Download data on the number of seats under dispute in local elections

seats_local() downloads and aggregates data on the number of seats under dispute in local elections in Brazil. The function returns a tbl, data.frame where each observation corresponds to a municipality office dyad.

Usage

seats_local(year, uf = "all", encoding = "latin1", temp = TRUE)

Arguments

year

Election year. For this function, only the years of 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016, 2020 and 2024 are available.

uf

Federation Unit acronym (character vector).

encoding

Data original encoding (defaults to 'Latin-1'). This can be changed to avoid errors when ascii = TRUE.

temp

(logical). If TRUE, keep the temporary compressed file for future use (recommended)

Value

seats_local() returns a data.frame.

Details

If export is set to TRUE, the downloaded data is saved as .dta and .sav files in the current directory.

Note

For the elections prior to 2000, some information can be incomplete.

Examples

if (FALSE) { # \dontrun{
df <- seats_local(2000)
} # }