User:Sussexonian/Election summary examples

These Election summary examples are collected from around Wikipedia. I am going to add some comments about how successful I think each example is.

For examples of individual election results (with candidate names etc) see User:Sussexonian/Election_examples.

Electiontable example 1[edit]

Summary of the 18 August 2007 Assembly of Kazakhstan election results
Parties and alliances	Votes	%	Seats
Fatherland (Nur-Otan)	5,174,169	88.05	98
Nationwide Social Democratic Party (Zhalpyulttyk Sotsial-Demokratiyalyk Partiya)	271,525	4.62	0
Democratic Party of Kazakhstan Bright Path (Qazaqstan Demokratiyalyk Partiyasi Ak Zhol)	192,155	3.27	0
Village Social Democratic Party (Auyl Sotsial-Demokratiyalyk Partiyasi)	93,023	1.58	0
People's Communist Party of Kazakhstan (Qazaqstan Khalyk Kommunistik Partiyasi)	77,274	1.31	0
Party of Patriots	44,175	0.75	0
Rukhaniyat Party	24,308	0.41	0
Total (turnout 64.56%)			98

Electiontable example 2[edit]

Summary of the 5 May 2005 House of Commons of the United Kingdom election results
	Political Party This table indicates those parties with over 500 votes nationwide	Seats	Seats Gained	Seats Lost	Net Change in seats	% of Seats	% of Votes	Number of Votes	change in % of vote
	Labour	356	0	47	–47	55.2	35.3	9,562,122	–5.4%
	Conservative	198	36	3	+33	30.7	32.3	8,772,598	+0.6%
	Liberal Democrats	62	16	5	+11	9.6	22.1	5,981,874	+3.7%
	UKIP	0	0	0	0	0	2.2	603,298	+0.8%
	SNP	6	2	0	+2	0.9	1.5	412,267	–0.3%
	Green	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	257,758	+0.4%
	DUP	9	4	0	+4	1.4	0.9	241,856	+0.2%
	BNP	0	0	0	0	0	0.7	192,746	+0.5%
	Plaid Cymru	3	0	1	–1	0.5	0.6	174,838	–0.1%
	Sinn Féin	5	1	0	+1	0.8	0.6	174,530	–0.1%
	UUP	1	0	5	–5	0.2	0.5	127,414	–0.3%
	SDLP	3	1	1	0	0.5	0.5	125,626	–0.1%
	Independent	1	1	0	+1	0.2	0.5	122,000	+0.1%
	Respect	1	1	0	+1	0.2	0.3	68,094	N/A
	Scottish Socialist	0	0	0	0	0	0.2	43,514	–0.1%
	Veritas	0	0	0	0	0	0.1	40,481	N/A
	Alliance	0	0	0	0	0	0.1	28,291	0.0%
	Scottish Green	0	0	0	0	0	0.1	25,760	+0.1%
	Socialist Labour	0	0	0	0	0	0.1	20,192	0.0%
	Liberal	0	0	0	0	0	0.1	19,068	0.0%
	Health Concern	1	0	0	0	0.2	0.1	18,739	0.0%
	English Democrat	0	0	0	0	0	0.1	14,506	N/A
	Socialist Alternative	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	9,398	N/A
	National Front	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	8,029	N/A
	Legalise Cannabis	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	6,985	0.0%
	Community Action	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	6,557	N/A
	Monster Raving Loony	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	6,311	0.0%
	Christian Vote	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	4,004	N/A
	Mebyon Kernow	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	3,552	0.0%
	Forward Wales	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	3,461	N/A
	CPA	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	3,291	N/A
	Rainbow Dream Ticket	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	2,463	N/A
	Community Group	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	2,365	N/A
	Ashfield Independents	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	2,292	N/A
	Alliance for Green Socialism	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	1,978	N/A
	Residents	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	1,850	N/A
	Workers' Party	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	1,669	0.0%
	Socialist Environmental	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	1,649	N/A
	Scottish Unionist Party (modern)	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	1,266	0.0%
	Workers Revolutionary	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	1,143	0.0%
	New England	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	1,224	N/A
	Communist	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	1,124	0.0%
	Community Group	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	1,118	N/A
	Peace and Progress	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	1,036	N/A
	Scottish Senior Citizens	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	1,017	N/A
	You Party	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	1,006	N/A
	SOS! Northampton	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	932	N/A
	Ind. Working Class	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	892	N/A
	Democratic Labour	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	770	N/A
	British Public Party	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	763	N/A
	Free Scotland Party	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	743	N/A
	Pensioners Party Scotland	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	716	N/A
	Publican Party	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	678	N/A
	English Independence Party	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	654	N/A
	Socialist Unity	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	581	N/A
	Local Community Party	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	570	N/A
	Clause 28	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	516	N/A
	UK Community Issues Party	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	502	N/A
Total		646						27,110,727

