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Pre-processed election results for Pennsylvania elections

OpenElections Data Pennsylvania

Precinct-level election results for Pennsylvania elections from 2000-2012 from the Bureau of Commissions, Elections and Legislation. Format for general and primary election files is described below; special elections have a simpler, different format and county-level results only.

Field Description	Length	Data Type
Election Year	4	Numeric
Election Type (G = General)	1	Character
County Code *	2	Numeric
Precinct Code	7	Numeric
Candidate Office Rank	2	Numeric
Candidate District	3	Numeric
Candidate Party Rank	2	Numeric
Candidate Ballot Position	2	Numeric
Candidate Office Code *	3	Character
Candidate Party Code *	3	Character
Candidate Number	7	Numeric
Candidate Last Name	50	Character
Candidate First Name	50	Character
Candidate Middle Name	50	Character
Candidate Suffix	10	Character
Vote Total	7	Numeric
U.S. Congressional District	2	Numeric
State Senatorial District	2	Numeric
State House District	3	Numeric
Municipality Type Code *	10	Numeric
Municipality Name	23	Character
Municipality Breakdown Code 1	1	Character
Municipality Breakdown Name 1	21	Character
Municipality Breakdown Code 2	1	Character
Municipality Breakdown Name 2	21	Character
Bi-County Code **	2	Numeric
MCD Code	3	Numeric
FIPS Code	3	Numeric
VTD code	4	Numeric
Previous Precinct Code	7	Numeric
Previous U.S. Congressional District	2	Numeric
Previous State Senatorial District	2	Numeric
Previous State House District	3	Numeric

• See tables below.

** If a municipality is located in more than 1 county (i.e. it crosses county lines), this is the code of the other county.

Election Types

Election Type Code	Election Type
P	Primary
G	General
M	Municipal
S	Special

County Code Table

Code	Name
01	Adams
02	Allegheny
03	Armstrong
04	Beaver
05	Bedford
06	Berks
07	Blair
08	Bradford
09	Bucks
10	Butler
11	Cambria
12	Cameron
13	Carbon
14	Centre
15	Chester
16	Clarion
17	Clearfield
18	Clinton
19	Columbia
20	Crawford
21	Cumberland
22	Dauphin
23	Delaware
24	Elk
25	Erie
26	Fayette
27	Forest
28	Franklin
29	Fulton
30	Greene
31	Huntingdon
32	Indiana
33	Jefferson
34	Juniata
35	Lackawanna
36	Lancaster
37	Lawrence
38	Lebanon
39	Lehigh
40	Luzerne
41	Lycoming
42	McKean
43	Mercer
44	Mifflin
45	Monroe
46	Montgomery
47	Montour
48	Northampton
49	Northumberland
50	Perry
51	Philadelphia
52	Pike
53	Potter
54	Schuylkill
55	Snyder
56	Somerset
57	Sullivan
58	Susquehanna
59	Tioga
60	Union
61	Venango
62	Warren
63	Washington
64	Wayne
65	Westmoreland
66	Wyoming
67	York

Municipality Type Codes

Code	Name
2	City
4	Township
5	Town
6	Borough

Municipality Breakdown Codes

Code	Name
D	District
W	Ward
P	Precinct
X	Other

Office Code Table

Code	Abbrev	Name
1	USP	President of the United States
2	USS	United States Senator
3	GOV	Governor
4	LTG	Lieutenant Governor
5	ATT	Attorney General
6	AUD	Auditor General
7	TRE	State Treasurer
8	SPM	Justice of the Supreme Court
9	SPR	Judge of the Superior Court
10	CCJ	Judge of the Commonwealth Court
11	USC	Representative in Congress
12	STS	Senator in the General Assembly
13	STH	Representative in the General Assembly

Party Code Table

Code	Name
REP	Republican Party
R/D	Republican / Democratic
DEM	Democratic Party
OTH	Other