Template:Election box/US blanks

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Cut and paste the code below to get started. For pending elections, candidates should be listed alphabetically. For past elections, candidates should be listed in descending order of how many votes they got.

Display[edit]

Example 1[edit]

Included are rows for the most common parties in the United States: Democratic, Republican, Constitution, Green, and Libertarian. Delete any that don't apply, and add any that do, as required.

[2006 Ohio gubernatorial election]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Barack Obama 9,999 99.99
Republican John McCain 9,999 99.99
Constitution Chuck Baldwin 9,999 99.99
Green Cynthia McKinney 9,999 99.99
Libertarian Bob Barr 9,999 99.99
Independent Bernie Sanders 9,999 99.99
write-ins 9,999 99.99
Total votes 9,999 99.99
Democratic gain from Republican

Example 2[edit]

1980 Republican presidential nomination
Candidate Votes %
Ronald Reagan 9,999 99.99
George H. W. Bush 9,999 99.99
Harold Stassen 9,999 99.99
Total votes 9,999 99.99
Votes necessary 6666 >66.66

Code[edit]

Example 1

{{Election box begin no change | title= 
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{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
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{{Election box candidate with party link no change
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{{Election box candidate with party link no change
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{{Election box candidate with party link no change
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{{Election box candidate with party link no change
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{{Election box candidate with party link no change
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{{Election box total no change
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{{Election box gain with party link without swing
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Example 2

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{{Election box total no party no change
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{{Election box necessary no party no change
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 | percentage = <!-- Use ">X" (ie. >50.00, >66.66) or the exact percentage (ie. 50.06 in an election where the number necessary is 996), do not use erroneous values such as "50+1" or "51".-->
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