User:Kermanbob/sandbox/templatetest3/doc

Usage

Creates a Gallagher index table that automatically calculates the Gallagher index based on provided vote and seat percentages.

{{user:Kermanbob/sandbox/templatetest3
|election = Election name (wikilink preffered)
|side = Side for the table to float on, inputs "left" or "right" (no quotation marks)
|color1 = First party color (templates allowed)
|party1 = First party name (wikilink preffered)
|votes1 = First party vote percentage (no % symbol)
|seats1 = First party seat percentage (no % symbol)
|color2 = Second party color
|party2 = Second party name
|votes2 = Second party vote percentage (no % symbol)
|seats2 = Seconf party seat percentage (no % symbol)
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}}

Parameters

Parameter	Description
|election=	The name of the election, wikilinks preffered
|side=	The side that the table will float on, inputs are "left" or "right" (no quotation marks)
|party1=	The party's name, wikilinks preffered
|color1=	The party's color, templates can be used.
|votes1=	The party's percentage vote share. (No % symbol or comma decimal seperator)
|seats1=	The party's percentage seat share. (No % symbol or comma decimal seperator)
Parties can be numbered from 1-10

Example

Example result for the 2015 Canadian Federal Election

Gallagher Index for the 2015 Canadian federal election

Party		Votes (%)	Seats (%)	Difference	Difference squared
	Liberal	39.47%	54.44%	-14.97	224.1009
	Conservatives	31.89%	29.29%	2.6	6.76
	New Democratic	19.71%	13.02%	6.69	44.7561
	Bloc Québecois	4.66%	2.96%	1.7	2.89
	Green	3.45%	0.29%	3.16	9.9856
	Other	0.82%	0%	0.82	0.6724
Total of differences squared					289.165
Total / 2					144.5825
Square root of (Total / 2): Gallagher Index result					12.02

{{user:Kermanbob/sandbox/templatetest3
|election = [[2015 Canadian federal election]]
|side = right
|color1 = {{Canadian party colour|CA|Liberal}}
|party1 = Liberal
|votes1 = 39.47
|seats1 = 54.44
|color2 = {{Canadian party colour|CA|Conservative}}
|party2 = Conservatives
|votes2 = 31.89
|seats2 = 29.29
|color3 = {{Canadian party colour|CA|NDP}}
|party3 = New Democratic
|votes3 = 19.71
|seats3 = 13.02
|color4 = {{Canadian party colour|CA|BQ}}
|party4 = Bloc Québecois
|votes4 = 4.66
|seats4 = 2.96
|color5 = {{Canadian party colour|CA|Green}}
|party5 = Green
|votes5 = 3.45
|seats5 = 0.29
|color6 = {{Canadian party colour|CA|Others}}
|party6 = Other
|votes6 = 0.82
|seats6 = 0
|party7 = Error example
|votes7 = Values such as 2%; 2,14; text; null/blank
|seats7 = Row will not be shown for any of these values
}}