Template:Infobox legislative election/sandbox

{{{election_name}}}
Unknown: {{{country}}}
{{{outgoing_members}}} {{{elected_members}}}
	{{{seats_for_election}}}; {{{majority_seats}}} seats needed for a majority
Turnout	{{{turnout}}}
	[[File:{{{map}}}\|frameless\|alt={{{map_alt}}}\|upright=1.3]] {{{map_caption}}}
{{{before_election}}}; [[{{{before_party}}}\|{{{before_party}}}]]	{{{after_election}}}; [[{{{after_party}}}\|{{{after_party}}}]]

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This infobox is used for a parliamentary election with multiple parties winning seats.

Usage

{{Infobox legislative election
| election_name      = 
| country            = 
| flag_year          = <!-- if a variant is needed -->
| previous_election  = 
| outgoing_members   = 
| next_election      = 
| elected_members    = 
| election_date      = 
| seats_for_election = <!-- description -->
| majority_seats     = <!-- number -->
| turnout            = 
| reporting          =
| last_update        =
| time_zone          =
| ongoing            = <!-- or future -->
| first_election     = <!-- yes/no (blank is no) -->
| noleader           = <!-- yes (blank is no) -->
| nopercentage       = <!-- yes (blank is no) -->
| seats_title        = <!-- Changes the heading of the seats column from 'Seats' to whatever is input -->
| heading1           =
| party1             = <!-- Rank parties by percentage of vote received, with independents listed last. Do not include parties that did not win seats -->
| leader1            = 
| colour1            = 
| percentage1        = <!-- Do not include percentage sign -->
| seats1             = 
| last_election1     = <!-- Write 'new' if new party -->
| heading2           =
| party2             = 
| leader2            = 
| colour2            = 
| percentage2        = <!-- Do not include percentage sign -->
| seats2             = 
| last_election2     = <!-- Write 'new' if new party -->
| heading3           = <!-- up to | heading35 = -->
| party3             = <!-- up to | party35 = -->
| leader3            = <!-- up to | leader35 = -->
| colour3            = <!-- up to | colour35 = -->
| percentage3        = <!-- up to | percentage35 = -->
| seats3             = <!-- up to | seats35 = -->
| last_election3     = <!-- up to | last_election35 = -->
| map                = 
| map_upright        = 
| map_alt            = 
| map_caption        = 
| title              = <!-- Prime Minister or similar -->
| posttitle          =
| before_election    = 
| before_image       =
| before_image_size  = <!-- default size is x65px -->
| before_party       = 
| after_election     = 
| after_image        =
| after_image_size   = <!-- default size is x65px -->
| after_party        = 
}}

Parameters

election_name

Name of the elections.

country

Name of the country or territory the elections are taking place in

previous_election

Link to the previous elections (e.g. [[2010 United Kingdom general election|2010]])

outgoing_members

Link to the list of outgoing members

next_election

Link to the following elections (e.g. [[2015 United Kingdom general election|2015]])

elected_members

Link to the list of elected members

election_date

Date of the elections

seats_for_election

Description of which seats this election is about, incl. chamber and how many

majority_seats

The number of seats needed for a majority

first_election

Change to "yes" to hide the seat change column

nopercentage

Set to "yes" to hide the percentage column

noleader

Set to "yes" to hide the leader column

seats_title

Changes the heading of the seats column from 'Seats' to whatever is input

ongoing

Change to "yes" if the election results haven't been released

turnout

% voter turnout

party1..35

Name of the party (e.g. United Party)

leader1..35

Leader of the party

colour1..35

Custom party colour

percentage1..35

The party's popular vote share

seats1..35

Number of seats won by the party

last_election1..35

Before an election takes place, use this to display the current number seats held by a party in the legislature
After the election takes place, use this for the number of seats won at the previous elections as the template coding uses it to work out seat change

heading1..35: Adds a heading above a particular results row
map: Image file of a map
map_upright: Map size scaling factor; default is 1.3
map_alt: WP:ALT
map_caption: Caption text, perhaps including a {{Legend}}
title: Title of the head of government (e.g. [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom|Prime Minister]])
posttitle: Title after the election
before_election: Head of government before the elections
before_party: Party of the head of government prior to the elections
before_image: Image of the outgoing head of government, default size is x65px
after_election: Head of government after the elections
after_party: Party of the head of government after the elections
after_image: Image of the elected head of government, default size is x65px

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