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Last updated 2023.04.27
- Election results
- Federal (Elections Canada )
Includes
- Data on past elections from 1997 to present, including: complete list of candidates; expenses limits of parties and candidates; list of registered third parties.
- Financial reports detailing contributions received and expenses incurred by registered political parties and candiadates, maps and other information for all federal ridings back to 1996. For the period 1872-1993, see the Report of the Chief Electoral Officer (call # CAN1 EL4.4 R46).
- Voter turnouts since 1867
- Provincial:
- "Canada" page on electionresources.org
A collection of federal election results since 1993
- Canadian Election Studies on <odesi>
Microdata from surveys carried out about federal elections since 1965
- Civic engagement and political participation in Canada
This report presents the most recent findings on the participation of Canadians in groups, organizations and associations. The focus is on the types of groups that people participate in and how often they participate. This report also examines the prevalence of the various forms of political participation, including electoral participation. The data are from the 2013 General Social Survey (GSS) on Social Identity and, for the purpose of comparison over time, from the 2003 and 2008 GSS.
- Elections data from the federal Open Data Portal
Both raw data and maps are included.
- Federal electoral district profile ( 2021 / 2016 / 2011 / 2006 / 2001 / 1996 )
Statistics Canada is making available statistical profiles of all federal electoral districts. Each profile contains data on four major components: population and demographic characteristics; education; income and work; and families and dwellings. Users can also compare data for their federal electoral district with provincial and national data.
Last updated 2023.04.27
- American National Election Studies (United States)
"The mission of the National Election Studies (NES) is to produce high quality data on voting, public opinion, and political participation that serve the research needs of social scientists, teachers, students, and policy makers concerned with understanding the theoretical and empirical foundations of mass politics in a democratic society."
- Comparative study of electoral systems
"The Comparative Study of Electoral Systems (CSES) is a collaborative program of cross-national research among election studies conducted in over fifty consolidated and emerging democracies. The goals of this unique program of research are threefold: illuminate how electoral institutions constrain the beliefs and behaviors of citizens to condition the nature and quality of democratic choice as expressed through popular elections; understand the nature of political and social cleavages and alignments; and shed light on how citizens, living under diverse political arrangements, evaluate democratic institutions and processes."
- MapLight (formerly affiliated with project Dark Money Watch)
Please note that the project "Dark Money Watch, which was started by MapLight in 2016, was a hub for information about dark money in U.S. elections. Their goal is to support investigations of dark money to help the public understand how hidden donors can influence our political system.
- Election resources on the Internet
"Links to Internet sites around the world which provide complete and detailed national and local election statistics"
- Election results : UK
- Election statistics (Clerk of the House) (United States)
Official vote counts for 1920 to date for federal elections from the official sources of the states and territories.
- Federal Election Commission (United States)
- opensecrets.org (United States)
"The online source for money in politics data."
- Political database of the Americas: Electoral systems
Historical and current election results for the countries of the Americas.
- Voter turnout statistics
"The International IDEA Voter Turnout Website contains the most comprehensive global collection of political participation statistics available. Regularly updated voter turnout figures for national presidential and parliamentary elections since 1945 are presented country by country, using both the number of registered voters and voting age population as indicators. Where available, ... the spoilt ballot rate for each election [is also included, as well as] the most recent indicators of literacy and human development, along with the type of electoral system currently used and whether voting is compulsory or not."
