Talk:2021 Liechtenstein general election

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Votes don't add up[edit]

Am I misreading something? Because it looks like all but one party got a number of votes that is significantly higher than the number of votes cast. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 153.92.134.191 (talk) 16:04, 9 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Citizens votes by checking names of as many candidates in the lists as there is seats to fill in their constituencies. Then, every vote for a candidat equal to a vote for his party, which lead to the seats being given proportionnally, with the 8 % national threeshold. Finally, the seats won by a party are distributed to its candidates who gathered the most personal votes. --Aréat (talk) 16:17, 9 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Which candidates won?[edit]

Right now the article only lists the full ballot of candidates. On earlier elections the candidates that actually became members of parliament are listed in bold. Can somebody who can access and read the results change this page to list the candidate results? power~enwiki (π, ν) 22:11, 10 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

@Power~enwiki: Apologies, I'm about to log off, but if you're so inclined, the list of winning candidates and votes by party in the two constituencies is here: Oberland and Unterland. Cheers, Number 5 7 22:14, 10 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Good point, I’ve added them as a new table - Dumelow (talk) 22:53, 10 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Did you know nomination[edit]

The following is an archived discussion of the DYK nomination of the article below. Please do not modify this page. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as this nomination's talk page, the article's talk page or Wikipedia talk:Did you know), unless there is consensus to re-open the discussion at this page. No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was: withdrawn by nominator, closed by Eddie891 (talk) 02:30, 15 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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... that just 42 votes separated the top two parties in the 7 February 2021 Liechtenstein general election? You can see the official results here: here but also, for example, the title of this news report: "Liechtenstein election: Just 23 ballots separate two biggest parties". Euronews. 8 February 2021. Retrieved 9 February 2021.

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Comment: I originally worked on this for an ITN appearance but the nomination there doesn't seem to be going anywhere. I'll withdraw this if it gets to ITN - Dumelow (talk) 08:13, 11 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

5x expanded by Dumelow (talk), Lord Stephenson (talk), Erinthecute (talk), and Number 57 (talk). Nominated by Dumelow (talk) at 08:13, 11 February 2021 (UTC).[reply]

As the nominator has alluded to, there is an ongoing ITN discussion at Wikipedia:In the news/Candidates#2021 Liechtenstein general election- it looks like the nomination will end with no consensus/stale, but if the article does appear on ITN, then it will ineligible for DYK. For now, the article is eligible for DYK and so I will conduct a review:
Y Article is long enough (3990 characters), has been 5x expanded according to DYK check tool, nominated in time (expansion started 9 February, nominated 11 February), and article is within policy
? Dumelow in [1] it says that the VU got 72,361 votes and the FBP got 72,319- this is a difference of 42 votes, not 23 as the article and hook say. Am I missing something? Or has the source been updated since you nominated this (possibly due to recounts)?
Y QPQ done
Overall, the article looks good, just the query on the numbers to be resolved. Joseph2302 (talk) 16:44, 13 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the review Joseph2302. Yes, it looks like the official results have been amended slightly and the gap is now 42 votes. I've amended the article and the hook above to reflect this - Dumelow (talk) 19:20, 13 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Withdrawn, since it has now been posted on ITN - Dumelow (talk) 20:01, 13 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Agree, now that's it's been posted on ITN, it is no longer eligible for DYK. Please can someone close this nomination? Joseph2302 (talk) 16:16, 14 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Infobox[edit]

Is there a reason that the infobox results are in a table? I'd like to standardise them, are there any objections? — Twassman [Talk·Contribs] 22:59, 13 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

The article uses the same infobox as all Liechtenstein elections, so it is already 'standardised'. Number 5 7 01:06, 14 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Number 57: My apologies, I see it's {{Infobox legislative election}} rather than {{Infobox election}}. — Twassman [Talk·Contribs] 18:40, 14 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]