Election Results 35% open

What data is expected?

Results by constituency / district for all major national electoral contests

What data is available

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

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/