India Votes Data

A Python-based web scraping tool for extracting and processing election results data from the Election Commission of India's website.

Overview

This project provides an automated tool to collect, clean, and store Indian parliamentary and assembly election results in structured formats (CSV and JSON). It focuses on extracting detailed constituency-wise voting data including candidate information, party affiliations, and vote counts.

Features

• Automated scraping of election results from ECI website

• Support for multiple states in a single unified script (coming soon)

• Data extraction for parliamentary and assembly constituencies

• Data extraction for bye-election sets (coming soon)

• Output in both CSV and JSON formats

• Robust error handling and retry mechanisms

• Headless browser operation for efficient scraping. Run it and grab a quick coffee!

Data Format

All datasets are also available at the dedicated Kaggle repository for India Votes Data.

CSV Format

The data is stored in CSV files (e.g., 2024ACHR.csv, 2024ACJH.csv) with the following columns:

• Election Year

• Election Type (Parliamentary or Assembly)

• Election State

• Serial Number (of candidate within their constituency)

• Candidate Name

• Party Affiliation

• EVM Votes

• Postal Votes

JSON Format

The JSON files (e.g., 2024ACHR.json, 2024ACJH.json) contain detailed constituency-wise data including:

• Assembly Constituency Name

• Voting Tally (per candidate)

  • Serial Number
  • Candidate Details
  • Party Information
  • Vote Counts (EVM and Postal)

Requirements

• Python 3.x

• Selenium WebDriver

• Chrome Browser

• Required Python packages:

  • selenium
  • csv
  • json

Setup

1.Clone the repository:

git clone https://github.com/thecont1/india-votes-data.git

2.Install required packages:

pip install selenium

3.Ensure Chrome browser is installed on your system

Usage

Run the scraper script:

python eci-scraper2.py

The script will automatically handle data collection for multiple states and generate corresponding CSV and JSON output files.

Data Files

The repository includes processed data files for various states:

• Haryana: 2024ACHR.csv, 2024ACHR.json

• Jharkhand: 2024ACJH.csv, 2024ACJH.json

• Jammu & Kashmir: 2024ACJK.csv, 2024ACJK.json

• Maharashtra: 2024ACMH.csv, 2024ACMH.json

Implementation Details

The scraper uses Selenium WebDriver with the following optimizations:

• Headless mode for better performance

• Disabled image loading

• Custom user agent

• Robust error handling and timeouts

• Automatic retry mechanisms

License

(Still under consideration)