Poll-by-poll Result Files, 1997 and 2000 General Elections
This document describes the data files available for the poll-by-poll voting results of both the 1997 and 2000 general elections. The files were created from the same data used for the Official Voting Results (OVR) 2000, which can be obtained on CD-ROM from Elections Canada.
Name | Description |
EDSum | Summarizes voting results by electoral district. There are two entries for each electoral district, one for the 1997 general election and one for the 2000 general election. |
Cand | This file provides the results for each candidate in each of the two general elections. |
Polls | This file contains information about polls, including the type of poll and the total votes cast at each poll. There is one entry for each poll held in each electoral district for each of the two general elections. |
Results | This file provides the results of each poll for each candidate. There is one entry for each candidate in each poll held in each electoral district for the two general elections. |
EDDet | This is a single file that contains all the information in the above four files. Since it has so much information, it is not as easy to use (or to load into a local database) as the separate files, but it is useful if you want all the data combined in a single file. |
Files are set up in tab-delimited format, which can be read by most popular spreadsheet and personal computer database programs. The files are provided in compressed format as zip files (.ZIP files), which makes downloading faster and easier. When you have downloaded the information, simply open the archive and uncompress the files to a location of your choice.
MAC users: For MS Excel users, remember to change your "File origin" to Windows [ANSI].
The following archives are available:
Executable Name | Description |
TOTAL.ZIP | All of the files available, in a single archive. |
MAIN.ZIP | The first four files (all but EDDet), compressed. |
EDSUM.ZIP | The EDSum file, compressed. |
CAND.ZIP | The Cand file, compressed. |
POLLS.ZIP | The Polls file, compressed. |
RESULTS.ZIP | The Results file, compressed. |
EDDET.ZIP | The EDDet file, compressed. |
The following are the text files available, as described earlier, and the number of records in each file.
File |
Records (including header row) |
CAND.TXT |
3 481 |
DET00AB.TXT |
5 866 |
DET00BC.TXT |
7 653 |
DET00MA.TXT |
2 483 |
DET00NB.TXT |
1 843 |
DET00NF.TXT |
1 441 |
DET00NS.TXT |
2 250 |
DET00NT.TXT |
100 |
DET00NU.TXT |
60 |
DET00ON.TXT |
22 067 |
DET00PE.TXT |
333 |
DET00QC.TXT |
15 683 |
DET00SK.TXT |
2 336 |
DET00YT.TXT |
99 |
DET97AB.TXT |
5 687 |
DET97BC.TXT |
7 436 |
DET97MA.TXT |
2 460 |
DET97NB.TXT |
1 792 |
DET97NF.TXT |
1 421 |
DET97NS.TXT |
2 231 |
DET97NT.TXT |
158 |
DET97ON.TXT |
21 354 |
DET97PE.TXT |
329 |
DET97QC.TXT |
15 297 |
DET97SK.TXT |
2 297 |
DET97YT.TXT |
94 |
EDSUM.TXT |
603 |
POLLS00.TXT |
63 827 |
POLLS97.TXT |
62 170 |
RES00AB.TXT |
32 317 |
RES00BC.TXT |
55 718 |
RES00MA.TXT |
13 618 |
RES00NB.TXT |
8 243 |
RES00NF.TXT |
6 639 |
RES00NS.TXT |
11 400 |
RES00NT.TXT |
385 |
RES00NU.TXT |
193 |
RES00ON1.TXT |
57 052 |
RES00ON2.TXT |
55 855 |
RES00ON3.TXT |
27 995 |
RES00PE.TXT |
2 323 |
RES00QC1.TXT |
57 617 |
RES00QC2.TXT |
47 515 |
RES00SK.TXT |
10 053 |
RES00YT.TXT |
491 |
RES97AB.TXT |
34 578 |
RES97BC.TXT |
54 419 |
RES97MA.TXT |
14 935 |
RES97NB.TXT |
7 783 |
RES97NF.TXT |
5 911 |
RES97NS.TXT |
11 453 |
RES97NT.TXT |
1 266 |
RES97ON1.TXT |
48 919 |
RES97ON2.TXT |
51 732 |
RES97ON3.TXT |
27 935 |
RES97PE.TXT |
1 332 |
RES97QC1.TXT |
40 402 |
RES97QC2.TXT |
34 759 |
RES97SK.TXT |
11 865 |
RES97YT.TXT |
1 051 |