This repository contains the election data and scripts used to process it into PrefLib format.

The directory raw_data contains files downloaded from the NSW Electoral Commission website.

Other directories contained processed versions of these data, after conversion into PrefLib format.

The file nsw_legislative_assembly_elections.csv contains a table of election summaries for contests involved in the NSW Legislative Assembly elections. For each election there are a few details including the year, publication date, a dataset "title", and a download URL.

The file info_template.txt is a template for the dataset documentation.

• download.R: Do not run! This is a download script included only for completeness; all of the data are already contained in this repository. This script downloads each dataset from the URLs found in the nsw_legislative_assembly_elections.csv data file.

• process.R: This script converts the original data files into a valid PrefLib format. It makes use of the prefio R package.

• generate_info.R: This script adds a summary table to the bottom of info_template.txt, and copies it into the output data directory. If you wish to change info.txt, edit info_template.txt first and then re-run generate_info.R.

The raw data in this repository were sourced from the New South Wales Electoral Commission website. They are subject to copyright under the Copyright Act 1968 (Cth):
© State of New South Wales through the NSW Electoral Commission

The data are licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License (see below). This licence enables a person to copy, distribute and adapt the Material for any purpose on the condition that it is appropriately attributed to the NSW Electoral Commission by including the copyright notice ‘© State of New South Wales through the NSW Electoral Commission’ on all uses.

The files in this repository are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.