Lok Sabha 2014 election and constituency data scraped from: http://affidavitarchive.nic.in/
To install dependencies run:
sudo apt-get install ruby ruby-cmdparse
To build/update data run:
./election_data.rb --scrape
To parse the information into a temporary json file
./election_data.rb --parse
To build usable json files
./election_data.rb --buildjson
- Collect and make available data related to candidates standing for elections in the Lok Sabha 2014 elections.
- Be apolitical. This is a data only project, and not an outlet for any particular political party.
- Complete transparency -- all information, and code related to the project are public.
- Neat and clean public interface of data -- so it's easy for anyone to find information about constituencies/candidates.
Write scraperWrite parser- Build website to view information.
- This project was inspired by the final episode of Satyamev Jayate season 2. Truth prevails more easily when information is available.
- Election commission of India website: http://affidavitarchive.nic.in/