CivicAPI Documentation

WIP documentation of ElectionsAPI. ElectionsAPI, as the name suggests, is an API which provides political data, both for US and international.

Requests are rate-limited to prevent abuse.

election

The election endpoint will give you access to election information, both historic and current.

/v1/election/{country}/{election}/{year}

This can be used to fetch information about a country-wide election. The year argument can be used to narrow down the results to a specific year. If one isn't specified, it will return all the elections found.

Valid election arguments are presidential, parliament, and governor

Parameters

• election_name - The name of the election
• election_type - The type of election. Currently, valid election types are popular, primary, parliament, and electoral.
• votes_needed - Will list the number of votes needed in a parliamentary or electoral vote to win the election. This parameter does not exist if the election_type is popular.
• round - Specifies the current round of voting in the election.
• is_snap_election - Specifies if the election is a snap election.
• is_ongoing - Specifies if the election is currently ongoing.
• has_map - Specifies if the election supports a map. A map can be generated with /v1/election/{country}/{election}/{year}/map (more information below)
• map - Specifies the map file to use.
• polls_open - Specifies the date of the polls for the election opening.
• polls_close - Specifies the date of the polls for the election closing.
• term_start - Specifies when the winner's term will begin.
• term_end - Specifies when the winner's term will end.
• sources - Lists the sources which were used to gather the data.
• candidates - The list of candidates in the race.
  • name - Candidate's name
  • incumbent - Specifies whether the candidate is an incumbent.
  • write_in - Specifies whether the candidate is a write-in candidate.
  • party - Candidate's party
  • votes - The number of votes the candidate received
  • percent - The percentage of votes the candidate received
  • electoral_votes - The number of electoral votes the candidate received. Only exists if the election_type is electoral.
  • seats_won - The number of seats the candidate won. Only exists if the election_type is parliament.
  • states_carried - The number of states the candidate received. Only exists if the election_type is electoral.
  • winner - Specifies if the candidate has been declared the winner.
• region_results - Results of the states/regions/constituencies/counties/oblasts/etc.
  • region - The region
    • candidates - The list of candidates in the region.
      • name - Candidate's name
      • party - Candidate's party
      • votes - The number of votes the candidate received
      • percent - The percentage of votes the candidate received
  • electoral_votes - Specifies the number of electoral votes of the region. Only exists if the election_type is electoral.
  • winner - The winner of the region.
  • fill - The region winner's hex color, for filling maps in with.

Example URL: https://computernewb.com/election/api/v1/election/us/presidential/1789

/v1/election/{country}/{election}/{year}/map

This endpoint can be used to generate a map. It returns a PNG of a filled out map. This endpoint will only work if has_map is true. Otherwise, it will throw a 404 error.

Example URL: https://computernewb.com/election/api/v1/election/us/presidential/1789/map

/v1/election/{country}/{election}/{year}/{region}

This can be used to fetch information about a specific region's election results. The year argument can be used to narrow down the results to a specific year. If one isn't specified, it will return all the elections found.

Valid election arguments are presidential and governor

Parameters

• election_name - The name of the election
• election_type - The type of election. Currently, valid election types are popular, primary, parliament, and electoral.
• votes_needed - Will list the number of votes needed in a parliamentary or electoral vote to win the election. This parameter does not exist if the election_type is popular.
• round - Specifies the current round of voting in the election.
• is_snap_election - Specifies if the election is a snap election.
• is_ongoing - Specifies if the election is currently ongoing.
• has_map - Specifies if the election supports a map. A map can be generated with /v1/election/{country}/{election}/{year}/map (more information below)
• map - Specifies the map file to use.
• polls_open - Specifies the date of the polls for the election opening.
• polls_close - Specifies the date of the polls for the election closing.
• term_start - Specifies when the winner's term will begin.
• term_end - Specifies when the winner's term will end.
• sources - Lists the sources which were used to gather the data.
• candidates - The list of candidates in the race.
  • name - Candidate's name
  • incumbent - Specifies whether the candidate is an incumbent.
  • write_in - Specifies whether the candidate is a write-in candidate.
  • party - Candidate's party
  • votes - The number of votes the candidate received
  • percent - The percentage of votes the candidate received
  • electoral_votes - The number of electoral votes the candidate received. Only exists if the election_type is electoral.
  • states_carried - The number of states the candidate received. Only exists if the election_type is electoral.
  • seats_won - The number of seats the candidate won. Only exists if the election_type is parliament.
  • winner - Specifies if the candidate has been declared the winner.
• region_results - Results of the counties/districts/parishes/boroughs/etc.
  • region - The region
    • candidates - The list of candidates in the region.
      • name - Candidate's name
      • party - Candidate's party
      • votes - The number of votes the candidate received
      • percent - The percentage of votes the candidate received
  • electoral_votes - Specifies the number of electoral votes of the region. Only exists if the election_type is electoral.
  • winner - The winner of the region.
  • fill - The region winner's hex color, for filling maps in with.

Example URL: https://computernewb.com/election/api/v1/election/us/governor/2022/mn

/v1/election/{country}/{election}/{year}/{region}/map

This endpoint can be used to generate a map. It returns a PNG of a filled out map. This endpoint will only work if has_map is true. Otherwise, it will throw a 404 error.

Example URL: https://computernewb.com/election/api/v1/election/us/governor/2022/mn/map

/v1/election/{country}/{election}/{year}/{region}/{district}

This endpoint can be used to fetch results for a specific county/region/district/etc. This does not support the map argument yet.

(not implemented yet; no docs)

poll

The poll endpoint will give you the polls.

(not implemented yet; no docs)