How to export election results to CSV

How to download the results CSV

1. Wait for voting to close. Results are calculated automatically. If your results setting is You and your observers, you can also download them while voting is open.
2. Open the Results tab.
3. Under Downloads, click CSV next to Results summary. Each question also has a Ballots file: in a secret-ballot election (launched from 11 October 2026), one row per ballot, with no names, keys or times; in an older election, one row per choice, with the time each vote was cast.
4. Open the file in Excel, Google Sheets or any spreadsheet app.

Save the file with your meeting minutes as soon as the election closes. In a spreadsheet you can sort, filter or chart the totals for a newsletter or annual report. Exports are included on every plan, free elections too. See pricing.

What the results CSV contains

The file covers every question on the ballot. For each one it lists:

• The question
• Each candidate or option
• Its count
• Its percentage
• Whether it won

The columns are Question, Candidate/Option, Votes (Weighted Votes in a weighted election), Percentage and Status, which says Winner. Abstentions get their own row. Each question also has a Ballots (CSV) button for its per-ballot file. In a secret-ballot election that file opens once voting closes and has no vote times.

For ranked choice questions, results show each candidate's Borda point total. When Allow Abstain is on, abstentions appear separately in the Results tab. For a multi-seat STV count, export the ranked results and run them through our free STV Excel calculator; see STV voting.

How to export the audit log

The audit log is a timestamped record of the election: when voting started and closed, each ballot submitted (when, never by whom), reminders, resent invitations, voters added with spare keys, observer links, and views of the dashboard, voter list and results.

1. Open the Audit trail tab in your election.
2. Click Download CSV. The file has every entry, oldest first, with times in your election's time zone and in UTC, and voter keys masked.
3. Store it with the results CSV in your organization's records.

The log answers the questions that come up after a close vote, such as whether anyone viewed results before voting ended, or when the election was closed. Keep both files if a result might be challenged. See audit trail and handling election disputes.

Sharing results without a PDF export

ElectionChamp has no PDF of the results. If your board wants a document instead of a spreadsheet, there is no need to retype anything: open the CSV in a spreadsheet, format it, and print or save it from there.

For members, click Send results to members on the Results tab after voting closes. It emails a secure link to the results page to every voter with an email address on your list and texts it to every voter with a mobile number, and you can send it once. That saves you attaching a file. If you handed out every key and no voter has an email address or mobile number, the button reads Activate results link: it sends nothing and makes the link work, for you to post. See results visibility settings.

To present results at a meeting, show the Results tab on screen or paste the CSV figures into your slides or minutes. Both come from the same automatic count, so the numbers match.