Remove fields for different types of elections.  
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: *Non-optional fields.
: &dagger; only displayed if the election is yet to take place.
: &Dagger; only displayed if the election has finished.  
| **election_name** | * | Name given to the election. If this field is empty the page name is displayed |  |
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| **country** | Country where the election took place. |  |  |
| **flag_year** | For historical elections when an older flag design was in effect, enter the year the flag came into effect (not the election year). Default is to use the current flag. |  |  |
| **flag_image** | For non-country elections, specify the full name of the flag, coat-of-arms, or seal image to display. |  |  |
| **type** | * | The type of election. Must be one of five: presidential, legislative, parliamentary, primary, or by-election. Legislative after the election will display majority and minority party, rather than first and second party. |  |
| **vote_type** | The type of votes recorded at popular_vote*n*. Defaults to "Popular". |  |  |
| **ongoing** | * | Must be either yes or no, whether the election is yet to take place, or completed. Fields marked with a &dagger; are only displayed if the election is yet to take place. Fields marked with a &Dagger; are only displayed if the election has finished. (Default no.) |  |
| **party_colour** | Also spelled **party_color**. To turn off the party colours enter 'no'. |  |  |
| **party_name** | To turn off linking to the parties enter 'no'. |  |  |
| **alliance_name** | To turn off linking to the alliances enter 'no'. |  |  |
| **previous_election** | The page name of the last election of this type. |  |  |
| **previous_year** | The year the last election of this type took place. |  |  |
| **previous_mps** (DEPRECATED) | *legislative*
*parliamentary* | Also spelled **previous_MPs** or **previous_members**, page name for the members elected in the last election. |  |
| **outgoing_members** | *legislative*
*parliamentary* | The page name of the legislative term (typically including a list of members) serving between the previous election and this election.
(Can either be a page title or a wiki link.) |  |
| **election_date** | Date of election - use |  |  |
| **elected_mps** (DEPRECATED) | *legislative*
*parliamentary* | Wikilink to the MPs elected in this election. |  |
| **elected_members** | *legislative*
*parliamentary* | The page name of the legislative term (typically including a list of members) serving between this election and the next election.
(Can either be a page title or a wiki link.) |  |
| **next_election** | The page name of the next election of this type. If red link (it doesn't exist), then it will appear unlinked. |  |  |
| **next_year** | The year the next election of this type took place. |  |  |
| **<del>next_mps</del>** (DEPRECATED, REMOVED) | <del>*legislative*
*parliamentary*</del> | <del>Also spelled **next_MPs** or **next_members**, page name for the members elected in the next election.</del> |  |
| **votes_for_election** | *presidential* | The number of votes for election and the system of voting (e.g. Electoral College). |  |
| **needed_votes** | *presidential* | The number of votes required to win. If there is an even number of votes, use the number that is said by the media. |  |
| **seats_for_election** | *legislative*
*parliamentary*
*by-election* | The number of seats for election and the house or chamber the seats are for. |  |
| **majority_seats** | *legislative*
*parliamentary* | The number of seats required for a majority government. If there is an even number of seats in the house or chamber, use the number that is said by the media. |  |
| **opinion_polls** | Pagename or section anchor of opinion polls. |  |  |
| **registered** | Number of registered voters for this election. |  |  |
| **turnout** | Voter turnout for this election. |  |  |
| **votes_counted** | The number of votes or the number of constituencies, in %, that have been counted after polls have closed. **Do not include** the percentage sign (%) after number. It is advisable to remove this information soon after the counting process has finished and all the results have been declared. Use **votes_counted**, **reporting** or **declared** according to whichever term best suits the specific election and counting procedure |  |  |
| **reporting** |  |  |  |
| **declared** |  |  |  |
| **last_update** | The time at which the latest update on results and the number of votes were updated on the infobox |  |  |
| **time_zone** | Time zone of the time given in the *last_update* field. Must be linked as normal similar to an article (e.g. |  |  |
| **image_upright** | Upright for all . See WP:UPRIGHT. Can be overridden by the corresponding . |  |  |
| **filler** | Set filler = (text) to include optional filler text, such as "Political selections", to the of image1. |  |  |
| **image1** | Image of Nominee, head of Party list or Party Leader. The number can be changed up to nine to display different Nominees, heads of Party list or Leaders at the same time. In order to work, colour1 or party1 must be entered. |  |  |
| **image1_upright** | Upright for . See WP:UPRIGHT. Overrides . |  |  |
| **colour1** | Also spelt **color1**. Enter a hex colour code (without the ) to override the colour of image1. The number can be changed up to nine to display different Nominees, heads of Party list or Leaders at the same time. |  |  |
| **nominee1** | *presidential*
*by-election* | Name of Nominee. When appropriate, candidate1 can be used instead. The number can be changed up to nine to display different Nominees or Candidates at the same time. |  |
| **candidate1** | Name of Candidate. The number can be changed up to nine to display different Candidates at the same time. |  |  |
| **leader1** | *legislative*
*parliamentary* | Name of head of Party list or Party Leader. The number can be changed up to nine to display different Parties at the same time. |  |
| **party1** | Political Party using Political party shortname templates. The number can be changed up to nine to display different Parties at the same time. |  |  |
| **alliance1** | Political alliance in elections where coalition politics is common. |  |  |
| **home_state1** | *presidential* | The state the Nominee or Candidate represents. The number can be changed up to nine to display different Nominees at the same time. |  |
| **running_mate1** | *presidential* | The Nominee's Running mate. The number can be changed up to nine to display different Nominees at the same time. |  |
| **electoral_vote1** | *presidential*
&Dagger; | The electoral votes obtained by the Nominee. The number can be changed up to nine to display different Nominees at the same time. |  |
| **projected_vote1** | *presidential*
&Dagger; | The electoral votes projected for the Nominee. |  |
| **delegate_count1** | *presidential* | The aggregate number of delegates obtained by the candidate. The number can be changed up to nine to display different candidates at the same time. Intended for use in pre-election processes such as selection of delegates to United States presidential nominating conventions. Intended to be used instead of electoral_vote1 for these cases. |  |
| **states_carried1** | *presidential*
&Dagger; | The states carried or won by the Nominee. The number can be changed up to nine to display different Nominees at the same time. |  |
| **districts_won1** | *presidential*
&Dagger; | The number of districts won by the Nominee. The number can be changed up to nine to display different Nominees at the same time. |  |
| **leader_since1** | *legislative*
*parliamentary* | The date the Leader took office. The number can be changed up to nine to display different Parties at the same time. Only to be used when the information is in the article body. |  |
| **leaders_seat1** | *legislative*