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WikiProject Elections and Referendums

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Welcome to the rebooted WikiProject Elections and Referendums, a WikiProject re-established in 2009 to standardize and improve upon Wikipedia's coverage on elections.

Our userboxes are {{User E&R}} and {{User WikiProject E&R}}. Our talk page banner is {{WikiProject Elections and Referendums}}. Most importantly, be sure to check out the to-do box below.

The scope of the project is the coverage of elections and referendums anywhere in the world, from a national level to a local level.

A comprehensive entry with the most recent results on the national level worldwide can be found at the List of election results by country (note: a long document). An overview of past election results can be found at Elections in 2005, Elections in 2006, etc. A list of upcoming elections can be found at Upcoming elections section of the Electoral calendar. Please help us keep these lists up to date!

• Election and Electoral systems
  • Election - Psephology - Electoral system - Condorcet method - Criticisms of electoralism - General election - By-election - Additional Member System - Fixed-term election - First Past the Post electoral system - Indirect election - mixed-member proportional representation - Party-list proportional representation - Pluralism - proportional representation - single non-transferable vote - single transferable vote
• Election results
  • Elections by country - Electoral calendar
• Voting and counting systems
  • Vote counting systems - Voting system - Alternative vote top-up - Approval voting - Borda count - Bucklin voting - Closed list - Condorcet method - Coombs' method - Copeland's method - D'Hondt method - Droop quota - Election threshold - Group voting ticket - Hamilton method - Highest averages method - Instant-runoff voting - Largest remainder method - Preferential voting (disambiguation) - Range voting - Sainte-Laguë method - Schulze method - Schulze STV
• Miscellaneous on elections
  • Absolute majority - Anti-incumbency - Ballot - Ballot access - Bloc voting^{[disambiguation needed]} - Canvassing - Compulsory voting - Constituent - Constituency - Cumulative voting - Double majority - Duverger's law - Elector - Electoral fraud - Elective rights - Electoral college - Electoral fusion - Electoral reform - Electronic voting - Exit poll - Gallagher Index - Gerrymandering - Incumbent - Independence of irrelevant alternatives - Majority rule - Marginal seat - Narrow elections - Open list - Overhang seat - Parallel voting - Plurality - Polling station - Postal voting - Primary election - Protest vote - Push poll - Qualified Majority Voting - Recall election - Secret ballot - Simple majority - Sortition - Split vote - Spoiler effect - Strategic nomination - Suffrage - Suffragette - Supermajority - Tactical voting - Two-thirds majority - Underhang seat - Universal suffrage - Vote - Vote pairing - Voter turnout - Voting machine - Voting rights - Women's suffrage - Youth suffrage
• Campaigning
  • Campaign advertising - Campaign finance - Campaign finance reform - Campaign management tools - Canvassing - Election promise - Get out the vote - Negative campaigning - Political campaign - Political platform
• Political parties
  • Party system - Political spectrum - Political party - Multi-party system - Two-party system - One-party state - Dominant-party system - List of political parties - List of political parties by country
• Information by country
  • Elections: Elections by country - Table of voting systems by nation - List of national legislatures
  • Political parties: List of political parties
• Electoral reform in the United States by political division
  • Alabama - Alaska - Arizona - Arkansas - California - Colorado - Connecticut - Delaware - Florida - Georgia - Hawaii - Idaho - Illinois - Indiana - Iowa - Kansas - Kentucky - Louisiana - Maine - Maryland - Massachusetts - Michigan - Minnesota - Mississippi - Missouri - Montana - Nebraska - Nevada - New Hampshire - New Jersey - New Mexico - New York - North Carolina - North Dakota - Ohio - Oklahoma - Oregon - Pennsylvania - Rhode Island - South Carolina - South Dakota - Tennessee - Texas - Utah - Vermont - Virginia - Washington - West Virginia - Wisconsin - Wyoming - Washington, D.C. (District of Columbia) - American Samoa - Guam - Northern Mariana Islands - Puerto Rico - U.S. Virgin Islands

• WP:NC-GAL details the naming convention for election and referendum articles.

