move functions to get election cycle index and name into utils.

utils.py

@@ -35,6 +35,30 @@ def get_election_cycle_name(config: DakinyConfig) -> str:
     Returns:
         str: the name of the election cycle
     """
-    # TODO finish
+    cycle = get_current_cycle(config)
+    current_cycle = config.election_cycles[cycle]
 
-    return f"vote-{election_start.year}-{election_cycle.name}"
+    return f"vote-{get_datetime(current_cycle.election_start).year}-{current_cycle.name}"
+
+
+def get_current_cycle(config: DakinyConfig) -> int:
+    """
+    Returns index for active election. An election is considered active between the election start and the term start.
+
+    Args:
+        config (DakinyConfig): Config object to use
+
+    Returns:
+        int: cycle index for active election. -1 for no active cycle
+    """
+
+    today = datetime.today()
+
+    for cycle, election in enumerate(config.election_cycles):
+        if (
+            today.date() >= get_datetime(election.election_start).date()
+            and today.date() <= get_datetime(election.term_start).date()
+        ):
+            return cycle
+
+    return -1