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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).

See also: Checks · How we work

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
Business submitted by members of parliament (Curia Vista) parl-businessParliamentary Services of the Federal Assembly— Checks failingVerifiedCSV
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
Federal popular votes – scheduled objects bk-votationsFederal Chancellery (BK/ChF/CaF)29.11.2026–28.02.2027 Checks failingVerifiedCSV
FSO – results of federal popular votes, Switzerland and cantons bfs-vote-resultsOFS/BFS03.03.2024–27.09.2026 Checks failingVerifiedCSV
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
Official commune register of Switzerland bfs-communesOFS/BFS— Checks failingVerifiedCSV
Official index of localities with postcodes swisstopo-postcodesswisstopo— Checks failingVerifiedCSV
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