Election and referendum years

This page lists all national election and referendum templates and notes whether they are complete or not (in terms of having every election/referendum linked and whether there are articles on those elections/referendums).

Election and referendum results

This page aims to list all elections by year and notes whether the results are complete or not; articles with incomplete results can be found in Category:Election and referendum articles with incomplete results. A few other articles can be found here

Referendums in the European Union

This page aims to create an article about referendums in each of the European Union countries.

How you can help

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Improve the project

• Update the project pages, archive clutter, and make use of the latest automation available
• Consult the WikiProject Guide for ideas
• Come up with new ones

Use the project

• Create a new article.

• Expand some of the articles (check out Category:Election stubs or some of its subcategories), always respecting Wikipedia's Neutral Point of View Policy. Also, check the Wikipedia: Manual of Style.
• Add references to articles which need referencing improving. Biographies of living persons are a particular priority.
• Assess some of the Unassessed Elections and Referendums articles, using the criteria at Wikipedia:WikiProject Elections and Referendums/Assessment. Update the project banner on the relevant talk page.

• Check the talk page for requests for help.
• Check the to do list at Wikipedia:WikiProject Elections and Referendums/to do
• You can look at the project's popular pages list to identify particularly high-profile articles that could be improved.

Please feel free to add your name here!

Elections and Referendums pages by quality
Quality
	Total
FA	38
FL	21
GA	146
B	1,297
C	5,624
Start	26,687
Stub	30,006
List	6,911
Category	26,695
Disambig	209
File	390
Project	13
Redirect	5,610
Template	10,374
Assessed	114,021
Unassessed	5,285
Total	119,306
WikiWork factors (?)		ω = 340,150			Ω = 5.33

This is a list of recognized content, updated weekly by JL-Bot (talk · contribs) (typically on Saturdays). There is no need to edit the list yourself. If an article is missing from the list, make sure it is tagged or categorized (e.g. Category:WikiProject Elections and Referendums articles) correctly and wait for the next update. See WP:RECOG for configuration options.

Featured articles

Former featured articles

Featured lists

Former featured lists

Featured list candidates

Good articles

Former good articles

Good article nominees

Did you know? articles

Featured pictures

• Daisy (1964)
• 
  The Gerry-Mander Edit

Former featured pictures

• Commercial-LBJ1964ElectionAdDaisyGirl

• Links to websites detailing election and referendum dates and results, as well as links to national electoral commissions can be found in Wikipedia:WikiProject Elections and Referendums/Useful sources.
• For creating results maps (for United States elections), the colors listed here should be used

• Wikipedia:WikiProject Politics
• Wikipedia:WikiProject Voting systems
• Wikipedia:WikiProject Parliamentary Procedure.

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• Peer reviewer – Provides hints and suggestion to improving articles.

Article alerts

Did you know

• 23 Apr 2024 – 2010 Oklahoma State Question 755 (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by Elli (t · c); see discussion
• 12 Apr 2024 – 1916 Warsaw City Council election (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by Soman (t · c); see discussion
• 25 Mar 2024 – Hal Malchow (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by SWinxy (t · c); see discussion

Articles for deletion

• 14 Apr 2024 – 2024 Alaska Democratic presidential caucuses (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Esolo5002 (t · c); see discussion (18 participants; relisted)
• 13 Apr 2024 – 2013 Rajya Sabha election in Tamil Nadu (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Hemant Dabral (t · c); see discussion (2 participants; relisted)
• 05 Apr 2024 – 2007 Montgomery mayoral election (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Yoblyblob (t · c); see discussion (6 participants; relisted)
• 30 Mar 2024 – Kanwali (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Hemant Dabral (t · c); see discussion (6 participants; relisted)
• 18 Apr 2024 – Volusia error (talk · edit · hist) AfDed by Helpful Raccoon (t · c) was closed as keep by Helpful Raccoon (t · c) on 19 Apr 2024; see discussion (0 participants)
• 07 Apr 2024 – Candidates of the next Australian federal election (talk · edit · hist) AfDed by TarnishedPath (t · c) was closed (deleted) by Sjakkalle (t · c) on 24 Apr 2024; see discussion (15 participants; relisted)
• 29 Mar 2024 – 2018 Garland mayoral special election (talk · edit · hist) AfDed by Nickps (t · c) was closed as delete by Star Mississippi (t · c) on 21 Apr 2024; see discussion (7 participants; relisted)

