Re-using Open Government Data (OGD) published by the Election Commission of India (ECI)
ISSN: 1463-6689
Article publication date: 12 October 2018
Issue publication date: 14 November 2018
Abstract
Purpose
The paper aims to “re-use” the Open Government Data (OGD) published by the Election Commission of India (ECI). Bihar’s performance across General Elections, 2014, and Bihar Legislative Assembly Elections, 2015, is compared, wherein the role of contestants’ demographic profiles in determining their vote share is being investigated.
Design/methodology/approach
Hypotheses are derived based on the impact of contestants’ demographic profiles (age, marital status, social category, political party affiliation, educational qualification, availing telephone and email facility, criminal antecedents) on their vote share. Following a quantitative approach, multiple regression and logistic regression are used to draw inferences from the data contestants’ affidavits – sourced from the ECI website.
Findings
Results show that contestants’ demographic profiles impact their vote share in the elections. While the ECI website is a viable source for re-using the data available there, data are not available in a user-friendly format and this leads to difficulty in being re-used by different stakeholders.
Originality/value
Academic research on OGD re-use is negligible, and the present study seeks to contribute towards extant literature by underlining the significance of re-using OGD by drawing inferences from the data accessible via ECI.
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Citation
Saxena, S. (2018), "Re-using Open Government Data (OGD) published by the Election Commission of India (ECI)", Foresight, Vol. 20 No. 5, pp. 507-526. https://doi.org/10.1108/FS-12-2017-0082
Publisher
:Emerald Publishing Limited
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