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To create a category of the form "YYYY elections in continent"

e.g. Category:1895 elections in Asia

Note that:

"YYYY" must be a 4-digit year
"continent" must be one of
- Africa
- Asia
- Europe
- North America
- South America
- Oceania

Usage

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{{YYYY elections in continent category header}}

No parameters needed

Elections by time	{{YYYY elections category header}} {{YYY0s elections category header}} {{YYYY political party leadership elections category header}} {{YYY0s political party leadership elections category header}}
Elections in continent	{{YYYY elections in continent category header}} {{YYY0s elections in continent category header}}
Elections in sub-continent	{{YYYY elections in the Caribbean category header}} {{YYY0s elections in the Caribbean category header}} {{YYYY elections in Central America category header}} {{YYY0s elections in Central America category header}}
Elections by country	{{YYYY elections by country category header}} {{YYY0s elections by country category header}}
Elections in countryname	{{YYYY elections in countryname category header}} {{YYY0s elections in countryname category header}}
Empires and post-emprires	{{YYYY elections in the British Empire category header}} {{YYY0s elections in the British Empire category header}} {{YYYY elections in British Overseas Territories category header}} {{YYY0s elections in British Overseas Territories category header}}

Referendums

Political parties

International
relations

International relations by time	{{International relations year category}} {{International relations decade category}}
Treaties by time	{{Treaties entered into force in year category header}} {{Year treaties category header}}
United Nations	{{YYYY in the United Nations category header}} {{YYY0s in the United Nations category header}} {{YYYY United Nations Security Council resolutions category header}}

Government
agencies

Established	{{Government agencies established in year category header}} {{Government agencies established in decade category header}} {{Government agencies established in century category header}}
Disestablished	{{Government agencies disestablished in year category header}} {{Government agencies disestablished in decade category header}} {{Government agencies disestablished in century category header}}

4 Sept 2020: this navbox is incomplete. For more templates, see Category:Politics and government chronology category header templates and Category:Election and referendum chronology category header templates

Usage

See also