Table 1 Description of primary datasets.
From: The Malaysian Election Corpus (MECo): Federal and State-Level Election Results from 1955 to 2025
Filename | Description |
|---|---|
consol_stats | Summary statistics for all federal and state elections |
federal_stats | Subset of consol_stats for federal general elections |
state_***_stats | Subset of consol_stats for state general elections |
byeelection_stats | Subset of consol_stats for by-elections |
consol_ballots | Candidate-level results for all federal and state elections |
federal_ballots | Subset of consol_ballots for federal general elections |
state_***_ballots | Subset of consol_ballots for state general elections |
byeelection_ballots | Subset of consol_ballots for by-elections |
lookup_candidate | Standardised list of candidates |
lookup_party | Standardised list of parties |
lookup_party_succession | Details of merging, splitting, splintering and rebranding |
lookup_coalition | Standardised list of coalitions |
lookup_dates | Election dates, by state and election type |
logs/corrections | Log of manual corrections applied to ballots_issued as described in the Technical Validation section |
