Referendums around the world
Referendums and plebiscites recorded in Wikidata — national, regional and local, from the 18th century to today — with the date, country, the jurisdiction that voted, the kind of referendum, and the electorate, ballots cast and turnout where recorded. One row per referendum.
Columns
Stable keys — use them in the API, SQL and code
| Key | Name | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| name | Referendum | string | — |
| wikidata | Wikidata | entity | — |
| date | Date | date | — |
| year | Year | year | — |
| country_name | Country | string | Country where the vote was held, as recorded (P17). |
| country | ISO3 | country | Present-day country, when exactly one is recorded. |
| jurisdiction | Jurisdiction | string | Territory that voted (P1001), e.g. a country, state, canton or city. |
| type | Type | string | What Wikidata says the vote is an instance of, e.g. constitutional referendum, independence referendum. |
| electorate | Electorate | integer | Eligible voters (P1867). |
| ballots_cast | Ballots cast | integer | Ballots cast (P1868). |
| valid_votes | Valid votes | integer | Total valid votes (P1697). |
| turnout_pct | Turnout | number · % | Ballots cast ÷ electorate × 100, when both are recorded. |
| sitelinks | Wikipedia languages | integer | Number of Wikimedia sites with an article on the referendum (notability proxy). |
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