seventh presidential election of Sri Lanka was held in 2015. Its results are published as a pdf file. The data available in this file is scraped and summarised as a data-frame Election2015.
data(Election2015)data(Election2015)
A data frame with 6 columns and 4692 rows.
YearYear of the presidential election
DistrictDistrict Names
ElectorateElectorate Names, Postal District Votes and Final District Results
ColNamesCandidate Names, Total No of Valid Votes, No of Rejected Votes, Total No of Votes Polled and No of Registered Electors
VotesNo of votes for the ColNames variable
PercentagePercentage of votes with regard to the No of Registered Electors and the Total No of Votes Polled for Total No of Votes Polled and all other ColNames variable, respectively
There are 22 districts and 160 electorates in Sri Lanka. In 2015 nineteen candidates participated in this election and Maithripala Sirisena became the fifth executive president.
Extracted from the pdf published by the Sri Lankan Elections commission at https://elections.gov.lk or the project that I have completed in scraping the data from the pdf file at : https://github.com/Amalan-ConStat/PresidentialElection
Election2015[Election2015$District == "Colombo" & Election2015$Electorate == "Colombo-North",]Election2015[Election2015$District == "Colombo" & Election2015$Electorate == "Colombo-North",]