Verspilde stem

Wasted vote - ballot that does not help elect a candidate; either a ballot cast for a losing candidate, or a ballot cast for a winning candidate in excess of that needed to win. Article “Verspilde stem” in Dutch Wikipedia has 43 points for quality (as of July 1, 2025). The article contains 12 references and 24 sections.

This article has the best quality in English Wikipedia. Also, this article is the most popular in that (Dutch) language version.

In June 2025 the article “Verspilde stem” was edited by 1 authors in Dutch Wikipedia and written by 2 authors in all languages.

Since the creation of article “Verspilde stem”, its content was written by 4 registered users of Dutch Wikipedia and edited by 134 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 61 times in Dutch Wikipedia and cited 493 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

• Local (Dutch): #3191 in December 2024
• Global: #59083 in May 2022

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

• Local (Dutch): #290541 in December 2024
• Global: #155388 in December 2012

There are 11 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) Wasted vote		47.2479
2	Dutch (nl) Verspilde stem		42.9672
3	German (de) Verschwendete Stimme		36.934
4	Indonesian (id) Suara terbuang		31.0199
5	Japanese (ja) 死票		24.1913
6	Persian (fa) رأی بی‌اثر		18.5791
7	Arabic (ar) صوت مهدر		15.3307
8	Danish (da) Stemmespild		12.4789
9	Czech (cs) Propadlý hlas		7.8273
10	Finnish (fi) Hukkaääni		3.7119

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

The most popular language versions of the article "Verspilde stem" in all the time

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Wasted vote		246 793
2	Japanese (ja) 死票		148 515
3	Korean (ko) 사표		22 496
4	Czech (cs) Propadlý hlas		15 329
5	Finnish (fi) Hukkaääni		5 989
6	Danish (da) Stemmespild		3 892
7	Persian (fa) رأی بی‌اثر		3 496
8	German (de) Verschwendete Stimme		3 216
9	Indonesian (id) Suara terbuang		2 008
10	Dutch (nl) Verspilde stem		136

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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 "Verspilde stem" in June 2025

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Wasted vote		2 398
2	Korean (ko) 사표		715
3	Japanese (ja) 死票		323
4	Czech (cs) Propadlý hlas		104
5	German (de) Verschwendete Stimme		20
6	Dutch (nl) Verspilde stem		20
7	Danish (da) Stemmespild		16
8	Finnish (fi) Hukkaääni		16
9	Indonesian (id) Suara terbuang		14
10	Arabic (ar) صوت مهدر		7

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

Language versions of the article "Verspilde stem" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) Wasted vote		72
2	German (de) Verschwendete Stimme		15
3	Japanese (ja) 死票		15
4	Indonesian (id) Suara terbuang		6
5	Czech (cs) Propadlý hlas		5
6	Danish (da) Stemmespild		5
7	Persian (fa) رأی بی‌اثر		4
8	Korean (ko) 사표		4
9	Dutch (nl) Verspilde stem		4
10	Finnish (fi) Hukkaääni		3

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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 "Verspilde stem" with the highest AI in June 2025

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) Wasted vote		1
2	Dutch (nl) Verspilde stem		1
3	Arabic (ar) صوت مهدر		0
4	Czech (cs) Propadlý hlas		0
5	Danish (da) Stemmespild		0
6	German (de) Verschwendete Stimme		0
7	Persian (fa) رأی بی‌اثر		0
8	Finnish (fi) Hukkaääni		0
9	Indonesian (id) Suara terbuang		0
10	Japanese (ja) 死票		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 "Verspilde stem" with the highest Citation Index (CI)

#	Language	CI award	Relative CI
1	English (en) Wasted vote		249
2	Danish (da) Stemmespild		81
3	Dutch (nl) Verspilde stem		61
4	Japanese (ja) 死票		40
5	Indonesian (id) Suara terbuang		23
6	Czech (cs) Propadlý hlas		10
7	Persian (fa) رأی بی‌اثر		9
8	German (de) Verschwendete Stimme		7
9	Korean (ko) 사표		5
10	Arabic (ar) صوت مهدر		4

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#	Language	Value
ar	Arabic صوت مهدر
cs	Czech Propadlý hlas
da	Danish Stemmespild
de	German Verschwendete Stimme
en	English Wasted vote
fa	Persian رأی بی‌اثر
fi	Finnish Hukkaääni
id	Indonesian Suara terbuang
ja	Japanese 死票
ko	Korean 사표
nl	Dutch Verspilde stem

Best Rank

Dutch: #290541 12.2024

Global: #155388 12.2012

Best Rank

Dutch: #3191 12.2024

Global: #59083 05.2022

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