Abstinence, left and right votes: “Carolis” initiative puts the entire data on the map – the Internet

All televisions and newspapers publish different graphic on the day of election, which also use eligible places to understand the voting results, and also paint the colors of the parties. It is easy to realize the meaning of voting and changes in every new election cycle. But not Most of the time analyzes are not beyond the county, in this territorial section, ignoring the differences at the parish level (often important) and intersection with other information about socio -economic conditions.

Mapedia founders Pedro Maura and Miguel Marx used to work with this particular data and geographical information and used their time to prepare some apps and opinions that allow you to do the analysis deeply. In the elections on May 18, the map of abstinence has been published since 2022 and the percentage of voting results in the arrival and left parties, as well as the percentage of voters between the electoral voters.

Tech Pedro Mura is “small spread exercises, unprecedented”, and as a result “Carolis”. To have access to more details, he said, “I realize that the information on the maps is always displayed at the county level and that it can be more deep at the parish level.”

“This type of information provides more awareness about the results. Experience tells us that there are fewer data, less clearly negotiations (…) ‘bitites’ usually justify Pedro Maurah.

The experience and knowledge of georeferred data extraction and treatment (with geographical location), and the creation of maps and interactive applications used in the work of Mapedia, and the creation of interactive applications, used to develop reports in linkedin. “The data is available in the open format, but there are no knowledge and tools to facilitate them to contact and understand them, ”he admitted.

At the moment Maps of abstinence from 2022 to 2024And results of last legislative elections of 2025 Vote report on left and right parties, at the parish levelAnd the analysis of Voting on arrival has crossed with several indicators of 2021 census.

See some of the maps available here

Pedro Maura did not want political meanings in this work and It is emphasized that Citizen is an Initiative, hopes to make people access to more information to better understand these results. “The goal is to contribute to society with this task,” he said.

In different reports You can see General Panorama, but can further enhance the analysis at the parish level using the interactive mapedia toolPedro Mura is also available The file compiled based on data from the National Election Commission and has already been treated and is in Excel format Those who want to do more analysis.

Like a work done based on election data, Pedro Mura says many more areas with open data available through areas and various institutions that can be explored. “Most times people and companies have data and geographical info decisions that have to make decisions many times,” he told Tech.