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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.

There is also a Discord server for editors to chat more informally.

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.

The subpage /Elections and referendums 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).

The subpage /Election results 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 via Special:WhatLinksHere/Template:Election results missing.

The subpage /Referendums in European Union aims to create an article about referendums in each of the European Union countries.

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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.
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• 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	24
GA	166
B	1,330
C	5,781
Start	27,308
Stub	30,516
List	7,007
Category	26,815
Disambig	209
File	392
Project	13
Redirect	5,676
Template	10,566
NA	28
Assessed	115,869
Unassessed	4,779
Total	120,648
WikiWork factors ( ?)		ω = 347,082			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.

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• 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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• Dab solver – Quickly resolve ambiguous links.
• Peer reviewer – Provides hints and suggestion to improving articles.
• User:AlexNewArtBot/ElectionsSearchResult – New articles

Did you know

• 31 Jul 2024 – Auckland Central in the 2020 New Zealand general election ( talk ·   ·  hist) was nominated for DYK by TheLoyalOrder ( t ·  c); see discussion
• 30 Jul 2024 – 1990 Serbian general election ( talk ·   ·  hist) was nominated for DYK by Vacant0 ( t ·  c); see discussion
• 29 Jul 2024 – 1990 Serbian constitutional referendum ( talk ·   ·  hist) was nominated for DYK by Vacant0 ( t ·  c); see discussion
• 28 Jul 2024 – 1978 Gilbertese Chief Minister election ( talk ·   ·  hist) was nominated for DYK by Thebiguglyalien ( t ·  c); see discussion
• 13 Jul 2024 – 2022 North Lanarkshire Council election ( talk ·   ·  hist) was nominated for DYK by Stevie fae Scotland ( t ·  c); see discussion
• 10 Jul 2024 – Highest averages method ( talk ·   ·  hist) was nominated for DYK by Closed Limelike Curves ( t ·  c); see discussion
• 09 Jul 2024 – South West Norfolk in the 2024 United Kingdom general election ( talk ·   ·  hist) was nominated for DYK by Sionk ( t ·  c); see discussion

Articles for deletion

• 29 Jul 2024 – 1977 Allentown mayoral election ( talk ·   ·  hist) was AfDed by 1ctinus ( t ·  c); see discussion (3 participants)
• 23 Jul 2024 – List of Hillary Clinton 2016 presidential campaign non-political endorsements ( talk ·   ·  hist) was AfDed by U-Mos ( t ·  c); see discussion (4 participants; relisted)
• 23 Jul 2024 – List of Hillary Clinton 2016 presidential campaign celebrity endorsements ( talk ·   ·  hist) was AfDed by U-Mos ( t ·  c); see discussion (4 participants; relisted)
• 23 Jul 2024 – List of Hillary Clinton 2016 presidential campaign screen and stage performer endorsements ( talk ·   ·  hist) was AfDed by U-Mos ( t ·  c); see discussion (4 participants; relisted)
• 23 Jul 2024 – 2009 Lancaster, Pennsylvania, mayoral election ( talk ·   ·  hist) was AfDed by 1ctinus ( t ·  c); see discussion (6 participants; relisted)
• 23 Jul 2024 – 2010 Shreveport mayoral election ( talk ·   ·  hist) was AfDed by 1ctinus ( t ·  c); see discussion (4 participants; relisted)
• 23 Jul 2024 – 2006 Shreveport mayoral election ( talk ·   ·  hist) was AfDed by 1ctinus ( t ·  c); see discussion (4 participants; relisted)
• 23 Jul 2024 – 2014 Shreveport mayoral election ( talk ·   ·  hist) was AfDed by 1ctinus ( t ·  c); see discussion (4 participants; relisted)
• 23 Jul 2024 – 1994 Shreveport mayoral election ( talk ·   ·  hist) was AfDed by 1ctinus ( t ·  c); see discussion (4 participants; relisted)
• 23 Jul 2024 – 2018 Shreveport mayoral election ( talk ·   ·  hist) was AfDed by 1ctinus ( t ·  c); see discussion (4 participants; relisted)

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Proposed deletions

• 25 Jul 2024 – 1930 Miami Beach mayoral election ( talk ·   ·  hist) PRODed by 1ctinus ( t ·  c) was deleted
• 25 Jul 2024 – 1981 Miami Beach mayoral election ( talk ·   ·  hist) PRODed by 1ctinus ( t ·  c) was deleted

