Mayor's Elections in Linz: Votes by Statistical District and Party

Voter and candidate vote counts for mayoral elections in Linz, Austria, broken down by statistical district. The data includes the number of voters (male, female, total), votes cast, valid votes, and votes attributed to candidates from parties such as SPÖ, ÖVP, FPÖ, Greens, and NEOS. The dataset is provided by the Cooperation OGD Österreich and Wikimedia Österreich under a CC-BY-4.0 license.

Use Cases

• Analyze gender-based voter turnout based on male and female voter counts mentioned in the description
• Compare party performance across statistical districts based on votes attributed to candidates
• Calculate election metrics like turnout rates and vote validity based on total voters and votes cast
• Model local political geography by mapping party support to statistical districts

Strengths

• Data is disaggregated by statistical district, allowing for granular spatial analysis.
• Includes votes for multiple political parties, with acronyms defined for major Austrian parties.
• License is clearly stated as CC-BY-4.0, permitting open reuse with attribution.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Last update date is unknown; freshness unverified.

Provenance

Source

Cooperation OGD Österreich, Wikimedia Österreich

Collection Method

Likely compiled from official election results.

Geography

Linz, Austria