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These election box templates are for displaying a list of candidates and results for any election.  They produce tables like this:
 
These election box templates are for displaying a list of candidates and results for any election.  They produce tables like this:
  
{{Election box begin |title=[[United Kingdom general election, 2005|General election 2005]]: Strangford}}
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{{Election box begin |title=[[United Kingdom general election, 2005|General Election 2005]]: Strangford}}
 
{{Election box candidate with party link
 
{{Election box candidate with party link
 
   |party      = Labour Party (UK)
 
   |party      = Labour Party (UK)
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  }}
 
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{{Election box registered electors|
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|reg. electors = 19,998
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}}
 
{{Election box end}}<!--
 
{{Election box end}}<!--
 
Include template data page if available for the specific page this is transcluded on.
 
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====Majority and turnout====
 
====Majority and turnout====
Two further templates:
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Three further templates:
  
 
* {{tl|Election box majority}}
 
* {{tl|Election box majority}}
 
* {{tl|Election box turnout}}
 
* {{tl|Election box turnout}}
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* {{tl|Election box registered electors}}
  
can be added to record the majority and turnout figures for an election. (In this context, "[[majority]]" refers to the winning margin between the first and second placed candidates.)
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can be added to record the majority, turnout and number of registered electors for an election. (In this context, "[[majority]]" refers to the winning margin between the first and second placed candidates.)
  
 
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  }}
 
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{{Election box registered electors|
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|reg. electors = 19,998
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}}
 
  {{Election box end}}
 
  {{Election box end}}
 
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{{Election box registered electors|
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|reg. electors = 19,998
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{{Election box end}}
 
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{{Election box registered electors|
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|reg. electors = 19,998
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}}
 
  {{Election box hold with party link
 
  {{Election box hold with party link
 
   |winner    = Labour Party (UK)
 
   |winner    = Labour Party (UK)
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{{Election box registered electors|
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|reg. electors = 19,998
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  {{Election box gain with party link
 
  {{Election box gain with party link
 
   |winner    = Conservative Party (UK)
 
   |winner    = Conservative Party (UK)

Revision as of 05:22, 24 March 2018

These election box templates are for displaying a list of candidates and results for any election. They produce tables like this:

General Election 2005: Strangford
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Tony Blair 9,999 50.0 +10.0
Conservative Michael Howard 9,999 50.0 +10.0
Majority 9,999 50.0 +10.0
Turnout 9,999 50.0 +10.0
Registered electors 19,998

Usage and parameter list for Election box [edit]

This is the TemplateData documentation for this template used by VisualEditor and other tools; see the monthly parameter usage report for this template.

TemplateData for Election box

The template {{Election box}} is not itself a real template. Instead, there are a family of other templates which together create a results table. See this template's page for how to use {{Election box begin}}, {{Election box candidate}}, and others to create an election results table.

Usage

Basic

There are three basic templates:

The begin and end templates start and end a table with appropriate columns and formatting. The candidate template is used once for each candidate and contributes a row to the table.

When using this template please use the election box end template rather than simply inserting |} at the end of the election box. If you do place the |} it will be detected as an error by syntax-checking bots and will then be placed in the syntax cleanup project queue and will need to be fixed by someone. Having fixed a few hundred already, it is becoming somewhat repetitive.

For example:

 {{Election box begin |title=[[United Kingdom general election, 2005|General Election 2005]]: Strangford}}
 {{Election box candidate
   |party      = Labour
   |candidate  = Tony Blair
   |votes      = 9,999
   |percentage = 50.0
   |change     = +10.0
 }}
 {{Election box candidate
   |party      = Conservative
   |candidate  = Michael Howard
   |votes      = 9,999
   |percentage = 50.0
   |change     = +10.0
 }}
 {{Election box end}}
 

Will create this:

General Election 2005: Strangford
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Tony Blair 9,999 50.0 +10.0
Conservative Michael Howard 9,999 50.0 +10.0

Party links

See Template:Election box candidate with party link for usage and set-up.

Majority and turnout

Three further templates:

can be added to record the majority, turnout and number of registered electors for an election. (In this context, "majority" refers to the winning margin between the first and second placed candidates.)

For example:

 ...
 {{Election box majority
   |votes      = 9,999
   |percentage = 50.0
   |change     = +10.0
 }}
 {{Election box turnout
   |votes      = 9,999
   |percentage = 50.0
   |change     = +10.0
 }}
{{Election box registered electors|
 |reg. electors = 19,998
}}
 {{Election box end}}
 

Will create this:

General Election 2005: Strangford
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Tony Blair 9,999 50.0 +10.0
Conservative Michael Howard 9,999 50.0 +10.0
Majority 9,999 50.0 +10.0
Turnout 9,999 50.0 +10.0
Registered electors 19,998

Election outcome

Finally there are two templates:

that can be used to summarize the outcome of an election, in terms of whether the incumbent holds the seat or whether it is lost to another party.

For example:

 ...
 {{Election box hold with party link
   |winner     = Labour Party (UK)
   |swing      = +10.0
 }}

 or...

 {{Election box gain with party link
   |winner     = Conservative Party (UK)
   |loser      = Labour Party (UK)
   |swing      = +10.0
 }}
 {{Election box end}}
 

Will create this:

General Election 2005: Strangford
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Tony Blair 9,999 50.0 +10.0
Conservative Michael Howard 9,999 50.0 +10.0
Majority 9,999 50.0 +10.0
Turnout 9,999 50.0 +10.0
Registered electors 19,998
Labour hold Swing +10.0

or this...

General Election 2005: Strangford
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Tony Blair 9,999 50.0 +10.0
Conservative Michael Howard 9,999 50.0 +10.0
Majority 9,999 50.0 +10.0
Turnout 9,999 50.0 +10.0
Registered electors 19,998
Conservative gain from Labour Swing +10.0

Notes:

  • The swing parameter represents Peter Snow's Swingometer measure, i.e. the percentage change (or swing) in the vote since the last election.
  • When preparing the tables in advance of an election, it may be convenient to include these two templates but commented out (using <!-- and --> ) until the outcome is known.
  • Potentially there is a need for versions of these templates that do not have the party link mechanism. However, it can be argued that any party that has a successful candidate deserves an article about them and the full /meta/color treatment. The one obvious exception to this is, of course, independent candidates, who won't actually have a party. If / when there's a need, just create a non party link version of these templates.

List of templates

Election box begin

Election box candidate

Standard

Winning

Inline


Election summary

For parties without an article on Wikipedia.


Election box gain/hold/loss etc

Election box majority

Election box turnout

Election box total and related

Election box end


Blanks by country

Extensions

See also