Write-in candidate

Write-in candidate - candidate in an election whose name does not appear on the ballot, but for whom voters may vote nonetheless by writing in the person's name. Article "Write-in candidate" in English Wikipedia has 91.8 points for quality (as of July 1, 2025). The article contains 240 references and 20 sections.

In this language version of Wikipedia the article has the best quality. Also, this article is the most popular in that language version.

In June 2025 the article "Write-in candidate" was edited by 4 authors in English Wikipedia and written by 4 authors in all languages.

Since the creation of article "Write-in candidate", its content was written by 279 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 393 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 6874 times in English Wikipedia (3093^rd place) and cited 7760 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

• Local (English): #7159 in November 2010
• Global: #30713 in November 2024

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

• Local (English): #7340 in October 2016
• Global: #20691 in October 2016

There are 18 language versions for this article in the WikiRank database (of the considered 55 Wikipedia language editions).

The quality and popularity assessment was based on Wikipédia dumps from July 1, 2025 (including revision history and pageviews for previous years).

The table below shows the language versions of the article with the highest quality.

#	Language	Quality grade	Quality score
1	English (en) Write-in candidate		91.7767
2	Spanish (es) Candidato por escrito		35.2081
3	Portuguese (pt) Candidato write-in		24.3675
4	Kazakh (kk) Жазылған үміткер		22.5181
5	Simple English (simple) Write-in candidate		19.0549
6	French (fr) Candidat par écrit		16.9305
7	Greek (el) Ανεπίσημος υποψήφιος εκλογών		14.6665
8	Korean (ko) 기명후보		14.4705
9	Swedish (sv) Tillskriven kandidat		12.3916
10	Italian (it) Candidato write-in		11.5776

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The following table shows the most popular language versions of the article.

The most popular language versions of the article "Write-in candidate" in all the time

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Write-in candidate		1 915 325
2	Polish (pl) Kandydat dopisany do listy		22 341
3	Chinese (zh) 海選		19 497
4	Dutch (nl) Write-in		10 764
5	Russian (ru) Вписанный кандидат		8 565
6	Italian (it) Candidato write-in		8 538
7	French (fr) Candidat par écrit		8 279
8	Swedish (sv) Tillskriven kandidat		6 575
9	Portuguese (pt) Candidato write-in		2 582
10	Korean (ko) 기명후보		2 188

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest popularity in the last month.

The most popular language versions of the article "Write-in candidate" in June 2025

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Write-in candidate		8 868
2	Chinese (zh) 海選		206
3	Polish (pl) Kandydat dopisany do listy		141
4	Russian (ru) Вписанный кандидат		81
5	French (fr) Candidat par écrit		60
6	Italian (it) Candidato write-in		43
7	German (de) Einzelvorschlag		42
8	Swedish (sv) Tillskriven kandidat		42
9	Dutch (nl) Write-in		31
10	Spanish (es) Candidato por escrito		28

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest.

Language versions of the article "Write-in candidate" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) Write-in candidate		279
2	Italian (it) Candidato write-in		22
3	Chinese (zh) 海選		16
4	Dutch (nl) Write-in		15
5	Swedish (sv) Tillskriven kandidat		12
6	Russian (ru) Вписанный кандидат		8
7	Spanish (es) Candidato por escrito		7
8	Polish (pl) Kandydat dopisany do listy		7
9	Romanian (ro) Candidat înscris de alegător		6
10	French (fr) Candidat par écrit		4

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest in the last month.

Language versions of the article "Write-in candidate" with the highest AI in June 2025

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) Write-in candidate		4
2	German (de) Einzelvorschlag		0
3	Greek (el) Ανεπίσημος υποψήφιος εκλογών		0
4	Spanish (es) Candidato por escrito		0
5	Basque (eu) Write-in hautagai		0
6	Persian (fa) نامزد نوشتنی		0
7	French (fr) Candidat par écrit		0
8	Italian (it) Candidato write-in		0
9	Kazakh (kk) Жазылған үміткер		0
10	Korean (ko) 기명후보		0

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest number of citations.

Language versions of the article "Write-in candidate" with the highest Citation Index (CI)

#	Language	CI award	Relative CI
1	English (en) Write-in candidate		6 874
2	French (fr) Candidat par écrit		325
3	Chinese (zh) 海選		219
4	Simple English (simple) Write-in candidate		66
5	German (de) Einzelvorschlag		58
6	Russian (ru) Вписанный кандидат		54
7	Italian (it) Candidato write-in		40
8	Dutch (nl) Write-in		27
9	Spanish (es) Candidato por escrito		25
10	Polish (pl) Kandydat dopisany do listy		17

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#	Language	Value
de	German Einzelvorschlag
el	Greek Ανεπίσημος υποψήφιος εκλογών
en	English Write-in candidate
es	Spanish Candidato por escrito
eu	Basque Write-in hautagai
fa	Persian نامزد نوشتنی
fr	French Candidat par écrit
it	Italian Candidato write-in
kk	Kazakh Жазылған үміткер
ko	Korean 기명후보
nl	Dutch Write-in
pl	Polish Kandydat dopisany do listy
pt	Portuguese Candidato write-in
ro	Romanian Candidat înscris de alegător
ru	Russian Вписанный кандидат
simple	Simple English Write-in candidate
sv	Swedish Tillskriven kandidat
zh	Chinese 海選

Best Rank

English: #7340 10.2016

Global: #20691 10.2016

Best Rank

English: #7159 11.2010

Global: #30713 11.2024

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