Proposed deletions

• 25 Apr 2024 – Electoral history of Joel Anderson (talk · edit · hist) was PRODed by Iseult (t · c): Nothing to suggest that this backbencher's electoral history is significant in its own right; all sources are from statements of votes. No secondary or tertiary source with good treatments of the subject. Much better merged back into Joel Anderso ...

Redirects for discussion

• 25 Apr 2024 – Snaf (talk · edit · hist) →Chad (paper) was RfDed by Utopes (t · c); see discussion
• 18 Apr 2024 – Edmonton Strathcona (talk · edit · hist) →Edmonton Strathcona (federal electoral district) was RfDed by Pppery (t · c); see discussion
• 18 Apr 2024 – Bader-Ofer method (talk · edit · hist) →D'Hondt method was RfDed by Pppery (alt) (t · c); see discussion

Files for discussion

• 19 Apr 2024 – File:2024 Lok Sabha elections logo.png (talk · edit · hist) (on 2024 Indian general election) was FfDed by Joseph2302 (t · c); see discussion

Featured list candidates

• 01 Apr 2024 – List of Liechtenstein general elections (talk · edit · hist) was FL nominated by TheBritinator (t · c); see discussion

Good article nominees

• 23 Apr 2024 – 2010 Oklahoma State Question 755 (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by Elli (t · c); start discussion
• 15 Apr 2024 – Electronic voting in India (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by Magentic Manifestations (t · c); start discussion
• 09 Apr 2024 – 2023 Singaporean presidential election (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by OOOTenx (t · c); start discussion
• 22 Mar 2024 – 2022 Fife Council election (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by Stevie fae Scotland (t · c); start discussion
• 20 Dec 2023 – 2022 North Lanarkshire Council election (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by Stevie fae Scotland (t · c); start discussion
• 18 Nov 2023 – 2022 City of Edinburgh Council election (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by Stevie fae Scotland (t · c); start discussion

Requests for comments

• 14 Mar 2024 – 2024 United States presidential election (talk · edit · hist) has an RfC by KlayCax (t · c); see discussion

Requested moves

• 18 Apr 2024 – Queens-Shelburne (talk · edit · hist) is requested to be moved to Queens-Shelburne (provincial electoral district) by Pppery (t · c); see discussion
• 18 Apr 2024 – Rosemont—La Petite-Patrie (talk · edit · hist) is requested to be moved to Rosemont—La Petite-Patrie (federal electoral district) by Pppery (t · c); see discussion
• 18 Apr 2024 – Queens—Shelburne (talk · edit · hist) is requested to be moved to Queens—Shelburne (federal electoral district) by Pppery (t · c); see discussion
• 18 Apr 2024 – Kamouraska–Rivière-du-Loup (talk · edit · hist) is requested to be moved to Kamouraska—Rivière-du-Loup (provincial electoral district) by Pppery (t · c); see discussion
• 18 Apr 2024 – Hochelaga—Maisonneuve (talk · edit · hist) is requested to be moved to Hochelaga—Maisonneuve (federal electoral district) by Pppery (t · c); see discussion
• 18 Apr 2024 – Laurentides-Labelle (talk · edit · hist) is requested to be moved to Laurentides—Labelle (provincial electoral district) by Pppery (t · c); see discussion
• 18 Apr 2024 – Calgary-Nose Hill (talk · edit · hist) is requested to be moved to Calgary-Nose Hill (provincial electoral district) by Pppery (t · c); see discussion
• 18 Apr 2024 – Edmonton—Sherwood Park (talk · edit · hist) is requested to be moved to Edmonton—Sherwood Park (federal electoral district) by Pppery (t · c); see discussion
• 11 Apr 2024 – Allegations of Chinese interference in the 2019 and 2021 Canadian federal elections (talk · edit · hist) is requested to be moved to Chinese government interference in the 2019 and 2021 Canadian federal elections by Amigao (t · c); see discussion
• 01 Apr 2024 – 1906 Australian referendum (Senate elections) (talk · edit · hist) move request to 1906 Australian referendum by BarrelProof (t · c) was moved to 1906 Australian senate elections referendum (talk · edit · hist) by Robertsky (t · c) on 20 Apr 2024; see discussion