Electiontable example 3[edit]

Summary of the 2007 Australian Senate election^[1]^[2]
Party	Votes	%	Swing	Seats Won	Seats Held	Change
Australian Labor Party	5,101,200	40.30	+5.28	18	32	+4
Liberal/National coalition^[3]	5,055,095	39.94	–5.15	18	37	–2
Australian Greens	1,144,751	9.04	+1.38	3	5	+1
Family First Party	204,788	1.62	–0.14	0	1	0
Australian Democrats	162,975	1.29	–0.80	0	0	–4
Independents	174,458	1.38	–0.13	1	1	+1
Other	813,538	6.43	–0.44	0	0	0
Total	12,656,805			40	76

Electiontable example 4[edit]

Summary of the 10 and 17 June 2007 French National Assembly elections results
Parties and coalitions			1st round			2nd round		Total seats
Parties and coalitions			Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Total seats
	Union for a Popular Movement (Union pour un mouvement populaire)	UMP	10,289,737	39.54	98	9,460,710	46.36	313
	New Centre (Nouveau centre) (under Majorité présidentielle banner)	NC	616,440	2.37	8	433,057	2.12	22
	Miscellaneous Right (Divers droite)	DVD	641,842	2.47	2	238,588	1.17	9
	Movement for France (Mouvement pour la France)	MPF	312,581	1.20	1	-	-	1
Total "Presidential Majority" (Right)			11,860,600	45.58	109	10,132,355	49.65	345
	Socialist Party (Parti socialiste)	PS	6,436,520	24.73	1	8,624,861	42.27	186
	French Communist Party (Parti communiste français)	PCF	1,115,663	4.29	0	464,739	2.28	15
	Miscellaneous Left (Divers gauche)	DVG	513,407	1.97	0	503,556	2.47	15
	Left Radical Party (Parti radical de gauche)	PRG	343,565	1.32	0	333,194	1.63	7
	The Greens (Les Verts)	VEC	845,977	3.25	0	90,975	0.45	4
Total "United Left"			9,255,132	35.56	1	10,017,325	49.10	227
	Democratic Movement (Mouvement démocrate)	MoDem	1,981,107	7.61	0	100,115	0.49	3
	Regionalists and separatists		133,473	0.51	0	106,484	0.52	1
	Miscellaneous (Divers)	DIV	267,760	1.03	0	33,068	0.16	1
	National Front (Front national)	FN	1,116,136	4.29	0	17,107	0.08	0
	Other far-left including Revolutionary Communist League (Ligue communiste révolutionnaire) and Workers' Struggle (Lutte ouvrière)	ExG	888,250	3.41	0	-	-	0
	Hunting, Fishing, Nature, Traditions (Chasse, pêche, nature, traditions)	CPNT	213,427	0.82	0	-	-	0
	Other ecologists		208,456	0.80	0	-	-	0
	Other far-right including National Republican Movement (Mouvement national républicain)	ExD	102,124	0.39	0	-	-	0
	Total		26,026,465	100.00	110	20,406,454	100.00	577
Abstention: 39.58% (1st round), - 40.02% (2nd round) Source: Official Voting Results: Ministry of the Interior

Electiontable example 5[edit]

Summary of the 17 September 2006 Parliament of Sweden election results
Parties and coalitions		Votes			Permanent seats		Adjustment seats		Total seats
Parties and coalitions		#	%	± %	#	±	#	±	#	±
	Swedish Social Democratic Party Socialdemokraterna	1,942,625	34.99	−4.86	129		1		130	−14
	Moderate Party Moderaterna	1,456,014	26.23	+10.97	93		4		97	+42
	Centre Party Centerpartiet	437,389	7.88	+1.69	27		2		29	+7
	Liberal People's Party Folkpartiet liberalerna	418,395	7.54	−5.85	22		6		28	−20
	Christian Democrats Kristdemokraterna	365,998	6.59	−2.56	17		7		24	−9
	Left Party Vänsterpartiet	324,722	5.85	−2.54	13		9		22	−8
	Green Party Miljöpartiet de Gröna	291,121	5.24	+0.59	9		10		19	+2

