This template begins a summary table of candidates for a ranked choice voting (instant runoff) election contest. The table contains information about party affiliation, candidate name, and the maximum number of votes counted for the candidate.
This template starts the table, providing the table column headings. The table should always be completed with the Template:Election box ranked choice end . In between those two templates, one or more templates such as Template:Election box ranked choice candidate with party link can describe the candidates.
The following table describes the parameters to use with this template.
Parameter Name
Required?
Default Value
Description
title
required
undefined
The name of the contest being described, including possibly citations for the data.
Example: title=Jurisdiction name office, year
partywidth
optional
undefined
Combined width of party color and party name columns.
Use to fold long party names and avoid extra wide columns. If not given, fit width to column content.
Example: partywidth=30ex
candidatewidth
optional
undefined
Width of the candidate name column.
Use to fold long candidate names and avoid extra wide columns. If not given, fit width to column content.
Example: candidatewidth=25ex
barwidth
optional
40ex
Width of the max votes bar graph column.
Use the same or smaller values to describe the available width for bars of each candidate.
Example: barwidth=20ex
{{{{Election box ranked choice begin | title=Alcatraz mayor, 1935 }}
