ResultsReportingStage

Use ResultsReportingStage to define a specific stage of results reporting for a contest.

Note: This entity is only used with election results feeds. It isn't used with the pre-election data or officeholder feed types.

Elements

The following table describes the elements for ResultsReportingStage:

Element	Multiplicity	Type	Description
StageType	1	ResultsReportingStageType	The type of results reporting stage.
Description	1	InternationalizedText	A description of the results reporting stage.
Attribution	1 or more	Attribution	The attribution of the source of the results for this stage.
ExpectedStartDateTime	1	dateTime	The date and time when the results reporting stage is expected to start.
ActualStartDateTime	0 or 1	dateTime	The date and time when the results reporting stage actually started.
NoResultsProvided	0 or 1	boolean	Indicates whether no results will be provided for this stage, even though the stage exists for the contest. If this element isn't present, the default value is false.

Examples

XML

    <ResultsReportingStage>
      <StageType>exit-polls</StageType>
      <ExpectedStartDateTime>2025-11-03T06:00:00-05:00</ExpectedStartDateTime>
      <ActualStartDateTime>2025-11-03T08:00:00-05:00</ActualStartDateTime>
      <Attribution>
        <DataSourceId>ds-1</DataSourceId>
      </Attribution>
    </ResultsReportingStage>
    <ResultsReportingStage>
      <StageType>preliminary</StageType>
      <ExpectedStartDateTime>2025-11-03T22:00:00-05:00</ExpectedStartDateTime>
      <ActualStartDateTime>2025-11-04T01:00:00-05:00</ActualStartDateTime>
      <Attribution>
        <DataSourceId>ds-2</DataSourceId>
      </Attribution>
    </ResultsReportingStage>