| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| {{{candidate}}} | |||||
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Usage
[edit]Party links
[edit]A more sophisticated effect can be achieved using Template:Election box candidate with party link. This adds a link to the candidate's party and also adds a color tab to the left of the candidate. For example:
For example:
{{Election box begin | title=[[United Kingdom general election, 2005|General Election 2005]]: Strangford}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Tony Blair
|votes = 9,999
|percentage = 50.0
|change = +10.0
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Michael Howard
|votes = 9,999
|percentage = 50.0
|change = +10.0
}}
{{Election box end}}
Will create this:
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Tony Blair | 9,999 | 50.0 | +10.0 | |
| Conservative | Michael Howard | 9,999 | 50.0 | +10.0 | |
However, this does rely on some additional setup for each party. See below for more details.
TemplateData for Election box candidate with party link
A more sophisticated effect in election results tables can be achieved using this template. This adds a link to the candidate's party and also adds a color tab to the left of the candidate. See Election box begin and Election box end. See this template's page for a new party.
| Parameter | Description | Type | Status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | party | The article name of the relevant party
| Page name | required |
| Candidate name | candidate | no description | String | required |
| Number of votes | votes | no description
| Number | required |
| % vote share | percentage | no description
| Number | required |
| Vote share change | change | Number of percentage points more/less than the previous election.
| String | required |
Party set up
[edit]It is necessary to do a little bit of setup for each party in the election. This involves creating an entry in Module:Political party. See the documentation for Module:Political party for details.
Microformat
[edit]The HTML markup produced by this template includes an hCard microformat, which makes the person's details 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 or database. For more information about the use of microformats on Wikipedia, please see the microformat project.
Sub-templates
[edit]Date-of-birth ("bday") information will only be included in the microformat if {{birth date}}, or {{birth date and age}} are used in the infobox. (Do not use these if the date is before 1583). Be cautious about using these if the person is still living, per WP:DOB.
To include a URL, use {{URL}}.
Please do not remove instances of these sub-templates.
Classes
[edit]hCard uses HTML classes including:
- adr
- agent
- bday
- birthplace
- category
- country-name
- deathdate
- deathplace
- extended-address
- family-name
- fn (required)
- given-name
- honorific-prefix
- honorific-suffix
- label
- locality
- n
- nickname
- note
- org
- role
- url
- vcard
Please do not rename or remove these classes nor collapse nested elements which use them.
See also
[edit]Election box begin
[edit]- {{Election box begin}}
- {{Election box begin no change}}
- {{Election box begin no party}}
- {{Election box begin no party no change}}
- {{Election box inline begin}}
- {{Election box inline begin no change}}
- {{Election box open primary begin no change}}
- {{Election box open primary begin no party no change}}
Election box candidate
[edit]Standard
[edit]- {{Election box candidate}}
- {{Election box candidate for alliance}}
- {{Election box candidate minor party}}
- {{Election box candidate no party link no change}}
- {{Election box candidate with party link}}
- {{Election box candidate with party link coalition 1918}} - for coalition coupon candidates in the 1918 UK general election.
- {{Election box candidate with party link no change}}
Winning
[edit]- {{Election box winning candidate no change}}
- {{Election box winning candidate with party link}}
- {{Election box winning candidate with party link no change}}
- {{Election box unopposed candidate with party link}} - for races where no votes are tallied
Inline
[edit]- {{Election box inline candidate}}
- {{Election box inline candidate no change}}
- {{Election box inline candidate with party link}}
- {{Election box inline candidate with party link no change}}
- {{Election box inline incumbent}}
Election summary
[edit]For parties without an article on Wikipedia.
Election box gain, hold, loss, etc.
[edit]- {{Election box gain}}
- {{Election box gain with party link}}
- {{Election box hold with party link}}
- {{Election box hold with party link no change}}
- {{Election box hold with party link no swing}}
- {{Election box void}}
- {{Election box new seat win}}
- {{Election box new boundary win}}
Election box majority
[edit]- {{Election box majority}}
- {{Election box majority no change}}
- {{Election box majority no party}}
- {{Election box majority no party no change}}
- {{Election box margin of victory}}
Election box turnout
[edit]- {{Election box turnout}}
- {{Election box turnout no change}}
- {{Election box turnout no change with votes}}
- {{Election box turnout no party}}
Election box total and related
[edit]- {{Election box total}}
- {{Election box total ballots}}
- {{Election box total no change}}
- {{Election box total no change with delegates}}
- {{Election box total no party}}
- {{Election box total no party no change}}
- {{Election box total valid}}
- {{Election box total valid no change}}
- {{Election box formal}}
- {{Election box informal}}
- {{Election box necessary no change}}
- {{Election box necessary no party no change}}
- {{Election box registered electors}}
- {{Election box rejected}}
Election box end
[edit]- {{Election box inline end}}
- {{Election box end}}
- {{Election box end 1918}} - if using {{Election box candidate with party link coalition 1918}} this is needed.
- {{End}}