Template:Election/doc

This template is one of many available for presenting election results; however, the eventual goal is that this template becomes the standard used throughout Wikipedia.

Usage

Important: While most of the template parameters are optional, if you use a field for one candidate, use that field for all candidates.

Header

title= The name for an election

year= The year an election took place; this occupies the top-left corner of the table. This field should always be used.

width= The width of the table — default value is 55%. If a page has multiple election boxes, make sure to keep the width consistent throughout.

Candidate rows

Note that template parameters in this section have an "n" in their name. This should be substituted with the number of the candidate in order of appearance in the template. Up to 20 candidates are supported.

Political party

In non-partisan elections, political parties can be left out at the discretion of the editor.

partyn= For "prepared" political parties. For example, if partyn is defined as "Democratic Party (US)", the color defined at #F8F9FA is used and the short name defined at {{Democratic Party (US)/meta/shortname}} is used.

To use a custom political party and color:

partynname= for the name of a political party (linked at the user's discretion).

partyncolor= for the color of a political party. Hexadecimal codes or color names can be used. This value defaults to gray.

Candidate name

In elections that involve only political parties, the candidate name column can be left out.

candidaten= The name of the candidate, linked at the user's discretion.

Winners should be bolded and incumbents should be italicized.

Votes received

votesn= The counted number of votes received. Example value: 9,015

percentn= The percentage of votes received. Example value: 54%

percentchangen= The percent change in votes received by the party (or the person for independents) in the previous election. Example value: +1.5%

Candidate rows (auxiliary)

Running mates

Individual running mates should only be added to an election box in situations where the running mate's candidacy is substantially different; for example, if there is a difference in political parties or votes received.

runningmaten= The name of the running mate.

runningmate-partyn= The political party of the running mate.

runningmate-partynname= For custom political parties (see above).

runningmate-partyncolor= For custom political parties (see above).

runningmate-votesn= Votes received.

runningmate-percentn= Percent of votes received.

runningmate-percentchangen= Percent change of votes received.

Party votes

For mixed-member proportional representation elections, such as those in New Zealand.

partyvotesn= The number of votes received by a party.

partypercentn= The percent of votes received by a party.

partypercentchangen= The percent change of votes received by a party.

Majority

The majority in an election is the difference in votes received between first place and second place.

majority= The difference in counted votes between first and second place.

majoritypercent= The percent difference between first and second place.

majoritypercentchange= The percent change between first and second place compared to the previous election.

For when running mates are involved: runningmate-majority=, runningmate-majoritypercent, and runningmate-majoritypercentchange

For when party votes are involved: partymajority=, partymajoritypercent=, and partymajoritypercentchange=

Turnout

turnout= The number of voters in an election.

turnoutpercent= The percent of voter turnout, compared to the electorate (number of people eligible to vote) as a whole.

turnoutpercentchange= The percent change in an election compared to the prior election.

Winning political party

winner= The winning political party. In legislative elections, this is the political party that won the most seats.

winnername= The name of the winning political party (for custom political parties; see above).

winnercolor= The color of the winning political party (for custom political parties; see above).

If the winner gained control from a losing party, be sure to add a "loser" parameter, whether lower= or losername= with losercolor=.

Swing

While a standard in Commonwealth politics, swing is not typically calculated for United States elections. For that reason, it is optional.

swing= The percent swing in an election.

swingchange= The percent change in swing in an election.

Examples

US House election

2002 New Jersey's 13th congressional district
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Bob Menendez	72,605	78%	−1%
	Republican	James Geron	16,852	18%	−1%
	Green	Pat Henry Faulkner	1,195	1%	—
	Anti-Corruption Doctor	Esmat Zaklama	740	1%	—
	Pro Life Conservative	Dick Hester	732	1%	—
	Politicians are Crooks	Herbert H. Shaw	573	1%	—
Majority			55,753	60%	0
	Democratic hold

{{Election
| title = {{ushr|New Jersey|13|}}
| year = [[U.S. House election, 2002|2002]]

| candidate1 = '''''[[Bob Menendez]]'''''
| party1 = Democratic Party (US)
| votes1 = 72,605
| percent1 = 78%
| percentchange1 = −1%

| candidate2 = [[James Geron]]
| party2 = Republican Party (US)
| votes2 = 16,852
| percent2 = 18%
| percentchange2 = −1%

| candidate3 = [[Pat Henry Faulkner]]
| party3 = Green Party of the United States
| votes3 = 1,195
| percent3 = 1%
| percentchange3 = —

| candidate4 = [[Esmat Zaklama]]
| party4name = Anti-Corruption Doctor
| votes4 = 740
| percent4 = 1%
| percentchange4 = —

| candidate5 = [[Dick Hester]]
| party5name = Pro Life Conservative
| votes5 = 732
| percent5 = 1%
| percentchange5 = —

| candidate6 = [[Herbert H. Shaw]]
| party6name = Politicians are Crooks
| votes6 = 573
| percent6 = 1%
| percentchange6 = —

