Template:Election box candidate with party link

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Usage

Party links

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:

General Election 2005: Strangford

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Party (UK)	Tony Blair	9,999	50.0	+10.0
	Conservative Party (UK)	Michael Howard	9,999	50.0	+10.0

However, this does rely on some additional setup for each party. See below for more details.

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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.

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Template parameters

This template prefers inline formatting of parameters.

Parameter		Description	Type	Status
Party	party	The article name of the relevant party Example Labour Party (UK)	Page name	required
Candidate name	candidate	no description	String	required
Number of votes	votes	no description Example 9,999	Number	required
% vote share	percentage	no description Example 50.0	Number	required
Vote share change	change	Number of percentage points more/less than the previous election. Example +10.0	String	required

Party set up

It is necessary to do some 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

See also

Election box begin

• {{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

Standard

• {{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 1918 UK general election.
• {{Election box candidate with party link no change}}

Winning

• {{Election box winning candidate no change}}
• {{Election box winning candidate with party link}}
• {{Election box winning candidate with party link no change}}

Inline

• {{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

For parties without an article on Wikipedia.

• {{Election summary}}
• {{Election summary begin}}
• {{Election summary party}}

Election box gain/hold/loss etc

• {{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

• {{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

• {{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

• {{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

• {{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}}

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