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.

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>