Template:AMS election box valid votes

|- class="sortbottom" ! colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" | Valid Votes | style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" | {{{votes}}} | colspan="2"| | style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" | {{{list_votes}}} | colspan="2"| |-

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Overview[edit]

This set of templates creates a table to record the results of elections using the Additional Members System, including elections to the Scottish Parliament, Welsh Senedd and London Assembly. The system is also used in Germany for elections to the federal Bundestag and the state Landtags, as well as in New Zealand (although election articles there generally use the {{MMP election box}} set of templates).

Usage[edit]

1. Use {{AMS election box begin}} to create the title and header.

2. Use an {{AMS election box with party link}} template for each party or independent candidate that is contesting either the constituency, list, or both. There are variations on this depending on the situation:

{{AMS election box with party link}} for parties contesting both the constituency and the list.
{{AMS election box with constituency party link}} for parties only contesting the constituency.
{{AMS election box with list party link}} for parties only contesting the list.
{{AMS election box independent}} for independent candidates only contesting the list.
{{AMS election box minor party}} for small parties without a Wikipedia article, and who are only contesting the constituency.

3. Below this you can put additional information about the election:

{{AMS election box majority}} to show the constituency majority.
{{AMS election box valid votes}} to show the number of valid constituency and list votes.
{{AMS election box invalid votes}} to show the number of invalid constituency and list votes.
{{AMS election box turnout}} to show the overall turnout (the total number of ballots cast, whether valid or not).

4. Then you can add a row describing the result of the constituency vote

{{AMS election box hold}} to show that the incumbent party held the seat.
{{AMS election box gain}} to show that the incumbent party lost the seat to another party.
{{AMS election box win}} to show the result of a seat that hasn't been contested before, or has had boundary changes since the last election.

5. Finish the table off with {{AMS election box end}}, making sure to insert it on a new row. This adds a {{notelist}} template automatically.

Examples[edit]

Inserting...

Example markup

{{AMS election box begin
|title = [[2016 Scottish Parliament election]]<br>Example Constituency
|constituency_type = Constituency
|list_type = Region
}}
{{AMS election box with party link
|party        = Scottish National Party
|candidate    = [[Nicola Sturgeon]]
|votes        = 20,000
|percentage   = 33.3
|change       = {{increase}}5.0
|list_votes   = 18,000
|list_percentage = 30.0
|list_change = {{increase}}2.0
|winner = yes
|status = incumbent
}}
{{AMS election box with party link
|party        = Scottish Conservatives
|candidate    = [[Ruth Davidson]]
|votes        = 17,500
|percentage   = 29.2
|change       = {{increase}}3.0
|list_votes   = 21,000
|list_percentage = 35.0
|list_change = {{increase}}6.0
|list_winner = yes
|status = list_incumbent
}}
{{AMS election box with party link
|party        = Scottish Labour
|candidate    = [[Kezia Dugdale]]
|votes        = 16,000
|percentage   = 26.7
|change       = {{decrease}}4.0
|list_votes   = 15,000
|list_percentage = 25.0
|list_change = {{decrease}}4.0
|status = list_candidate
}}
{{AMS election box with party link
|party        = Scottish Liberal Democrats
|candidate    = [[Willie Rennie]]
|votes        = 5,000
|percentage   = 8.4
|change       = {{decrease}}1.0
|list_votes   = 4,000
|list_percentage = 6.7
|list_change ={{decrease}}1.5
}}
{{AMS election box with constituency party link
|party        = Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition
|candidate    = John Smith
|votes        = 500
|percentage   = 0.8
|change       = ''New''
}}
{{AMS election box minor party
|party        = Local Party
|candidate    = Jane Smith
|votes        = 300
|percentage   = 0.5
|change       = {{decrease}}1.0
}}
{{AMS election box with list party link
|party        = Scottish Greens
|list_votes   = 1,000
|list_percentage = 1.7
|list_change = {{increase}}1.0
}}
{{AMS election box with list party link
|party        = UKIP
|list_votes   = 500
|list_percentage = 0.8
|list_change ={{decrease}}3.0
}}
{{AMS election box independent
|party        = Independent (politician)
|candidate    = [[Lord Buckethead]]
|list_votes   = 100
|list_percentage = 0.2
|list_change  = ''New''
}}
{{AMS election box majority
|votes = 2,500
|percentage = 3.0
|change = {{increase}}1.0
}}
{{AMS election box valid votes
|votes = 59,300
|list_votes = 59,600
}}
{{AMS election box invalid votes
|votes = 600
|list_votes = 400
}}
{{AMS election box turnout
|votes = 60,000
|percentage = 50.0
|change = {{increase}}5.0
|list_votes = 60,100
|list_percentage = 50.1
|list_change = {{increase}}5.0
}}
{{AMS election box hold
|winner = Scottish National Party
|swing = {{increase}}3.0
}}
{{AMS election box end}}

Produces...

2016 Scottish Parliament election
Example Constituency
Party		Candidate	Constituency			Region
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Votes	%	±%
	Scottish National	Nicola Sturgeon^[a]	20,000	33.3	5.0	18,000	30.0	2.0
	Conservative	Ruth Davidson^[b]	17,500	29.2	3.0	21,000	35.0	6.0
	Labour	Kezia Dugdale^[c]	16,000	26.7	4.0	15,000	25.0	4.0
	Liberal Democrats	Willie Rennie	5,000	8.4	1.0	4,000	6.7	1.5
	TUSC	John Smith	500	0.8	New
	Local Party	Jane Smith	300	0.5	1.0
	Scottish Green					1,000	1.7	1.0
	UKIP					500	0.8	3.0
	Independent	Lord Buckethead				100	0.2	New
Majority			2,500	3.0	1.0
Valid Votes			59,300			59,600
Invalid Votes			600			400
Turnout			60,000	50.0	5.0	60,100	50.1	5.0
	Scottish National hold		Swing		3.0

Information[edit]

Often the list and the constituency will have differing numbers of rejected ballots. This is to be expected and as long as Valid ballots + Invalid ballots = Turnout, the inputs are correct.

Blank Template[edit]

{{AMS election box valid votes
|votes        =
|list_votes   = 
}}

Notes[edit]

^ Incumbent member for this constituency
^ Incumbent member on the party list, or for another constituency
^ Elected on the party list

The above documentation is transcluded from Template:AMS election box valid votes/doc.
Editors can experiment in this template's sandbox and testcases pages.
Add categories to the /doc subpage. Subpages of this template.

[fn1-1] Incumbent member for this constituency

[fn3-2] Incumbent member on the party list, or for another constituency

[fn2-3] Elected on the party list

[a]

[b]

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