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Data ledger

Every dataset Votara uses, with publisher, date and limits.

“Verified” means someone at Votara opened the source and compared the values.

How current the data is

As of Datasets in the ledger: 69 Latest check of a source:

  • Up to date 38
  • Update overdue 0
  • Checks failing 12
  • Source not checked yet 0
  • No regular updates 19

How Votara keeps the data current

An automatic run checks the Parliament’s data and the vote results every day, and the vote results again on the evening of each voting Sunday. Statistics are checked every week, and every day from 3 days before to 14 days after an announced publication date. Fixed historical publications are checked every month.

Every run is followed by automatic accuracy checks. An update is published automatically only when the checks pass and no dataset changed in an unusual way (a large drop in rows, many revised rows, changed columns); otherwise it waits for a person to review it. When only data changed, the site is rebuilt automatically.

Each source shows the period the data covers, the day Votara’s copy last changed, and the day Votara last checked the source (even when nothing had changed).

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Recently updated

  1. Business submitted by members of parliament (Curia Vista) Parliamentary Services of the Federal Assembly
  2. Foreign cross-border commuters (cross-border commuter statistics) OFS/BFS
  3. Register of interests of the members of parliament Parliamentary Services of the Federal Assembly
  4. Official index of localities with postcodes swisstopo
  5. Acquisitions of Swiss citizenship by former nationality and crude naturalisation rate OFS/BFS
  6. AHV/AVS pensions by type, place of residence and nationality BSV/OFAS/UFAS (via OFS/BFS)
  7. Demographic balance of the permanent resident population by nationality category OFS/BFS
  8. Invalidity insurance (IV/AI) pensions by place of residence and nationality BSV/OFAS/UFAS (via OFS/BFS)

