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This dataset, hk_councillors_tbl_df, is a tibble containing public domain information about the 452 District Councillors elected in Hong Kong during the 2019 election. It includes demographic, political, and contact information, along with details on electoral performance and constituency classification.

Usage

data(hk_councillors_tbl_df)

Format

A tibble with 452 observations and 33 variables:

ConstituencyCode

Constituency code (character)

Constituency_ZH

Constituency name in Chinese (character)

Constituency_EN

Constituency name in English (character)

District_ZH

District name in Chinese (character)

District_EN

District name in English (character)

Region_ZH

Region name in Chinese (character)

Region_EN

Region name in English (character)

Party_ZH

Political party name in Chinese (character)

Party_EN

Political party name in English (character)

DC_ZH

Name of councillor in Chinese (character)

DC_EN

Name of councillor in English (character)

FacebookURL

Link to councillor's Facebook page (character)

DCPageURL

Link to official councillor page (character)

Address

Office address (character)

Phone

Phone number (character)

Fax

Fax number (character)

Email

Email address (character)

WebsiteURL

Personal or campaign website URL (character)

DCProjectPageURL

Project page URL (character)

ElectionYear

Year of election (numeric)

ElectionDate

Date of election (Date)

CandidateNum

Number of candidates in the race (numeric)

Occupation

Occupation of councillor (character)

Political_ZH

Political position or orientation in Chinese (character)

Political_EN

Political position or orientation in English (character)

Camp_ZH

Political camp in Chinese (character)

Camp_EN

Political camp in English (character)

Vote

Number of votes received (numeric)

VotePercentage

Vote percentage received (numeric)

Gender_ZH

Gender in Chinese (character)

Gender_EN

Gender in English (character)

Tag_ZH

Additional tags or classifications in Chinese (character)

Tag_EN

Additional tags or classifications in English (character)

Source

Data taken from the hkdatasets package version 1.0.0

Details

The dataset name has been kept as 'hk_councillors_tbl_df' to avoid confusion with other datasets in the R ecosystem. This naming convention helps distinguish this dataset as part of the ChinAPIs package and assists users in identifying its specific characteristics. The suffix 'tbl_df' indicates that the dataset is a tibble (a modern form of data frame). The original content has not been modified in any way.