2000 United States presidential election (Not so Tricky Dick)

As you can see, it's broadly similar to the presidential election, but with some important differences. Instead of winning electoral votes in an Electoral College, parties are competing for seats in a parliament. Parties have leaders instead of nominees and running mates, and the leaders have a seat instead of a home state.

The biggest difference between the presidential and parliamentary formats is that parliamentary infoboxes show how each party's performance compares to the previous election. For example:


 * party1         = Labour Party (UK)
 * last_election1 = 271 seats, 34.4%
 * seats1         = 418
 * seat_change1   = 145
 * percentage1    = 43.2%
 * swing1         = 8.8%