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Get number of majoritarian election seats

Source: R/fokus.gen.R
n_election_seats.Rd

Determines the number of election seats of the specified type for the specified majority election.

Usage

n_election_seats(
  ballot_date = pal::pkg_config_val("ballot_date"),
  lvl = lvls(ballot_date, canton, ballot_type = "election"),
  canton = cantons(ballot_date),
  election_nr = 1L,
  seat_type = all_election_seat_types
)

Arguments

ballot_date

FOKUS-covered ballot date. One of

  • "2018-09-23"

  • "2018-11-25"

  • "2019-10-20"

  • "2020-09-27"

  • "2020-10-18"

  • "2021-11-28"

  • "2023-06-18"

  • "2024-10-20"

lvl

Political level. One of "cantonal" or "federal".

canton

FOKUS-covered canton name. One of

  • "aargau"

election_nr

Election number. A positive integerish scalar.

seat_type

Seat type. One of "vacant" or "total".

Value

An integer scalar.

See also

Other election predicate functions: combos_elections(), election_candidates(), election_name(), election_names_combined(), election_parties(), election_tickets(), n_election_candidates(), past_election_date(), requires_candidate_registration()

Examples

fokus::n_election_seats(ballot_date = "2019-10-20",
                        lvl = "cantonal",
                        canton = "aargau",
                        seat_type = "total")
#> [1] 5