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Articles to be merged

• 13 Apr 2024 – First-past-the-post voting (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to Plurality voting by Moxy (t · c); see discussion
• 21 Mar 2024 – Summability criterion (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to Compilation complexity by Jannikp97 (t · c); see discussion
• 13 Mar 2024 – Ley de lemas (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to Electoral alliance by Closed Limelike Curves (t · c); see discussion
• 10 Mar 2024 – Esquimalt-Royal Roads (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to Esquimalt-Metchosin by Richthofen II (t · c); see discussion
• 09 Mar 2024 – 2020 American Samoa Democratic presidential caucuses (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to 2020 American Samoa presidential caucuses by Michelangelo1992 (t · c); see discussion
• 08 Mar 2024 – Richmond East (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to Richmond-Queensborough by Richthofen II (t · c); see discussion
• 16 Feb 2024 – Proportional approval voting (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to Thiele's voting rules by Closed Limelike Curves (t · c); see discussion
• 12 Feb 2024 – Electorates of the Australian Capital Territory (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly by Stelith (t · c); see discussion
• 05 Feb 2024 – Fourteenth Amendment of the Constitution of Ireland (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to Twelfth Amendment of the Constitution Bill 1992 by Iveagh Gardens (t · c); see discussion
• 05 Feb 2024 – Thirteenth Amendment of the Constitution of Ireland (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to Twelfth Amendment of the Constitution Bill 1992 by Iveagh Gardens (t · c); see discussion

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Articles to be split

• 30 Mar 2024 – Opinion polling for the next Italian general election (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by Braganza (t · c); see discussion
• 13 Mar 2024 – Comparison of electoral systems (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by Closed Limelike Curves (t · c); see discussion
• 11 Mar 2024 – Mixed-member proportional representation (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by Braganza (t · c); see discussion
• 09 Dec 2023 – 2023 Guatemalan general election (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by Braganza (t · c); see discussion
• 16 Dec 2022 – Kowloon Central (2021 constituency) (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by 118.140.155.14 (t · c); see discussion
• 09 Oct 2021 – 2020 Singaporean general election (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by TheSandDoctor (t · c); see discussion
• 04 May 2021 – 2018 Arizona State Legislature election (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by DemonDays64 (t · c); see discussion
• 14 Jan 2021 – Two-party system (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by Birdzilla12345 (t · c); see discussion
• 26 Oct 2020 – 2020 Belarusian presidential election (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by Abcmaxx (t · c); see discussion

Articles for creation

• 24 Apr 2024 – Draft:Bernard Tamas (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by 2600:1700:E420:10F0:41AE:3D86:50F5:2739 (t · c)
• 03 Apr 2024 – Draft:2013 Pateros local elections (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by Robin422 (t · c)
• 08 Mar 2024 – Draft:Middlesex—London (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by Maliner (t · c)
• 02 Mar 2024 – Draft:Republican Nomination for the October 2023 Speaker of the United States House of Representatives election (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by ELECTIONEDITS (t · c)
• 26 Feb 2024 – Draft:2028 Turkish presidential election (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by Mr. Lechkar (t · c)
• 15 Feb 2024 – Draft:Juan Pablo Jaramillo (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by Juanpa5921 (t · c)
• 11 Jan 2024 – Draft:2025 national electoral calendar (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by Aviram7 (t · c)
• 26 Jan 2024 – Draft:Favorite betrayal criterion (talk · edit · hist) submitted for AfC by Jasavina (t · c) was declined by ToadetteEdit (t · c) on 21 Apr 2024

External watchlist

• Wikiproject Watchlist – WikiProject Elections and Referendums^{[dead link]}