Hong Kong
District Council Election 2015
JSON Collection

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Updated 30OCT2015:
Updated with Gazette Extraordinary published on Monday, 26/10/2015, No. 40 Vol. 19

Updated 24OCT2015:
GeoJSON version is available now! Please check the latest release.

This repository is a collection of JSONs (plus relevant materials) for Hong Kong District Council Election 2015.

There are THREE versions avaiable: districts.full.json, districts.json, and geojson.json

1. districts.full.json is the full version;
   
2. districts.json contains all fields in the full version except GeoJSON fields in districts and constituents; and
   
3. geojson.json is a digestible GeoJSON of type FeatureCollection with GeoJSON objects of districts and constituents as features and respective district and constituent properties other than GeoJSON encompassed as properties in the respective GeoJSON object.

Logos for the 18 district councils can be found in dc_logo. All are formatted to 350px sqaure png with transparent background.

Source and Reference

The Government of Hong Kong Gazette:
http://www.gld.gov.hk/egazette/english/gazette/volume.php?extra=1&year=2015&month=10&day=26&vol=19&no=40&gn=&type=0

District Info, Constituent Info, and Candidate Info:
http://www.elections.gov.hk/dc2015/chi/index.html
http://www.elections.gov.hk/dc2015/eng/index.html

District Council Election 2015 Constituent Boundary GeoJSON:
https://github.com/alanho/dc2015

Hong Kong District Council Boundary:
GADM database of Global Administrative Areas ver. 2.7:
http://www.gadm.org/
P.S. The shapefile for these district council boundaries is based on District Council Election 2011, and thus outdated.

Schema

districts.full.json

[{
    "region": (String) Hong-Kong-Island/Kowloon/New-Territories, 
    "ename": (String) English name of the district, 
    "cname": (String) Chinese name of the district, 
    "population": (Number) Projected Population as at 30 June 2015,
    "electors": (Number) Number of Electors in the 2015 Final Register,
    "iconSrc": (String) Icon link of the respective District Council,
    "exOfficio": (Number) Ex Officio seats,
    "GeoJSON": (GeoJSON Object),
    "seats": [
        {
            "type": (String) constutuent/exofficio,
            "cacode": (String) Constituent code,
            "cname": (String) Chinese name of the constituent,
            "ename": (String) English name of the constituent,
            "population": (Number) Projected Population as at 30 June 2015,
            "electors": (Number) Number of Electors in the 2015 Final Register,
            "GeoJSON": (GeoJSON Object),
            "finalized": (Boolean) ,
            "candidates": [
                {
                    "number": (Number) Candidate number,
                    "cname": (String) Chinese name of the candidate,
                    "ename": (String) English name of the candidate,
                    "sex": (String) Sex of the candidate,
                    "cAlias": (String) Chinese alias of the candidate,
                    "eAlias": (String) English alias of the candidate,
                    "cOccupation": [(String) Declared occupation in Chinese],
                    "eOccupation": [(String) Declared occupation in English],
                    "cAffiliation": [(String) Delcared political affliation in Chinese],
                    "eAffiliation": [(String) Delcared political affliation in English],
                    "vote": (Integer) Vote received,
                    "win": (Boolean) whether win or not
                }
            ]
        }
    ]
}]

districts.json

[{
    "region": (String) Hong-Kong-Island/Kowloon/New-Territories, 
    "ename": (String) English name of the district, 
    "cname": (String) Chinese name of the district, 
    "population": (Integer) Projected Population as at 30 June 2015,
    "electors": (Integer) Number of Electors in the 2015 Final Register,
    "iconSrc": (String) Icon link of the respective District Council,
    "exOfficio": (Integer) Number of Ex Officio seats,
    "seats": [
        {
            "type": (String) constutuent/exofficio,
            "cacode": (String) Constituent code,
            "cname": (String) Chinese name of the constituent,
            "ename": (String) English name of the constituent,
            "population": (Integer) Projected Population as at 30 June 2015,
            "electors": (Number) Number of Electors in the 2015 Final Register,
            "finalized": (Boolean) Whether the result has been finalized,
            "candidates": [
                {
                    "number": (Number) Candidate number,
                    "cname": (String) Chinese name of the candidate,
                    "ename": (String) English name of the candidate,
                    "sex": (String) Sex of the candidate,
                    "cAlias": (String) Chinese alias of the candidate,
                    "eAlias": (String) English alias of the candidate,
                    "cOccupation": [(String) Declared occupation in Chinese],
                    "eOccupation": [(String) Declared occupation in English],
                    "cAffiliation": [(String) Delcared political affliation in Chinese],
                    "eAffiliation": [(String) Delcared political affliation in English],
                    "vote": (Integer) Vote received,
                    "win": (Boolean) whether win or not
                }
            ]
        }
    ]
}]

geojson.json

[{ // District
    "type": "FeatureCollection",
    "crs": {"type": "name", "properties": {"name": "urn:ogc:def:crs:OGC:1.3:CRS84"}},
    "features": [{
        "type": "Feature", 
        "properties": {
            "region": (String) Hong-Kong-Island/Kowloon/New-Territories, 
            "ename": (String) English name of the district, 
            "cname": (String) Chinese name of the district, 
            "population": (Integer) Projected Population as at 30 June 2015, 
            "electors": (Integer) Number of Electors in the 2015 Final Register, 
            "iconSrc": (String) Icon link of the respective District Council,
            "seats": (Integer) Number of seats in the District Council, 
            "exOfficio": (Integer) Number of ex officio members in the District Council
        }, 
        "geometry": {
            "type": (String) GeometryCollection/Polygon,
            "geometries": [Coordinate Pairs]
        }
}, 
{ // Constituent
    "type": "FeatureCollection",
    "crs": {"type": "name", "properties": {"name": "urn:ogc:def:crs:OGC:1.3:CRS84"}},
    "features": [{
        "type": "Feature", 
        "properties": {
            type: (String) constituent
            cacode:(String) Constituent code, 
            "cname": (String) Chinese name of the constituent,
            "ename": (String) English name of the constituent,
            "population": (Integer) Projected Population as at 30 June 2015,
            "electors": (Number) Number of Electors in the 2015 Final Register,
            "finalized": (Boolean) Whether the result has been finalized,
            candidates: [
                {
                    "number": (Number) Candidate number,
                    "cname": (String) Chinese name of the candidate,
                    "ename": (String) English name of the candidate,
                    "sex": (String) Sex of the candidate,
                    "cAlias": (String) Chinese alias of the candidate,
                    "eAlias": (String) English alias of the candidate,
                    "cOccupation": [(String) Declared occupation in Chinese],
                    "eOccupation": [(String) Declared occupation in English],
                    "cAffiliation": [(String) Delcared political affliation in Chinese],
                    "eAffiliation": [(String) Delcared political affliation in English],
                    "vote": (Integer) Vote received,
                    "win": (Boolean) whether win or not
                }
            ]
        }, 
        "geometry": {
            "type": (String) GeometryCollection/Polygon,
            "geometries": [Coordinate Pairs]
        }
}]