Template:Election box candidate AU party/doc

These election box templates are for displaying a list of candidates and results for Australian elections contested by parties. They produce tables like this:

2019 Australian fictional election: Utopia

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Katie Norris	44,001	46.59	−6.02
	Xenophon	Ashan de Silva	27,452	29.07	+29.07
	Labor	John Clarke	14,363	15.21	−3.16
	Aussie battlers	Tony Woodford	5,458	5.78	−2.18
Total formal votes			94,445	95.72	+1.10
Informal votes			4,228	4.28	−1.10
Turnout			98,673	93.44	−1.18

Usage

Basic

There are six templates used in the example above:

• {{Election box begin}}
• {{Election box candidate AU party}}
• {{Election box formal}}
• {{Election box informal}}
• {{Election box turnout}}
• {{Election box end}}

The begin and end templates start and end a table with appropriate columns and formatting. The candidate template is used once for each candidate and contributes a row to the table. If there is a wikipedia page for the candidate, this should be linked. If the party is listed at Template:Australian party style, it will use the colour for that party, while Template:Australian politics/name, will return a linked name for that party. This may be differnt for state elections, such as "liberal sa" or "labor qld". If they are not listed, the box is white and the party unliknked. Where you want to use a name that is different from the linked party, adding <nowiki/> at the end of the party name will prevent linking or using the party colour, as in the Labor example above.

When using this template please use the election box end template rather than simply inserting |} at the end of the election box. If you do place the |} it will be detected as an error by syntax-checking bots and will then be placed in the syntax cleanup project queue and will need to be fixed by someone.

Using the example above these are :

 {{Election box begin |title=2019 Australian fictional election: [[Utopia]]}}
 {{Election box candidate AU party 
   |candidate = [[Katie Norris]]
   |party = Liberal
   |votes = 44,001
   |percentage = 46.59
   |change = −6.02
 }}
 {{Election box candidate AU party
   |candidate = Ashan de Silva
   |party = Nick Xenophon Team
   |votes = 27,452
   |percentage = 29.07
   |change = +29.07
 }}
 {{Election box candidate AU party
   |candidate = John Clarke
   |party = Labor<nowiki/>
   |votes = 14,363
   |percentage = 15.21
   |change = −3.16
 }}
 {{Election box formal
   |votes = 94,445
   |percentage = 95.72
   |change = +1.10
 }}
 {{Election box informal
   |votes = 4,228
   |percentage = 4.28
   |change = −1.10
 }}
 {{Election box turnout
   |votes = 98,673
   |percentage = 93.44
   |change = −1.18
 }}
 {{Election box end}}

Preferential Results

One or both of the following templates are commonly used for the results where a form of preferential voting is used:

• {{Election box 2pp}}: Two-party-preferred result, used where the election comes down to a choice between the two major parties, typically in Australia the Liberal/National Coalition and Labor.
• {{Election box 2cp}}: Two-candidate-preferred result, used where one or both major parties is not in the top two. Where the two-party-preferred figures are also available, this may included and is typically placed before the two-candidate-preferred result.

Adding these to the table above would be

{{Election box 2pp}}
{{Election box candidate AU party
|candidate = [[Katie Norris]]
|party = Liberal
|votes = 61,566
|percentage = 65.19
|change = −1.36
}}
{{Election box candidate AU party
|candidate = John Clarke
|party = Labor
|votes = 32,879
|percentage = 34.81
|change = +1.36
}}
{{Election box 2cp}}
{{Election box candidate AU party
|candidate = [[Katie Norris]]
|party = Liberal
|votes = 51,698
|percentage = 54.74
|change = −11.81
}}
{{Election box candidate AU party
|candidate = Ashan de Silva
|party = Nick Xenophon Team
|votes = 42,747
|percentage = 45.26
|change = +45.26
}}

Which gives:

{{{title}}}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Katie Norris	61,566	65.19	−1.36
	Labor	John Clarke	32,879	34.81	+1.36
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Liberal	Katie Norris	51,698	54.74	−11.81
	Xenophon	Ashan de Silva	42,747	45.26	+45.26

Final result

One of the following templates then concludes the results

• {{Election box new seat win AU party}}
• {{Election box hold AU party}}
• {{Election box gain AU party}}

{{{title}}}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		(included to format the table)
	Liberal win		(new seat)

{{{title}}}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Xenophon	(included to format the table)
	hold		Swing	−2.5

{{{title}}}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		(included to format the table)
	Labor gain from Liberal		Swing	+2.5

See also

Template:Election box/doc