Template:Compact election box no change

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Purpose

A set of templates to produce a table displaying the results of elections in a more compact format than offered by {{Election box}}. This "no change" version was created to complete the Compact series' functionality, mirroring the "no change" partial series of Election box templates.

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 Conservative		Jimmy Smith	Conservative	26,241	50.5
				Dave Spart	Labour	10,719	20.1
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
				Dave Spart	Labour	8,604	16.2
				Eric The Viking	Vikings for Borsetshire	6,903	12.5
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
				Jimmy Smith	Conservative	18,709	33.4
				Col. Theo Smithers	Borsetshire Ratepayers	1,903	6.7
				William Williamson	Liberal	1,812	6.4
				Verte Profonde	Green	1,561	6.0
				Egbert Monster	Monster Raving Loony	912	3.1
				A. N. Ulsterman	UUP	874	2.7
				A. Alba	SNP	540	2.3
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
				Jimmy Smith	Conservative	18,709	32.3
				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
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 turnout as a percentage of registered electors	+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

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

See also

• Template:Compact election box
• Template:Election box

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