Template:Infobox Election Result/doc

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{{Infobox Election Result
<!-- Overview -->
| jurisdiction = 
| year = 
| hung = 
| wincolour = 
| winner = 
<!-- Major parties -->
| party1 = 
| colour1 = 
| vote1 = 
| swing1 = 
| seats1 = 
| change1 = 
| party2 = 
| colour2 = 
| vote2 = 
| swing2 = 
| seats2 = 
| change2 = 
<!-- Minor parties -->
| party3 = 
| colour3 = 
| vote3 = 
| swing3 = 
| seats3 = 
| change3 = 
| party4 = 
| colour4 = 
| vote4 = 
| swing4 = 
| seats4 = 
| change4 = 
| party5 = 
| colour5 = 
| vote5 = 
| swing5 = 
| seats5 = 
| change5 = 
| party6 = 
| vote6 = 
| swing6 = 
| seats6 = 
| change6 = 
| party7 = 
| vote7 = 
| swing7 = 
| seats7 = 
| change7 = 
| party8 = 
| vote8 = 
| swing8 = 
| seats8 = 
| change8 = 
}}

[edit] Usage

[edit] Fields

• jurisdiction = Where the election took place
  • Allowed values: au (Australia), nsw, vic, qld, sa, wa, act, nt, nz (New Zealand), nz86 (New Zealand pre-1986)
• year = Year the election took place
• hung = Required.
  • Allowed values: yes (Hung parliament), no
• wincolour = Leave blank for grey.
  • Other allowed values: red (Australian Labor Party/New Zealand Labour Party), blue (Liberal Party of Australia, New Zealand National Party, Country Liberal Party), green (National Party of Australia and its predecessors)
• winner = Majority party or parties. Do not link.
• partyn = Party name. Please provide a link.
• colourn = Leave blank for grey.
  • Other allowed values: red (Australian Labor Party/New Zealand Labour Party), blue (Liberal Party of Australia, New Zealand National Party, Country Liberal Party), green (National Party of Australia and its predecessors)
• voten = Primary vote share, to one decimal place
• swingn = Primary vote share change on last general election, to one decimal place. Use ↑ or ↓ characters to indicate positive or negative change.
• seatsn = Number of seats won
• changen = Difference between number of seats held before and after election. Use ↑ or ↓ characters to indicate positive or negative change. Leave blank for no change.

[edit] Other notes

• Arrange parties in order of seat share
• Colour attributes for parties 6, 7 and 8 are ignored
• Put the independent total last
• Do not include any statewide vote or swing amount for the independents
• If parties with sitting MPs are no longer contesting the election, add their total number of lost seats as an "Others" row at the end, after any independents
• Use discretion when including parties who win no lower house seats – this infobox is to provide an overview only