	Sweden Democrats Sverigedemokraterna	162,463	2.93	+1.49	0		0		0	±0
	Feminist Initiative Feministiskt initiativ	37,954	0.68	–	0		0		0	–
	Pirate Party Piratpartiet	34,918	0.63	–	0		0		0	–
	Swedish Senior Citizen Interest Party Sveriges pensionärers intresseparti	28,806	0.52	−0.19	0		0		0	±0
	June List Junilistan	26,072	0.47	–	0		0		0	–
	Health Care Party Sjukvårdspartiet	11,519	0.21	–	0		0		0	–
	National Democrats Nationaldemokraterna	3,064	0.06	−0.11	0		0		0	±0
	Unity Enhet	2,648	0.05	+0.04	0		0		0	±0
	National Socialist Front Nationalsocialistisk Front	1,417	0.03	–	0		0		0	–
	New Future Ny Framtid	1,171	0.02	−0.16	0		0		0	±0
	Socialist Justice Party Rättvisepartiet Socialisterna	1,097	0.02	−0.01	0		0		0	±0
	People's Will Folkets vilja	881	0.02	–	0		0		0	–
	Parties with less than 500 votes	4,766	0.08		–		–		–	–

	Alliance for Sweden (Moderate Party, Centre Party, Liberal People's Party, Christian Democrats)	2,677,796	48.24	+4.25					178	+20
	Red–green bloc (Social Democrats, Left Party, Green Party)	2,558,468	46.08	−6.81					171	−20

	Blank votes	96,922	1.72
	Other invalid votes	2216	0.04
Turnout		5,650,416	81.99	+1.88

Electiontable example 6[edit]

Summary of the 4 October 2009 Greek Parliament election results
Parties		Leaders	Votes	%	+/–	Seats	+/–
	Panhellenic Socialist Movement	George Papandreou	3,012,373	43.92	+5.82	160	+58
	New Democracy	Kostas Karamanlis	2,295,967	33.48	-8.38	91	-61
	Communist Party	Aleka Papariga	517,154	7.54	-0.61	21	-1
	Popular Orthodox Rally	Georgios Karatzaferis	386,152	5.63	+1.83	15	+5
	Coalition of the Radical Left	Alexis Tsipras	315,627	4.60	-0.44	13	-1
	Ecologist Greens	Six-member committee	173,449	2.53	+1.48	0	—
	Democratic Revival	Stelios Papathemelis	30,856	0.45	-0.35	0	—
	Anticapitalist Left Cooperation for the Overthrow^[A]	D. Desillas, et al.	24,737	0.36	+0.04	0	—
	Greek Ecologists	Dimosthenis Vergis	20,019	0.29	+0.27	0	—
	Popular Union-Chrysi Avyi	Nikolaos Michaloliakos	19,636	0.29	—	0	—
	Union of Centrists	Vassilis Leventis	18,278	0.27	-0.02	0	—
	Koinonia	Emmanouil Voloudakis	10,682	0.16	—	0	—
	Communist Party (Marxist-Leninist)	Gr. Konstantopoulos, et al.	10,213	0.15	-0.10	0	—
	Democrats	M. Meletopoulos	7,611	0.11	—	0	—
	Marxist-Leninist Communist Party	Antonis Papadopoulos, et al.	5,506	0.08	-0.03	0	—
	Workers Revolutionary Party	Sabetai Matsas	4,536	0.07	—	0	—
	Organization for the Reconstruction of the Communist Party of Greece	Ilias Zafiropoulos, et al.	1,652	0.02	-0.01	0	—
	I Give Away Land, I Give Away Debts - Panagrarian Labour Movement of Greece^[B]	M. Tzalazidis	1,376	0.02	—	0	—
	Smoking Groups for Art and Artistic Creation^[C]	Nikos Louvros	1,355	0.02	—	0	—
	Light – Truth – Justice^[B]	Konstantinos Melissourgos	867	0.01	±0	0	—
	Independents	—	277	0.00	±0	0	—
	Regional Urban Development^[C]	Nikolaos Kolitis	8	0.00	—	0	—
	Friends of Man^[C]	K. Stamoulis	8	0.00	—	0	—
	Old Republic^[C]	A. Daskalopoulos	3	0.00	—	0	—
Valid votes			6,858,342	97.36
Invalid votes			143,658	2.04
Blank votes			42,479	0.60
Totals			7,044,479	100.00	—	300	—
Electorate and voter turnout			9,933,385	70.92
Source: Ministry of the Interior, Public Administration, and Decentralization, with 20,937 (100.00%) of 20,937 total precincts reporting as of 06:53, October 7 (UTC)
Notes ^A The results of the Anticapitalist Left Cooperation for the Overthrow are compared with the sum of the 2007 results of United Anti-Capitalist Left and Radical Left Front. ^B The party is running in two parliamentary constituencies. ^C The party is running in one parliamentary constituency.

