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Continuing to the discussion now archived, my opinion is that we should adopt an infobox like the one used for Scottish and Welsh elections. Stv59 (talk) 02:38, 28 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I strongly disagree – they are terrible examples of how to present information concisely. Pretty much all the same core information could be fitted into less than half of the space used by that format (and I would say in a much more readable format), as demonstrated with a hacked version of the current infobox to the right (using Xs as placeholders as the constituency vote figures are not yet provided). Number57 22:10, 28 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I can only agree with Stv59, the infoboxes of many elections (South Korean, Russian, Japanese, Thai, Venezuelan but also French) have been replaced without consensus, so I have decided that without a new consensus I will boldly restore the previous ones. There is no valid reason to keep the current infoboxes, which are completely unsuitable for illustrating the election results. Instead, for an infobox like the one illustrated here, first of all a discussion is needed for its creation, then one on its possible use.--Scia Della Cometa (talk) 17:51, 4 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Indeed, it has been disappointing to see infoboxes switched without consensus. There seems to be rather unyielding advocates of infobox legislative election. I still believe that Scottish and Welsh examples probably work best (better spacing), but the one Number 57 suggesting here is an improvement to the current one on the article. Stv59 (talk) 19:09, 4 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Equally, there are unyielding advocates of infobox election, and I have been disappointed over the years by the level of resistance to changing infoboxes that IMO do not present information in a concise or legible manner. Infobox election was designed for presidential or two-party elections and IMO is not fit for purpose for multi-party elections for several reasons, the main ones being including large pictures of party leaders (for an election where people are voting for parties not individuals) and the three-column layout, both of which are an extremely inefficient use of space.
The example to the right is similar to the French/Spanish language infoboxes, which are row-based and can fit the information in in a much more efficient manner. Number57 20:07, 4 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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