Template:NZ election box begin/doc

This page is the documentation for MMP candidate box templates, used for New Zealand general elections since 1996.

These candidate box templates are for displaying a list of candidates in an MMP election. They contain examples of code that wiki-editors can copy and paste (and edit) to produce the tables shown below. The entries are sorted by descending candidate surname. After the election was held, the template can be amended to show the results.

Example of a candidate box:

1999 general election: Albany
Notes:		Blue background  denotes an incumbent.  Pink background  denotes a current list MP.  Yellow background  denotes a retiring MP.
Party		Candidate	Notes	List #	Source
	Independent	Callum Blair
	NZ First	Joy Brett		35
	Christian Heritage	Tony Corbett		45
	Green	Bera MacClement		39
	Alliance	Heather McConachy		12
	Labour	Hamish McCracken		60
	National	Murray McCully	Electorate MP since 1987	none
	NMP	Darag Rennie		8
	ACT	Mike Steeneveld		19
	Christian Democrats	Rob Wheeler		11

Parameters

• 1 = Country (but parameter is not used, as it's always "New Zealand");
• 2 = Year;
• 3 = ElectorateName;
• 4 = Refs

Table heading

All tables start with:

{{NZ election box begin || year=Election year | Electorate name | <ref>Reference webpage</ref>
}}

Example

{{NZ election box begin || year=1999 | Albany | <ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.electionresults.govt.nz/electionresults_1999/e9/html/cand_01.html |title=Candidate vote details – Albany |accessdate=28 March 2017 | publisher=[[Electoral Commission (New Zealand)|Electoral Commission]]}}</ref>
}}

Which gives

1999 general election: Albany
Notes:		Blue background  denotes an incumbent.  Pink background  denotes a current list MP.  Yellow background  denotes a retiring MP.
Party		Candidate	Notes	List #	Source

Candidates

List candidates in alphabetical order by surname.

Incumbent candidates

Electorate incumbents

Incumbents who won the electorate vote at the last general election, or a by-election:

{{NZ election box incumbent
 |party = Party name (requires article name without wikilink)
 |candidate = [[Candidate name]]
 |notes = Year candidate first entered parliament
 |list = Rank on party list if applicable
 |sources = Reference
}}

Blank template for copy-paste:

{{NZ election box incumbent
 |party = 
 |candidate = 
 |notes = 
 |list = 
 |sources = 
}}

List incumbents

Incumbents who stood in the electorate at the last general election, were beaten in the electorate vote, but entered via their party list:

{{NZ election box candidate list
 |party = 
 |candidate = 
 |notes = 
 |list = 
 |sources = 
}}

Other candidates

Candidates from registered parties

{{NZ election box candidate
 |party = Party name (requires article name without wikilink)
 |candidate = [[Candidate name]]
 |notes = Year candidate first entered parliament if applicable
 |list = Rank on party list if applicable
 |sources = Reference
}}

Blank template for copy-paste:

{{NZ election box candidate
 |party = 
 |candidate = 
 |notes = 
 |list = 
 |sources = 
}}

Candidates from minor parties

Minor parties are those that are registered but do not submit a party list, or are unregistered parties that thus cannot provide a party list.

{{NZ election box minor party candidate
 |color = Party colour (hex code)
 |party = Party name (requires that article name be wikilinked)
 |candidate = [[Candidate name]]
 |notes = Anything noteworthy
 |sources = Reference
}}

If political party meta attributes have been defined, omit the color parameter and enter the party name as follows: [[Party name|{{Party name/meta/shortname}}]]

Blank template for copy-paste:

{{NZ election box minor party candidate
 |color = 
 |party = 
 |candidate = 
 |notes = 
 |sources = 
}}

Independent candidates

Independent candidates are not on a party list. Blank template for copy-paste:

{{NZ election box independent
 |candidate = 
 |notes = 
 |sources = 
}}

See also

• Index of New Zealand political party meta attributes