Official and academic sources

DatasetPublisherData periodLast changeLast checkedFreshnessVerificationData
Acquisitions of Swiss citizenship by former nationality and crude naturalisation rate bfs-naturalisationsOFS/BFS1975–2025 Up to dateNot verified yetCSV
AHV financial outlook under the law in force (FSIO, 25 May 2022) and pay-as-you-go results 2011–2021 bsv-ahv-finances-2022Federal Social Insurance Office (BSV / OFAS / UFAS)2011–2032— Up to dateVerifiedCSV
AHV/AVS pensions by type, place of residence and nationality bsv-ahv-pensionsBSV/OFAS/UFAS (via OFS/BFS)2009–2025 Up to dateNot verified yetCSV
Average rent by number of rooms bfs-average-rentOFS/BFS2010–2024 Up to dateVerifiedCSV
Business submitted by members of parliament (Curia Vista) parl-businessParliamentary Services of the Federal Assembly— Checks failingVerifiedCSV
Business types and statuses (Curia Vista) parl-business-codesParliamentary Services of the Federal Assembly— Up to dateVerifiedCSV
Class size in compulsory education bfs-class-sizeOFS/BFS1990–2024 Up to dateNot verified yetCSV
Committee memberships of the members of parliament parl-committeesParliamentary Services of the Federal Assembly— Checks failingVerifiedCSV
Commune changes since 2000 (mergers and number changes) bfs-commune-mutationsOFS/BFS01.01.2000–01.01.2026 Checks failingVerifiedCSV
Current members of the Federal Assembly parl-membersParliamentary Services of the Federal Assembly— Checks failingVerifiedCSV
Demographic balance of the permanent resident population by nationality category bfs-population-balanceOFS/BFS1971–2025 Up to dateNot verified yetCSV
Empty dwellings count bfs-vacancyOFS/BFS1984–2026 Up to dateVerifiedCSV
Federal Act on the Declaration of General Applicability of Collective Labour Agreements (minimum wages below cantonal minimum wages), amendment of 19 June 2026 (Federal Gazette 2026 1770) fedlex-bbl-2026-1770Federal Assembly; published in the Federal Gazette by the Federal Chancellery—— No regular updatesNot verified yet—
Federal Assembly open data parl-opendataParliamentary Services of the Federal Assembly—not pulled yet— No regular updatesVerified—
Federal Council dispatch on the amendment of the Federal Act on the Declaration of General Applicability of Collective Labour Agreements of 13 December 2024 (Federal Gazette 2025 123) bundesrat-botschaft-24-096Federal Council; published in the Federal Gazette by the Federal Chancellery—— No regular updatesNot verified yet—
Federal Council dispatch on the approval of the Economic Partnership Agreement between the EFTA States and Malaysia of 28 January 2026 (Federal Gazette 2026 405) bundesrat-botschaft-26-018Federal Council; published in the Federal Gazette by the Federal Chancellery—— No regular updatesNot verified yet—
Federal Council dispatch on the popular initiative “Electricity for all at all times (Stop the blackout)” and the indirect counter-proposal (amendment of the Nuclear Energy Act) of 13 August 2025 (Federal Gazette 2025 2563) bundesrat-botschaft-25-068Federal Council; published in the Federal Gazette by the Federal Chancellery—— No regular updatesNot verified yet—
Federal Council dispatch on the popular initiative “For a modern citizenship law (Democracy Initiative)” of 5 November 2025 (Federal Gazette 2025 3372) bundesrat-botschaft-25-081Federal Council; published in the Federal Gazette by the Federal Chancellery—— No regular updatesNot verified yet—
Federal Council dispatch on the popular initiative “Yes to an import ban on foie gras” of 20 November 2024 (Federal Gazette 2024 3077) bundesrat-botschaft-24-089Federal Council; published in the Federal Gazette by the Federal Chancellery—— No regular updatesNot verified yet—
Federal Decree of 19 June 2026 approving the Economic Partnership Agreement between the EFTA States and Malaysia (Federal Gazette 2026 1777) fedlex-bbl-2026-1777Federal Assembly; published in the Federal Gazette by the Federal Chancellery—— No regular updatesNot verified yet—
Federal Decree on the popular initiative “For a modern citizenship law (Democracy Initiative)” of 2 October 2026 (Federal Gazette 2026 2714) fedlex-bbl-2026-2714Federal Assembly; published in the Federal Gazette by the Federal Chancellery—— No regular updatesNot verified yet—
Federal Decree on the popular initiative “Yes to an import ban on foie gras” of 2 October 2026 (Federal Gazette 2026 2712) fedlex-bbl-2026-2712Federal Assembly; published in the Federal Gazette by the Federal Chancellery—— No regular updatesNot verified yet—
Federal popular initiative “Electricity for all at all times (Stop the blackout)”: conditional withdrawal (Federal Gazette 2026 1830) fedlex-bbl-2026-1830Federal Chancellery (Federal Gazette)—— No regular updatesNot verified yet—
Federal popular votes – scheduled objects bk-votationsFederal Chancellery (BK/ChF/CaF)29.11.2026–28.02.2027 Checks failingVerifiedCSV
Foreign cross-border commuters (cross-border commuter statistics) bfs-cross-border-commutersOFS/BFS1999-Q1–2026-Q3 Up to dateNot verified yetCSV
FSO – results of federal popular votes, Switzerland and cantons bfs-vote-resultsOFS/BFS03.03.2024–27.09.2026 Checks failingVerifiedCSV
Generalised boundaries K4 — communes, cantons, lakes and national border bfs-generalised-boundariesOFS/BFS— Up to dateVerifiedCSV
Invalidity insurance (IV/AI) pensions by place of residence and nationality bsv-iv-pensionsBSV/OFAS/UFAS (via OFS/BFS)2009–2025 Up to dateNot verified yetCSV
Invalidity pensioners in Switzerland by cause of disability bsv-iv-causesBSV/OFAS/UFAS (via OFS/BFS)2013–2025 Up to dateNot verified yetCSV
Labour-market status and main activity of people outside the labour force (structural survey) bfs-se-main-activityOFS/BFS2010–2024 Up to dateNot verified yetCSV
