Purpose golygu

A set of templates to produce a table displaying the results of first-past-the-post elections in a more compact format than offered by {{Election box}}.

Example golygu

These templates produce results like this:

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Election Canlyniadau Ymgeisydd Plaid Pleidleisiau % ±%
1953 by-election
death of Sir Bufton Tufton
Electorate: 57,901
Turnout: 31,432 (66.2%)
Ceidwadwyr gain from SNP
Majority: 2,507 (12.5%)
Swing: 17.1% from SNP to Ceidwadwyr
Jimmy SmithCeidwadwyr26,24150.5N/A
Dave Spart Llafur10,71920.1N/A
1955 general election
Electorate: 57,901
Ceidwadwyr hold Jimmy SmithCeidwadwyrunopposed
1959 general election
Electorate: 57,901
Turnout: 31,432 (66.2%)
Ceidwadwyr hold
Majority: 12,952 (19.5%)
Jimmy SmithCeidwadwyr27,70954.5N/A
Dave Spart Llafur8,60416.2N/A
Eric The Viking Vikings for Borsetshire6,90312.5N/A
1964 general election
Electorate: 62,184
Turnout: 41,401 (69.8%) +3.6
Llafur gain from Ceidwadwyr
Majority: 2,011 (9.5%)
Dave SpartLlafur20,59138.9+22.7
Jimmy Smith Ceidwadwyr18,70933.4−22.1
Col. Theo Smithers Borsetshire Ratepayers1,9036.7N/A
William Williamson Rhyddfrydwyr1,8126.4N/A
Verte Profonde Y Blaid Werdd1,5616.0N/A
Egbert Monster Monster Raving Loony9123.1N/A
A. N. Ulsterman Unoliaethwyr Ulster8742.7N/A
A. Alba SNP5402.3N/A
1966 general election
Electorate: 62,184
Turnout: 41,401 (69.8%)
Llafur hold
Majority: 2,011 (9.5%) +1.4
Dave SpartLlafur20,59139.9+1.1
Jimmy Smith Ceidwadwyr18,70932.3−1.1
Col. Theo Smithers Borsetshire Ratepayers1,9036.7

Usage golygu

{{Compact election box begin}}
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Simple usage golygu

Blank example with basic parameters

{{Compact election box begin}}
{{Compact election box
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 | winner             =
 | winner_party       =
 | winner_votes       =
 | winner_percent     =
 | winner_change      =
 
 | candidate2         =
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}}
{{Compact election box end}}

Full usage golygu

Blank example with all parameters

{{Compact election box begin}}
{{Compact election box
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 | electorate 	              = 
 | turnout_votes              = 
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 | result                     = 
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}}
{{Compact election box end}}

Parameters golygu

Header parameters golygu

The parameters are used once

Parmeter Purpose Example1 Example2
Required parameters
election_title title of election, may be wikilinked [[Foobar South-Central by-election, 1953|1953 by-election]] [[United Kingdom election, 1951|1951]]
Optional parameters
election_ref reference, usually to the source of the results <ref>[http://www.foobar-politics-today.com Foobar South-Central by-election results], Politics Today</ref> <ref name="somesource" />
election_note very short note on the election. Probably best kept to a terse reason for a by-election death of [[Sir Bufton Tufton]] resignation of [[Jane Imefedup]]
electorate number of registered voters 57,901
turnout_votes Number of ballots cast 31,432
turnout_percent Turnout as a percentage of registered electors 20.5 8.76
turnout_change Change in turnout as a percentage of registered electors +1.2 −5.3
majority_votes majority of the winning candidate in number of votes 1,607
majority_percent Majority as a percentage of valid votes +6.1 −3.7
majority_change Change in turnout as a percentage of registered electors +1.2 −5.3
result whether the seat changed party hold, or gain (default=win)
loser_party name of the party which lost, to be wikilinked Social Democratic Party (UK) Labour Party (UK)
loser_party_unlinked name of the party which lost, will not be wikilinked Let's have a party all night Party
swing swing in percentage 4.3 −6.8
swing_from party which votes swung away from Labour Party (UK)
swing_to party which votes swung away from Conservative Party (UK)

Winner parameters golygu

One set of these parameters for each candidate

Parmeter Purpose Example
winner Name of candidate (may be wikilinked) [[Jimmy Abdul Rudigger Smith (junior)|Jimmy Smith]]
winner_party name of article on party Conservative Party (UK)
winner_party_unlinked text of article on party Borsetshire Free Lunch Party
winner_votes Number of votes received by the candidate 26,241
winner_percent Percentage of votes received by the candidate 50.5
winner_change Change in that party's percentage share of votes −0.5

Candidate parameters golygu

One set of these parameters for each candidate, starting candidate2. Maximum of 25.

Parmeter Purpose Example
candidaten Name of candidate (may be wikilinked) [[Jimmy Abdul Rudigger Smith (junior)|Jimmy Smith]]
candidaten_party name of article on party Conservative Party (UK)
candidaten_party_unlinked text of article on party Borsetshire Free Lunch Party
candidaten_votes Number of votes received by the candidate 26,241
candidaten_percent Percentage of votes received by the candidate 50.5
candidaten_change Change in that party's percentage share of votes +1.6

See also golygu