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Purpose

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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

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These templates produce results like this:

<td style="background-color: parameter 1 should be a party name."><td style="background-color: parameter 1 should be a party name."><td style="background-color: parameter 1 should be a party name.">
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 SmithConservative26,24150.5
Dave Spart [[Labour Party (UK)#REDIRECTmw:Help:Magic words#Other
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Labour]]
10,71920.1
1955 general election
Electorate: 57,901
Conservative hold Jimmy SmithConservativeunopposed
1959 general election
Electorate: 57,901
Turnout: 31,432 (66.2%)
Conservative hold
Majority: 12,952 (19.5%)
Jimmy SmithConservative27,70954.5
Dave Spart [[Labour Party (UK)#REDIRECTmw:Help:Magic words#Other
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Labour]]
8,60416.2
Eric The Viking Vikings for Borsetshire6,90312.5
1964 general election
Electorate: 62,184
Turnout: 41,401 (69.8%) +3.6
Labour gain from Conservative
Majority: 2,011 (9.5%)
Dave SpartLabour20,59138.9
Jimmy Smith [[Conservative Party (UK)#REDIRECTmw:Help:Magic words#Other
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Conservative]]
18,70933.4
Col. Theo Smithers Borsetshire Ratepayers1,9036.7
William Williamson [[Liberal Party (UK)#REDIRECTmw:Help:Magic words#Other
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Liberal]]
1,8126.4
Verte Profonde [[Green Party of England and Wales#REDIRECTmw:Help:Magic words#Other
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Green]]
1,5616.0
Egbert Monster [[=Official Monster Raving Loony Party#REDIRECTmw:Help:Magic words#Other
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=Official Monster Raving Loony Party]]
9123.1
A. N. Ulsterman [[Ulster Unionist Party#REDIRECTmw:Help:Magic words#Other
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Ulster Unionist]]
8742.7
A. Alba [[Scottish National Party#REDIRECTmw:Help:Magic words#Other
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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 SpartLabour20,59139.9
Jimmy Smith [[Conservative Party (UK)#REDIRECTmw:Help:Magic words#Other
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Conservative]]
18,70932.3
Col. Theo Smithers Borsetshire Ratepayers1,9036.7
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Simple usage

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Blank example with basic parameters

{{Compact election box no change begin}}
{{Compact election box no change
 | election_title     =

 | winner             =
 | winner_party       =
 | winner_votes       =
 | winner_percent     =
 
 | candidate2         =
 | candidate2_party   =
 | candidate2_votes   =
 | candidate2_percent =
}}
{{Compact election box no change end}}

Full usage

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Blank example with all parameters

{{Compact election box no change begin}}
{{Compact election box no change
 | election_title             = 
 | election_note              = 
 | election_ref               = 

 | electorate 	              = 
 | turnout_votes              = 
 | turnout_percent            = 
 | turnout_change             = 
 | majority_votes             = 
 | majority_percent           = 
 
 | result                     = 
 | loser_party                = 
 | loser_party_unlinked       = 
 
 | swing                      = 
 | swing_from                 = 
 | swing_to                   = 

 | winner                     = 
 | winner_party               = 
 | winner_party_unlinked      = 
 | winner_votes               = 
 | winner_percent             = 
 
 | candidate2                 = 
 | candidate2_party           = 
 | candidate2_party_unlinked  = 
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 | candidate2_percent         = 
 
 | candidate3                 = 
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 | candidate12                = 
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 | candidate15                = 
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 | candidate16                = 
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 | candidate17                = 
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 | candidate18                = 
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 | candidate19                = 
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 | candidate20                = 
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 | candidate21                = 
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 | candidate22                = 
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 | candidate23                = 
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 | candidate24                = 
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 | candidate25                = 
 | candidate25_party          = 
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}}
{{Compact election box no change end}}

Parameters

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Header parameters

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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

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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

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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

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