Wikidata:Property proposal/IFES Election Guide ID
IFES Election Guide ID
[edit]Originally proposed at Wikidata:Property proposal/Authority control
| Description | A database of national elections from around the world, including administrative data (candidate registration, voting dates, etc.) and verified results. |
|---|---|
| Represents | IFES Election Guide |
| Data type | External identifier |
| Domain | online database (Q7094076) |
| Example 1 | 2010 Malagasy constitutional referendum (Q2515541) - 160 |
| Example 2 | 1998 United States House of Representatives elections (Q923029) - 233 |
| Example 3 | 2020 Bolivian presidential election (Q84077462) - 3451 |
| Formatter URL | https://www.electionguide.org/elections/id/$1 |
Motivation
[edit]The International Foundation for Electoral Systems (Q6050670)'s Election Guide database has been maintained since 1998 and includes detailed information on not just results and turnout figures for national elections, but also descriptions of the campaign and metrics including gender quotoas and population figures. --WikiBunny2K1 (talk) 03:07, 14 October 2025 (UTC)
Notified participants of WikiProject elections WikiBunny2K1 (talk) 03:11, 14 October 2025 (UTC)
Support FYI a sitemap exists at https://www.electionguide.org/sitemap-election.xml --Nintendofan885T&Cs apply 11:16, 14 October 2025 (UTC)- Support --C960657 (talk) 13:02, 19 October 2025 (UTC)
- Support It seems interesting for historic results, not for recent elections. Database only hold a few regional elections. I hope that will improve gradually. --Amadalvarez (talk) 16:22, 26 October 2025 (UTC)