Categories for discussion

• 20 Jul 2024 – Category:1810s Missouri elections ( talk ·   ·  hist) was CfDed by HouseBlaster ( t ·  c); see discussion
• 20 Jul 2024 – Category:1814 Missouri elections ( talk ·   ·  hist) was CfDed by HouseBlaster ( t ·  c); see discussion
• 20 Jul 2024 – Category:1812 Missouri elections ( talk ·   ·  hist) was CfDed by HouseBlaster ( t ·  c); see discussion
• 20 Jul 2024 – Category:1816 Missouri elections ( talk ·   ·  hist) was CfDed by HouseBlaster ( t ·  c); see discussion
• 20 Jul 2024 – Category:1819 Missouri elections ( talk ·   ·  hist) was CfDed by HouseBlaster ( t ·  c); see discussion
• 20 Jul 2024 – Category:1817 Missouri elections ( talk ·   ·  hist) was CfDed by HouseBlaster ( t ·  c); see discussion
• 20 Jul 2024 – Category:1860s Washington (state) elections ( talk ·   ·  hist) was CfDed by HouseBlaster ( t ·  c); see discussion
• 20 Jul 2024 – Category:1870s Washington (state) elections ( talk ·   ·  hist) was CfDed by HouseBlaster ( t ·  c); see discussion
• 20 Jul 2024 – Category:1870 Washington (state) elections ( talk ·   ·  hist) was CfDed by HouseBlaster ( t ·  c); see discussion
• 20 Jul 2024 – Category:1860 Washington (state) elections ( talk ·   ·  hist) was CfDed by HouseBlaster ( t ·  c); see discussion

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Templates for discussion

• 01 Aug 2024 – Template:Chinese elections ( talk ·   ·  hist) was TfDed by Gotitbro ( t ·  c); see discussion
• 31 Jul 2024 – Template:1930 Canadian federal election/Cumberland ( talk ·   ·  hist) was TfDed by Boleyn ( t ·  c); see discussion
• 31 Jul 2024 – Template:1980 Canadian federal election/Cardigan ( talk ·   ·  hist) was TfDed by Boleyn ( t ·  c); see discussion

Redirects for discussion

• 02 Aug 2024 – Less-is-more paradox ( talk ·   ·  hist) → Monotonicity criterion was RfDed by Steel1943 ( t ·  c); see discussion
• 02 Aug 2024 – More-is-less paradox ( talk ·   ·  hist) → Monotonicity criterion was RfDed by Steel1943 ( t ·  c); see discussion
• 29 Jul 2024 – Biden crisis ( talk ·   ·  hist) → Withdrawal of Joe Biden from the 2024 United States presidential election was RfDed by Red-tailed hawk ( t ·  c); see discussion
• 24 Jul 2024 – TrumPAC ( talk ·   ·  hist) → Donald Trump 2016 presidential campaign was RfDed by Steel1943 ( t ·  c); see discussion
• 22 Jul 2024 – Calls for Joe Biden to suspend his 2024 United States presidential campaign ( talk ·   ·  hist) → Withdrawal of Joe Biden from the 2024 United States presidential election was RfDed by Neveselbert ( t ·  c); see discussion
• 22 Jul 2024 – Democrat red ( talk ·   ·  hist) → Red states and blue states was RfDed by Pppery ( t ·  c); see discussion
• 22 Jul 2024 – Republican blue ( talk ·   ·  hist) → Red states and blue states was RfDed by Pppery ( t ·  c); see discussion
• 22 Jul 2024 – Safe state ( talk ·   ·  hist) → Red states and blue states was RfDed by Pppery ( t ·  c); see discussion

Featured list candidates

• 24 Jul 2024 – United States presidential elections in Wyoming ( talk ·   ·  hist) was FL nominated by 金色黎明 ( t ·  c); see discussion
• 18 Jul 2024 – List of Zambian parliamentary constituencies ( talk ·   ·  hist) was FL nominated by MPGuy2824 ( t ·  c); see discussion

