diff --git a/frontend/src/components/Election/Election.tsx b/frontend/src/components/Election/Election.tsx
index def70963..6027c0e4 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/Election/Election.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/components/Election/Election.tsx
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-import { useEffect } from "react"
 import { useParams } from "react-router";
 import React from 'react'
 import ElectionHome from "./ElectionHome";
@@ -11,43 +10,45 @@ import Sidebar from "./Sidebar";
 import { Grid } from "@mui/material";
 import Thanks from "./Voting/Thanks";
 import ViewBallot from "./Admin/ViewBallot";
-import { IAuthSession } from "../../hooks/useAuthSession";
-import { useGetElection } from "../../hooks/useAPI";
+import { IAuthSession } from "../../hooks/useAuthSession"
+import useElection, { ElectionContextProvider } from "../ElectionContextProvider";
 
 type Props = {
   authSession: IAuthSession,
 }
 
+const TempWrapper = ({ authSession }: Props) => {
+  //Temporary wrapper to get election component inputs 
+  //Once components are converted to use election context this can be removed
+  
+  const { data, election, refreshElection, permissions, updateElection } = useElection()
+
+  return (
+    <Grid container sx={{ mt: { xs: 0, sm: 5 } }}>
+      <Grid item xs={12} sm={2}>
+        <Sidebar electionData={data} />
+      </Grid>
+      <Grid xs={12} sm={8}>
+        <Routes>
+          <Route path='/' element={<ElectionHome authSession={authSession} electionData={data} fetchElection={refreshElection} />} />
+          <Route path='/vote' element={<VotePage election={data.election} fetchElection={refreshElection} />} />
+          <Route path='/thanks' element={<Thanks election={data.election} />} />
+          <Route path='/results' element={<ViewElectionResults election={data.election} />} />
+          <Route path='/edit' element={<EditElection authSession={authSession} election={data.election} fetchElection={refreshElection} />} />
+          <Route path='/admin/*' element={<Admin authSession={authSession} election={data.election} permissions={data.voterAuth.permissions} fetchElection={refreshElection} />} />
+          <Route path='/ballot/:ballot_id' element={<ViewBallot election={data.election} ballot={null} onClose={null} fetchBallot={null} permissions={data.voterAuth.permissions} />} />
+          <Route path='/id/:voter_id' element={<ElectionHome authSession={authSession} electionData={data} fetchElection={refreshElection} />} />
+        </Routes>
+      </Grid>
+    </Grid >)
+}
+
 const Election = ({ authSession }: Props) => {
   const { id } = useParams();
-  const { data, isPending, error, makeRequest: fetchData } = useGetElection(id)
-  useEffect(() => {
-    fetchData()
-  }, [])
-
   return (
-    <>
-      {isPending && <div> Loading Election... </div>}
-      {data != null &&
-        <Grid container sx={{ mt: { xs: 0, sm: 5 } }}>
-          <Grid item xs={12} sm={2}>
-            <Sidebar electionData={data} />
-          </Grid>
-          <Grid xs={12} sm={8}>
-            <Routes>
-              <Route path='/' element={<ElectionHome authSession={authSession} electionData={data} fetchElection={fetchData} />} />
-              <Route path='/vote' element={<VotePage election={data.election} fetchElection={fetchData} />} />
-              <Route path='/thanks' element={<Thanks election={data.election} />} />
-              <Route path='/results' element={<ViewElectionResults election={data.election} />} />
-              <Route path='/edit' element={<EditElection authSession={authSession} election={data.election} fetchElection={fetchData} />} />
-              <Route path='/admin/*' element={<Admin authSession={authSession} election={data.election} permissions={data.voterAuth.permissions} fetchElection={fetchData} />} />
-              <Route path='/ballot/:ballot_id' element={<ViewBallot election={data.election} ballot={null} onClose={null} fetchBallot={null} permissions={data.voterAuth.permissions} />} />
-              <Route path='/id/:voter_id' element={<ElectionHome authSession={authSession} electionData={data} fetchElection={fetchData} />} />
-            </Routes>
-          </Grid>
-        </Grid >
-      }
-    </>
+    <ElectionContextProvider id={id}>
+      <TempWrapper authSession={authSession} />
+    </ElectionContextProvider>
   )
 }
 
diff --git a/frontend/src/components/ElectionContextProvider.tsx b/frontend/src/components/ElectionContextProvider.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..9e124b5d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/frontend/src/components/ElectionContextProvider.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+import React, { useContext, useEffect } from 'react'
+import { createContext, Dispatch, SetStateAction } from 'react'
+import { Election } from '../../../domain_model/Election';
+import { useEditElection, useGetElection } from '../hooks/useAPI';
+import { Election as IElection } from '../../../domain_model/Election';
+import { VoterAuth } from '../../../domain_model/VoterAuth';
+import structuredClone from '@ungap/structured-clone';
+
+
+export interface IElectionContext {
+    data: {election: Election, voterAuth: VoterAuth}
+    election: Election;
+    refreshElection: Function;
+    updateElection: Function;
+    permissions: string[]
+}
+
+
+export const ElectionContext = createContext<IElectionContext>({
+    data: null,
+    election: null,
+    refreshElection: () => false,
+    updateElection: () => false,
+    permissions: []
+}
+)
+
+export const ElectionContextProvider = ({ id, children }) => {
+
+    const { data, isPending, error, makeRequest: fetchData } = useGetElection(id)
+    const { makeRequest: editElection } = useEditElection(id)
+
+    useEffect(() => {
+        fetchData()
+    }, [id])
+
+    const applyElectionUpdate = async (updateFunc: (election: IElection) => any) => {
+        if (!data.election) return
+        const electionCopy: IElection = structuredClone(data.election)
+        updateFunc(electionCopy)
+        return await editElection({ Election: electionCopy })
+    };
+
+
+    return (<ElectionContext.Provider
+        value={{
+            data: data,
+            election: data?.election,
+            refreshElection: fetchData,
+            updateElection: applyElectionUpdate,
+            permissions: data?.voterAuth?.permissions
+        }}>
+        {data && children}
+    </ElectionContext.Provider>
+    )
+}
+
+export default function useElection() {
+    return useContext(ElectionContext);
+}
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