Election Summary example[edit]

East Sussex County Council election, 2009^[4]
	Seats	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes
Conservative	29	0	59.2	39.88	73,734
Liberal Democrats	13	0	26.5	30.66	56,683
Labour	4	-1	8.2	8.08	14,947
Independent	3	+1	6.1	6.76	12,491
UKIP	0	0	0	7.60	14,046
Green	0	0	0	5.24	9,679
BNP	0	0	0	1.16	2,149
Other	0	0	0	0.63	1,156

Canadian example using wikitable only[edit]

This example uses a regular wikitable rather than any of the election models. The creator has decided to give the number of seats won at the previous election rather than a +/- figure. The party leaders are listed; in other respects this layout is farily standard.

Summary of British Columbia general election, 2009
Party		Party leader	# of candidates	Seats				Popular vote
Party		Party leader	# of candidates	2005	Dissolution	Elected	% Change	#	%	Change
	Liberal	Gordon Campbell	85	46	42	49	+6.52%	751,791	45.83%	+0.03%
	New Democrats	Carole James	85	33	34	35	+6.06%	691,342	42.14%	+0.62%
	Independent / Non-affiliated		17	-	-	1		17,265	1.05%	+0.05%
	Green	Jane Sterk	85	-	-	-		134,570	8.20%	-0.91%
	Conservative	Wilf Hanni	24	-	-	-		34,465	2.10%	+1.55%
	Refederation	Mike Summers	22	-	-	-		3,747	0.23%	+0.19%¹
	Libertarian	(vacant)	6	-	-	-		1,468
	BC Reform	David Charles Hawkins	4	-	-	-		1,058
	Nation Alliance	Wei Ping Chen	2	*	-	-		774
	Sex	John Ince	3	-	-	-		684
	Communist	George Gidora	3	-	-	-		416
	People's Front	Charles Boylan	4	-	-	-		382
	Marijuana	Marc Emery	1	-	-	-		340
	Your Political Party	James Filippelli	2	-	-	-		297
	Work Less	Conrad Schmidt	2	-	-	-		291
	Western Canada Concept	Doug Christie	1	-	-	-		228
	Vacant				3
Total			346	79	79	85		1,549,223	100%	-12.1%

British Columbia Refederation Party results are compared to the Western Refederation Party.

Sources[edit]

These are the references from the original articles

^ UWA election summaries
^ Upper house results: AEC
^ Seat total of 37 includes 32 Liberal, 4 National (2 NSW, 2 Qld), 1 CLP (NT). Coalition percentage total equals the sum of the joint ticket (30.68%), Liberal-only ticket (8.77%), National-only ticket (0.17%), and CLP ticket (0.32%). The Liberal and National parties ran a joint ticket in New South Wales, Queensland and Victoria. The Liberals-only ticket ran in Western Australia, South Australia, Tasmania, Australian Capital Territory. The Nationals-only ticket ran in Western Australia and South Australia. The Nationals do not field candidates in Tasmania and the territories, with the Country Liberal Party (CLP) replacing both parties as the centre-right coalition party in the Northern Territory.
^ "East Sussex". BBC News Online. Retrieved 2009-06-22. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)

[1] UWA election summaries

[2] Upper house results: AEC

[jointticket-3] Seat total of 37 includes 32 Liberal, 4 National (2 NSW, 2 Qld), 1 CLP (NT). Coalition percentage total equals the sum of the joint ticket (30.68%), Liberal-only ticket (8.77%), National-only ticket (0.17%), and CLP ticket (0.32%). The Liberal and National parties ran a joint ticket in New South Wales, Queensland and Victoria. The Liberals-only ticket ran in Western Australia, South Australia, Tasmania, Australian Capital Territory. The Nationals-only ticket ran in Western Australia and South Australia. The Nationals do not field candidates in Tasmania and the territories, with the Country Liberal Party (CLP) replacing both parties as the centre-right coalition party in the Northern Territory.

[change-4] "East Sussex". BBC News Online. Retrieved 2009-06-22. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)

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