Good article nominees

• 30 Jul 2024 – 1990 Serbian general election ( talk ·   ·  hist) was GA nominated by Vacant0 ( t ·  c); start discussion
• 29 Jul 2024 – 1987 Kiribati presidential election ( talk ·   ·  hist) was GA nominated by Thebiguglyalien ( t ·  c); start discussion
• 29 Jul 2024 – 1983 Kiribati presidential election ( talk ·   ·  hist) was GA nominated by Thebiguglyalien ( t ·  c); start discussion
• 19 Jul 2024 – 2022 Comhairle nan Eilean Siar election ( talk ·   ·  hist) was GA nominated by Stevie fae Scotland ( t ·  c); start discussion
• 22 Jun 2024 – 2023 Serbian parliamentary election ( talk ·   ·  hist) was GA nominated by Vacant0 ( t ·  c); start discussion
• 21 Jun 2024 – 2023 Serbian election protests ( talk ·   ·  hist) was GA nominated by Vacant0 ( t ·  c); start discussion
• 17 Jun 2024 – 1969 Progressive Conservative Party of New Brunswick leadership election ( talk ·   ·  hist) was GA nominated by B3251 ( t ·  c); start discussion
• 31 May 2024 – 1999 Welsh Conservatives leadership election ( talk ·   ·  hist) was GA nominated by ThatRandomGuy1 ( t ·  c); see discussion
• 27 May 2024 – Arrow's impossibility theorem ( talk ·   ·  hist) was GA nominated by Closed Limelike Curves ( t ·  c); start discussion
• 15 Apr 2024 – Electronic voting in India ( talk ·   ·  hist) was GA nominated by Magentic Manifestations ( t ·  c); see discussion

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Featured article reviews

• 04 May 2024 – 1880 Republican National Convention ( talk ·   ·  hist) was put up for FA review by Hog Farm ( t ·  c); see discussion

Requests for comments

• 02 Aug 2024 – Libertarian Party (United States) ( talk ·   ·  hist) has an RfC by 93.38.68.234 ( t ·  c); see discussion
• 21 Jul 2024 – 2022 Alaska's at-large congressional district special election ( talk ·   ·  hist) has an RfC by Closed Limelike Curves ( t ·  c); see discussion
• 08 Jul 2024 – 2024 United Kingdom general election ( talk ·   ·  hist) has an RfC by CipherRephic ( t ·  c); see discussion

Peer reviews

• 31 May 2024 – Arrow's impossibility theorem ( talk ·   ·  hist) has been put up for PR by Closed Limelike Curves ( t ·  c); see discussion

Requested moves

• 31 Jul 2024 – 2020 Oregon House of Representatives election ( talk ·   ·  hist) is requested to be moved to 2020 Oregon State House of Representatives election by 173.72.3.91 ( t ·  c); see discussion
• 31 Jul 2024 – 2022 Oregon House of Representatives election ( talk ·   ·  hist) is requested to be moved to 2022 Oregon State House of Representatives election by 173.72.3.91 ( t ·  c); see discussion
• 31 Jul 2024 – 2024 Oregon House of Representatives election ( talk ·   ·  hist) is requested to be moved to 2024 Oregon State House of Representatives election by 173.72.3.91 ( t ·  c); see discussion
• 22 Jul 2024 – 2022 Oregon Senate election ( talk ·   ·  hist) move request to 2022 Oregon State Senate election by 173.72.3.91 ( t ·  c) was closed to 2022 Oregon State Senate election ( talk ·   ·  hist); see discussion
• 22 Jul 2024 – List of Kamala Harris 2024 presidential campaign endorsements ( talk ·   ·  hist) move request to List of Kamala Harris 2024 presidential campaign primary endorsements by Xoocit ( t ·  c) was closed; see discussion