Labour-market status of the permanent resident population aged 15 and over (Swiss Labour Force Survey), full and part time bfs-sake-labour-statusOFS/BFS2010–2025 Up to dateNot verified yetCSV
National Council elections since 1919 – party strength and seats bfs-party-strengthOFS/BFS1919–2023 Up to dateVerifiedCSV
National Council final votes — bills voted on parl-votes-billsParliamentary Services of the Federal Assembly22.12.2023–02.10.2026 Checks failingVerifiedCSV
National Council final votes — how each member voted parl-votesParliamentary Services of the Federal Assembly22.12.2023–02.10.2026 Checks failingVerifiedCSV
Nationalities — official names in four languages bfs-nationality-namesOFS/BFS— Up to dateNot verified yetCSV
Nuclear Energy Act, amendment of 19 June 2026 (Federal Gazette 2026 1772) fedlex-bbl-2026-1772Federal Assembly; published in the Federal Gazette by the Federal Chancellery—— No regular updatesNot verified yet—
Official commune register of Switzerland bfs-communesOFS/BFS— Checks failingVerifiedCSV
Official index of localities with postcodes swisstopo-postcodesswisstopo— Checks failingVerifiedCSV
Parliamentary groups of the Federal Assembly parl-groupsParliamentary Services of the Federal Assembly— Up to dateVerifiedCSV
Parties – Federal Assembly reference data parl-partiesParliamentary Services of the Federal Assembly— Up to dateVerifiedCSV
Permanent foreign resident population and acquisitions of Swiss citizenship (SEM foreigner statistics) sem-foreign-populationSEM2024–2025 Up to dateNot verified yetCSV
Permanent foreign resident population by nationality bfs-nationality-groupsOFS/BFS1980–2025 Up to dateVerifiedCSV
Permanent resident population aged 15 and over by migration status bfs-migration-statusOFS/BFS2012–2024 Up to dateVerifiedCSV
Permanent resident population aged 15 and over by nationality category and migration status (structural survey) bfs-population-compositionOFS/BFS2024 Up to dateNot verified yetCSV
Permanent resident population by age group and nationality category bfs-statpop-age-structureOFS/BFS2010–2025 Up to dateNot verified yetCSV
Permanent resident population by commune (STATPOP) bfs-commune-populationOFS/BFS2010–2025 Up to dateVerifiedCSV
Permanent resident population by nationality and place of birth (Switzerland / abroad) bfs-nationality-birthplaceOFS/BFS2010–2025 Up to dateNot verified yetCSV
Permanent resident population since 1860 bfs-population-historicOFS/BFS1860–2025 Up to dateVerifiedCSV
Persons with supplementary benefits (EL/PC) to the AHV and IV bsv-el-recipientsBSV/OFAS/UFAS (via OFS/BFS)1999–2025 Up to dateNot verified yetCSV
Popular vote of 29 November 2026 – Explanations of the Federal Council (voting booklet) bk-erlaeuterungen-2026-11-29Federal Chancellery (BK/ChF/CaF) for the Federal Council—— No regular updatesNot verified yet—
Population density, international comparison (World Bank) worldbank-densityWorld Bank (World Development Indicators)1995–2024 Up to dateVerifiedCSV
Population scenarios for Switzerland 2025–2055 bfs-population-scenarios-2025OFS/BFS2024–2055 Up to dateVerifiedCSV
Population scenarios for the cantons 2025–2055 bfs-population-scenarios-cantonal-2025OFS/BFS2024–2055 Up to dateVerifiedCSV
Recipients and rate of economic social assistance bfs-social-assistanceOFS/BFS2005–2025 Up to dateNot verified yetCSV
Register of interests of the members of parliament parl-interestsParliamentary Services of the Federal Assembly— Up to dateVerifiedCSV
Registered unemployed and registered unemployment rate by sex, nationality and age (SECO) seco-registered-unemploymentSECO (via OFS/BFS)1991–2025 Up to dateNot verified yetCSV
Rent index (Swiss consumer price index) bfs-rent-indexOFS/BFS08.1939–10.2026 Up to dateVerifiedCSV
Swiss citizens aged 15 and over with and without another nationality bfs-dual-citizenshipOFS/BFS2015–2024 Up to dateNot verified yetCSV
Swiss land use statistics — main land-use domains bfs-land-useOFS/BFS1979–2025 Up to dateVerifiedCSV
Swiss land use statistics — main land-use domains by commune bfs-land-use-communesOFS/BFS2013–2018 Up to dateVerifiedCSV
Swissvotes – database of federal popular votes swissvotesAnnée politique suisse, University of Bern12.09.1848–28.02.2027 Checks failingVerifiedCSV
Swissvotes – results of federal popular votes by canton swissvotes-cantonsAnnée politique suisse, University of Bern— Checks failingVerifiedCSV
Unemployed according to the ILO, registered unemployed and registered job seekers bfs-unemployment-comparisonOFS/BFS (with SECO data)2000–2025 Up to dateNot verified yetCSV

Votara models

DatasetPublisherData periodLast changeLast checkedFreshnessVerificationData
Votara calculation – share of parliamentary business per problem area (Curia Vista subject tags mapped) votara-parl-attentionVotara—not pulled yet— No regular updatesNot verified yet—
Votara estimate of commune population in 2050 (canton-level scenario applied proportionally) votara-commune-projectionVotara—not pulled yet— No regular updatesNot verified yet—
Votara odds-lite model – probability that a federal vote is accepted votara-odds-liteVotara—— No regular updatesNot verified yetCSV
Votara track odds model votara-odds-modelVotara—not pulled yet— No regular updatesNot verified yet—

Community data

DatasetPublisherData periodLast changeLast checkedFreshnessVerificationData
Agora activity by canton (proposals about a canton or one of its communes) votara-agora-activityVotara—not pulled yet— No regular updatesNot verified yet—
Agora daily votes per problem area (Votara users, not representative) votara-agora-aggregatesVotara—not pulled yet— No regular updatesNot verified yet—