| majority = 55,753
| majoritypercent = 60%
| majoritypercentchange = 0

| winner = Democratic Party (US)
}}

New Zealand Parliament election

1999 New Zealand general election: Maungakiekie
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	Party votes	%
	Labour	Mark Gosche	12,469	44.49	13,234	46.44%
	National	Belinda Vernon	9,957	35.53%	7,878	27.65%
	Alliance	Matt Robson	2,096	7.48%	1,891	6.64%
	Green	Jon Carapiet	964	3.44%	1,183	4.15%
	ACT	Angus Ogilvie	774	2.76%	2,202	7.73%
	NZ First	Gilbert Myles	734	2.62%	810	2.84
	Future NZ	Jason Keiller	387	1.38%	—	—
	Christian Heritage	Mary Paki	313	1.12%	—	—
	Independent	Sue Henry	152	0.54%	—	—
	Natural Law	Graeme Lodge	73	0.26%	—	—
	Independent	Tony Cranston	67	0.24%	—	—
	Republican	Brian Freeth	40	0.14%	—	—
	United NZ	—	—	—	169	0.59%
	Unsuccessful parties	—	—	—	1127	3.96
Majority			2,512	8.96%	—	—
	Labour gain from National

{{Election
| title = [[New Zealand general election, 1999|New Zealand general election]]: Maungakiekie
| year = [[New Zealand general election, 1999|1999]]

| party1 = New Zealand Labour Party
| candidate1 = '''[[Mark Gosche]]'''
| votes1 = 12,469
| percent1 = 44.49 
| partyvotes1 = 13,234
| partypercent1 = 46.44%

| party2 = New Zealand National Party
| candidate2 = ''[[Belinda Vernon]]''
| votes2 = 9,957
| percent2 = 35.53% 
| partyvotes2 = 7,878
| partypercent2 = 27.65%

| party3 = Alliance (New Zealand political party)
| candidate3 = [[Matt Robson]]
| votes3 = 2,096
| percent3 = 7.48%
| partyvotes3 = 1,891
| partypercent3 = 6.64%

| party4 = Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand
| candidate4 = Jon Carapiet
| votes4 = 964
| percent4 = 3.44%
| partyvotes4 = 1,183
| partypercent4 = 4.15%

| party5 = ACT New Zealand
| candidate5 = Angus Ogilvie
| votes5 = 774
| percent5 = 2.76% 
| partyvotes5 = 2,202
| partypercent5 = 7.73%

| party6 = New Zealand First
| candidate6 = Gilbert Myles
| votes6 = 734
| percent6 = 2.62%
| partyvotes6 = 810
| partypercent6 = 2.84


| party7name = [[Christian Democrat Party (New Zealand)|Future NZ]]
| party7color = purple
| candidate7 = Jason Keiller
| votes7 = 387
| percent7 = 1.38%
| partyvotes7 = —
| partypercent7 = —

| party8 = Christian Heritage Party of New Zealand
| candidate8 = Mary Paki
| votes8 = 313
| percent8 = 1.12%
| partyvotes8 = —
| partypercent8 = —
 
| party9 = Independent politician
| candidate9 = Sue Henry
| votes9 = 152
| percent9 = 0.54%
| partyvotes9 = —
| partypercent9 = —

| party10 = Natural Law Party of New Zealand
| candidate10 = Graeme Lodge
| votes10 = 73
| percent10 = 0.26%
| partyvotes10 = —
| partypercent10 = —

| party11 = Independent (politician)
| candidate11 = Tony Cranston
| votes11 = 67
| percent11 = 0.24%
| partyvotes11 = —
| partypercent11 = — 

| party12name = [[New Zealand Republican Party (1995)|Republican]]
| party12color = red
| candidate12 = Brian Freeth
| votes12 = 40
| percent12 = 0.14%
| partyvotes12 = —
| partypercent12 = — 

| party13 = United New Zealand
| candidate13 = —
| votes13 = —
| percent13 = —
| partyvotes13 = 169
| partypercent13 = 0.59%

| party14name = Unsuccessful parties
| party14color = white
| candidate14 = —
| votes14 = —
| percent14 = —
| partyvotes14 = 1127
| partypercent14 = 3.96

| majority = 2,512
| majoritypercent = 8.96%

| winner = New Zealand Labour Party
| loser = New Zealand National Party
}}

Microformats

hCalendar

The HTML mark-up produced by this template includes an hCalendar microformat that makes event/date details readily parsable by computer programs. This aids tasks such as the cataloguing of articles and maintenance of databases. For more information about the use of microformats on Wikipedia, please visit the Microformat WikiProject.

Classes used

The HTML classes of this microformat include:

• attendee
• description
• dtend
• dtstart
• location
• summary
• url
• vevent

Please do not rename or remove these classes
nor collapse nested elements which use them.

hCard

The HTML markup produced by this template includes an hCard microformat, which makes the person's name parsable by computers, either acting automatically to catalogue articles across Wikipedia or via a browser tool operated by a reader, to (for example) add the subject to an address book. For more information about the use of microformats on Wikipedia, please see the microformat project.

To include a URL, use {{URL}}.

Classes

The hCard in this template uses at least some of these HTML classes:

• agent
• family-name
• fn (required)
• given-name
• honorific-prefix
• honorific-suffix
• n
• nickname
• org
• url
• vcard

Please do not rename or remove these classes nor collapse nested elements which use them.

See also

• {{Election box}}