Articles to be merged

• 20 Jul 2024 – David Cobb (activist) ( talk ·   ·  hist) is proposed for merging to David Cobb 2004 presidential campaign by Star Mississippi ( t ·  c); see discussion
• 01 Jul 2024 – Comparison of the Hare and Droop quotas ( talk ·   ·  hist) is proposed for merging to Electoral quota by Closed Limelike Curves ( t ·  c); see discussion
• 23 Jun 2024 – Treating in the United Kingdom ( talk ·   ·  hist) is proposed for merging to Treating by The C of E ( t ·  c); see discussion
• 17 May 2024 – Counting single transferable votes ( talk ·   ·  hist) is proposed for merging to Single transferable vote by Closed Limelike Curves ( t ·  c); see discussion
• 11 May 2024 – Issues affecting the single transferable vote ( talk ·   ·  hist) is proposed for merging to Single transferable vote by Closed Limelike Curves ( t ·  c); see discussion
• 09 May 2024 – 2023 Western Australian local elections ( talk ·   ·  hist) is proposed for merging to 2023 Western Australian mayoral elections by Steelkamp ( t ·  c); see discussion
• 09 May 2024 – 2023 Western Australian mayoral elections ( talk ·   ·  hist) is proposed for merging to 2023 Western Australian local elections by Steelkamp ( t ·  c); see discussion
• 07 May 2024 – Croydon South (historic UK Parliament constituency) ( talk ·   ·  hist) is proposed for merging to Croydon Central (UK Parliament constituency) by Trimfrim20 ( t ·  c); see discussion
• 07 May 2024 – Plural district ( talk ·   ·  hist) is proposed for merging to Multi-member districts in the United States by Alpha3031 ( t ·  c); see discussion
• 05 May 2024 – 2020 American Samoa Republican presidential caucuses ( talk ·   ·  hist) is proposed for merging to 2020 American Samoa presidential caucuses by Klbrain ( t ·  c); see discussion

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Articles to be split

• 01 Aug 2024 – Republican Party (United States) ( talk ·   ·  hist) is proposed for splitting by Braganza ( t ·  c); see discussion
• 01 Aug 2024 – Democratic Party (United States) ( talk ·   ·  hist) is proposed for splitting by Braganza ( t ·  c); see discussion
• 01 Aug 2024 – Libertarian Party (United States) ( talk ·   ·  hist) is proposed for splitting by Braganza ( t ·  c); see discussion
• 01 Aug 2024 – Electoral symbol ( talk ·   ·  hist) is proposed for splitting by Braganza ( t ·  c); see discussion
• 21 Jul 2024 – 2024 United States presidential debates ( talk ·   ·  hist) is proposed for splitting by Baldemoto ( t ·  c); see discussion
• 28 Jun 2024 – Additional-member system ( talk ·   ·  hist) is proposed for splitting by Braganza ( t ·  c); see discussion
• 26 Jun 2024 – Scorporo ( talk ·   ·  hist) is proposed for splitting by Braganza ( t ·  c); see discussion
• 17 Jun 2024 – Nawabganj Assembly constituency ( talk ·   ·  hist) is proposed for splitting by MPGuy2824 ( t ·  c); see discussion
• 14 May 2024 – Plurality voting ( talk ·   ·  hist) is proposed for splitting by Closed Limelike Curves ( t ·  c); see discussion
• 06 May 2024 – 1991 Leningrad municipal election ( talk ·   ·  hist) is proposed for splitting by Dialmayo ( t ·  c); see discussion

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Articles for creation

• 29 Jul 2024 – Draft:2029 European Parliament election ( talk ·   ·  hist) has been submitted for AfC by Clairos ( t ·  c)
• 26 Jul 2024 – Draft:People's Insight ( talk ·   ·  hist) has been submitted for AfC by 122.161.67.4 ( t ·  c)
• 24 Jul 2024 – Draft:Georgian Charter ( talk ·   ·  hist) has been submitted for AfC by 70P53D ( t ·  c)
• 23 Jul 2024 – Draft:2023 Move Forward Party leadership election ( talk ·   ·  hist) has been submitted for AfC by CFA ( t ·  c)
• 24 Jun 2024 – Draft:Bronx Conservative Party ( talk ·   ·  hist) has been submitted for AfC by EliTfab01 ( t ·  c)
• 10 Jun 2024 – Draft:2004 California Mock United States Senate Election ( talk ·   ·  hist) has been submitted for AfC by CApoliticalnerd ( t ·  c)
• 07 Jun 2024 – Draft:Indian School of Democracy ( talk ·   ·  hist) has been submitted for AfC by ShriyaKapoor ( t ·  c)
• 29 May 2024 – Draft:Truro Boscawen & Redannick ( talk ·   ·  hist) has been submitted for AfC by Zach Griffiths ( t ·  c)
• 22 May 2024 – Draft:2026 Los Angeles mayoral election ( talk ·   ·  hist) has been submitted for AfC by PickleG13 ( t ·  c)
• 21 May 2024 – Draft:L'Unie ( talk ·   ·  hist) has been submitted for AfC by AWS2003 ( t ·  c)

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