Trivedi candidate-level
Table Summary
Data on election candidates from the Trivedi Center for Political Data
| Aggregation Level |
File Name |
Unique Identifiers |
| native |
trivedi_candidates_clean.dta |
sh_cand_id |
| Variable Name |
Description |
| nan |
nan |
| pc01_state_id |
State id (population census) |
| ac07_id |
SHRUG 2007 Delimitation constituency id |
| ac08_id |
SHRUG 2008 Delimitation constituency id |
| tr_ac_id |
Trivedi / Election Commission constituency id |
| sh_election_id |
Unique election id (state-assemblyno-ac_id-poll_no) |
| sh_cand_id |
Unique candidate id (election_id + position) |
| eci_state_name |
State name in electoral data |
| tr_ac_name |
Trivedi / Election Commission constituency name |
| constituency_type |
Constituency reservation type (gen/sc/st) |
| tr_district_name |
District name (trivedi) |
| sub_region |
Sub region assigned by TCPD |
| delimid |
Delimitation ID (1: years 1962-1963, 2: years 1964-1972, 3: years 1973-2007, 4: years 2008 - current) |
| assembly_no |
Assembly number |
| year |
Election year |
| month |
Election month |
| poll_no |
Poll no (for bye elections) |
| bye_election |
Bye election indicator |
| n_cand |
Number of candidates |
| turnout_percentage |
Voter turnout percentage |
| enop |
Effective number of parties (derived from vote shares of each candidate in a constituency) |
| position |
Rank of candidate in the constituency based on vote share |
| cand_name |
Candidate name |
| sex |
Candidate Gender (F/M/O) |
| party |
Candidate Party |
| votes |
Number of votes received by candidate |
| age |
Candidate age from affidavit |
| candidate_type |
Candidate caste classification |
| valid_votes |
Valid Votes |
| electors |
Electors |
| vote_share_percentage |
Vote share percentage = (Votes/Valid votes) |
| deposit_lost |
Did candidate lose deposit? |
| pc01_district_name |
District name (population census) |
| pc01_district_id |
District id (population census) |
| ac07_name |
SHRUG time-invariant constituency name (2007) |
| ac08_name |
SHRUG time-invariant constituency name (2008) |
| ac_id |
Combined SHRUG 2007/2008 constituency id |