View source for Template:Election box/US blanks

Cut and paste the code below to get started. For pending elections, candidates should be listed alphabetically. For past elections, candidates should be listed in descending order of how many votes they got.

=== Display ===

==== Example 1 ====
Included are rows for the most common parties in the United States: [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]], [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]], [[Constitution Party (United States)|Constitution]], [[Green Party of the United States|Green]], and [[Libertarian Party (United States)|Libertarian]]. Delete any that don't apply, and add any that do, as required.

{{Election box begin no change | title=[2006 Ohio gubernatorial election]
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
 | party      = Democratic Party (US)
 | candidate  = [[Barack Obama]]
 | votes      = 9,999
 | percentage = 99.99
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
 | party      = Republican Party (US)
 | candidate  = [[John McCain]]
 | votes      = 9,999
 | percentage = 99.99
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
 | party      = Constitution Party (US)
 | candidate  = [[Chuck Baldwin]]
 | votes      = 9,999
 | percentage = 99.99
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
 | party      = Green Party (US)
 | candidate  = [[Cynthia McKinney]]
 | votes      = 9,999
 | percentage = 99.99
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
 | party      = Libertarian Party (US)
 | candidate  = [[Bob Barr]]
 | votes      = 9,999
 | percentage = 99.99
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
 | party      = Independent (US)
 | candidate  = [[Bernie Sanders]]
 | votes      = 9,999
 | percentage = 99.99
}}
{{Election box candidate no change
 | party      = —
 | candidate  = [[write-in candidate|write-in]]s
 | votes      = 9,999
 | percentage = 99.99
}}
{{Election box total no change
 | votes      = 9,999
 | percentage = 99.99
}}
{{Election box gain with party link without swing
 | winner     = Democratic Party (US)
 | loser      = Republican Party (US)
}}
{{End}}

==== Example 2 ====
{{Election box begin no party no change | title=[[1980 Republican National Convention|1980 Republican presidential nomination]]
}}
{{Election box winning candidate no party no change
 | candidate  = [[Ronald Reagan]]
 | votes      = 9999
 | percentage = 99.99
}}
{{Election box candidate no party no change
 | candidate  = [[George H. W. Bush]]
 | votes      = 9999
 | percentage = 99.99
}}
{{Election box candidate no party no change
 | candidate  = [[Harold Stassen]]
 | votes      = 9999
 | percentage = 99.99
}}
{{Election box total no party no change
 | votes      = 9999
 | percentage = 99.99
}}
{{Election box necessary no party no change
 | votes      = 6666
 | percentage = >66.66
}}
{{End}}

=== Code ===
 <nowiki>
Example 1

{{Election box begin no change | title= 
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
 | party      = Democratic Party (US)
 | candidate  =
 | votes      =
 | percentage =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
 | party      = Republican Party (US)
 | candidate  =
 | votes      =
 | percentage =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
 | party      = Constitution Party (US)
 | candidate  =
 | votes      =
 | percentage =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
 | party      = Green Party (US)
 | candidate  =
 | votes      =
 | percentage =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
 | party      = Libertarian Party (US)
 | candidate  =
 | votes      =
 | percentage =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
 | party      = Independent (US)
 | candidate  =
 | votes      =
 | percentage =
}}
{{Election box candidate no change
 | party      =
 | candidate  =
 | votes      =
 | percentage =
}}
{{Election box total no change
 | votes      =
 | percentage = 100
}}
&lt;!-- Uncomment this section (and delete which ever does not apply) when the results are in:
{{Election box hold with party link without swing
 | winner     =
}}
{{Election box gain with party link without swing
 | winner     =
 | loser      =
}}
--&gt;
{{End}}

Example 2

{{Election box begin no party no change | title= 
}}
{{Election box winning candidate no party no change
 | candidate  =
 | votes      =
 | percentage =
}}
{{Election box candidate no party no change
 | candidate  =
 | votes      =
 | percentage =
}}
{{Election box candidate no party no change
 | candidate  =
 | votes      =
 | percentage =
}}
{{Election box total no party no change
 | votes      =
 | percentage = 100
}}
{{Election box necessary no party no change
 | votes      =
 | percentage = &lt;!-- Use ">X" (ie. >50.00, >66.66) or the exact percentage (ie. 50.06 in an election where the number necessary is 996), do not use </nowiki><noinclude>[[Majority#erroneous definitions|erroneous values]]</noinclude><nowiki> such as "50+1" or "51".--&gt;
}}
{{End}}
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[[Category:Election and referendum infobox templates]]
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