Template:Compact election box
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Purpose
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
These templates produce results like this:
| Election | Political result | Candidate | Party | Votes | % | ±% | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1953 by-election death of Sir Bufton Tufton Electorate: 57,901 Turnout: 31,432 (66.2%) | Conservative gain from SNP Majority: 2,507 (12.5%) Swing: 17.1% from SNP to Con | Jimmy Smith | Conservative | 26,241 | 50.5 | N/A | ||
| Dave Spart | Labour | 10,719 | 20.1 | N/A | ||||
| 1955 general election Electorate: 57,901 | Conservative hold | Jimmy Smith | Conservative | unopposed | ||||
| 1959 general election Electorate: 57,901 Turnout: 31,432 (66.2%) | Conservative hold Majority: 12,952 (19.5%) | Jimmy Smith | Conservative | 27,709 | 54.5 | N/A | ||
| Dave Spart | Labour | 8,604 | 16.2 | N/A | ||||
| Eric The Viking | Vikings for Borsetshire | 6,903 | 12.5 | N/A | ||||
| 1964 general election Electorate: 62,184 Turnout: 41,401 (69.8%) +3.6 | Labour gain from Conservative Majority: 2,011 (9.5%) | Dave Spart | Labour | 20,591 | 38.9 | +22.7 | ||
| Jimmy Smith | Conservative | 18,709 | 33.4 | −22.1 | ||||
| Col. Theo Smithers | Borsetshire Ratepayers | 1,903 | 6.7 | N/A | ||||
| William Williamson | Liberal | 1,812 | 6.4 | N/A | ||||
| Verte Profonde | Green | 1,561 | 6.0 | N/A | ||||
| Egbert Monster | Monster Raving Loony | 912 | 3.1 | N/A | ||||
| A. N. Ulsterman | Ulster Unionist | 874 | 2.7 | N/A | ||||
| A. Alba | SNP | 540 | 2.3 | N/A | ||||
| 1966 general election Electorate: 62,184 Turnout: 41,401 (69.8%) | Labour hold Majority: 2,011 (9.5%) +1.4 | Dave Spart | Labour | 20,591 | 39.9 | +1.1 | ||
| Jimmy Smith | Conservative | 18,709 | 32.3 | −1.1 | ||||
| Col. Theo Smithers | Borsetshire Ratepayers | 1,903 | 6.7 | |||||
Usage
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Simple usage
Blank example with basic parameters
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Full usage
Blank example with all parameters
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Parameters
Header parameters
The parameters are used once
| Parameter | 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 | |||
| anchor, anchor2, anchor3 | a HTML anchor, to allow direct linking to the results for a particular election | anchor=GE2020result | anchor2=1917byelection |
| 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 majority as a percentage of valid votes | +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
One set of these parameters for each candidate
| Parameter | 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
One set of these parameters for each candidate, starting candidate2. Maximum of 25.
| Parameter | 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 |
Anchors
By default, the template creates two anchors to the results of that election, using the following formats:
<election name as displayed> result,<election name as displayed> result, all converted to lowercase
So for example, on Bradford West (UK Parliament constituency), the table row for the 1970 general election has the automatically-generated anchors General election 1970 result and general election 1970 result. They can be can be linked to as Bradford West (UK Parliament constituency) and Bradford West (UK Parliament constituency)
Custom anchors
In addition to the auto-generated anchors, up to 3 custom anchors may be added using the parameters |anchor=, |anchor2=, and |anchor3=.
For example, on Bradford Central (UK Parliament constituency), the entry for the 1886 by-election has the parameter |anchor=1886 unopposed ... which allows a link to Bradford Central (UK Parliament constituency)