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The '''Elections Wiki''' is a project created by [https://computernewb.com Computernewb] to establish an encyclopedia and a nonpartisan source of reliable, official results for all current and historic elections across the world - including local elections, national/federal elections, referendums, and more. | The '''Elections Wiki''' is a project created by [https://computernewb.com Computernewb] to establish an encyclopedia and a nonpartisan source of reliable, official results for all current and historic elections across the world - including local elections, national/federal elections, referendums, and more. | ||
This wiki was originally created as a sister project of [https://civicapi.org/about/ civicAPI] | This wiki was originally created as a sister project of [https://civicapi.org/about/ civicAPI], itself created during the process of archiving historic election results, as results are often scattered across hundreds of different websites, historic documents, etc, are difficult to scrape, and sometimes are in completely different languages, and occasionally contain errors from other election archivists mistakes. | ||
==Where does your data come from?== | ==Where does your data come from?== | ||
Revision as of 18:45, 12 February 2025
The Elections Wiki is a project created by Computernewb to establish an encyclopedia and a nonpartisan source of reliable, official results for all current and historic elections across the world - including local elections, national/federal elections, referendums, and more.
This wiki was originally created as a sister project of civicAPI, itself created during the process of archiving historic election results, as results are often scattered across hundreds of different websites, historic documents, etc, are difficult to scrape, and sometimes are in completely different languages, and occasionally contain errors from other election archivists mistakes.
Where does your data come from?
We try to list sources on each page, but typically, it comes from official results reported and posted by the Secretary of State (or equivalent) of each country/state. (In certain countries, we may rely on state media to provide results, as the data isn't publicly accessible.)
For historic data, we tend to use books, government archives, or newspapers.
Live and historic results, as well as election calls, are brought to you by civicAPI, our sister website.
Data Usage
All that you see on this wiki is in the public domain, unless explicitly stated otherwise. It may be used for personal, non-commercial, or commercial purposes. We believe it is a public good to provide this information.
If used for a non-commercial or commercial purpose, attribution is required. Please include a link to https://elections.wiki.