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[[File:ElectoralCollege1984.svg|thumb|right|300px|Here is an example of a landslide victory when 49 out of the 50 [[states]] gave the most votes to [[Ronald Reagan]], 1984]]

[[File:ElectoralCollege1984.svg|thumb|right|300px|An example of a landslide victory when 49 out of the 50 [[states]] gave the most votes to [[Ronald Reagan]], 1984]]

A '''landslide victory''' is when one candidate or political party in an [[election]] receives a lot more votes or seats than their opponent.

A '''landslide victory''' is when one candidate or political party in an [[election]] receives considerably more votes or seats than their opponent.

An example of a landslide victory is when [[Ronald Reagan]] won the [[United States presidential election, 1984|1984 United States presidential election]] by winning 49 out of the 50 states. Other examples include when [[Tony Blair]] and his [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour Party]] won the United Kingdom general elections of [[United Kingdom general election, 1997|1997]] and [[United Kingdom general election, 2001|2001]]<ref>Budge, Ian: "Election Research" (2011); Badie, Bertrand; Berg-Schlosser, Dirk; Morlino, Leonardo (editors), International Encyclopedia of Political Science, page 726–731, Los Angeles, Sage Publications, isbn 978-1-4129-5963-6</ref> and when [[Andrés Manuel López Obrador]] won the [[President of Mexico|presidency]] by nearly 13,000,000 votes in the [[Mexican general election, 2018|2018 Mexican general election]].

A notable example of a landslide victory is the [[1984 United States presidential election]] when [[Ronald Reagan]] won by winning 49 out of the 50 states. Other examples include when [[Tony Blair]] and his [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour Party]] won the United Kingdom general elections of [[United Kingdom general election, 1997|1997]] and [[United Kingdom general election, 2001|2001]]<ref>Budge, Ian: "Election Research" (2011); Badie, Bertrand; Berg-Schlosser, Dirk; Morlino, Leonardo (editors), International Encyclopedia of Political Science, page 726–731, Los Angeles, Sage Publications, isbn 978-1-4129-5963-6</ref> and when [[Andrés Manuel López Obrador]] won the [[President of Mexico|presidency]] by nearly 13,000,000 votes in the [[Mexican general election, 2018|2018 Mexican general election]].

== Landslide Victory Media ==

== Landslide Victory Media ==

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File:Elecciones presidenciales de Argentina de 2011.png|Cristina Fernández de Kirchner's 2011 landslide victory in light blue.

File:2021_Western_Australian_state_election_-_Simple_Results.svg|Map displaying [[Australian Labor Party (Western Australian Branch)|Labor]]'s landslide victory at the [[2021 Western Australian state election]]. Seats won by Labor are in red, seats won by the [[Liberal Party of Australia (Western Australian Division)|Liberals]] are in blue and seats won by the [[National Party of Australia (WA)|Nationals]] are in green.

File:2021_Western_Australian_state_election_-_Simple_Results.svg|Map displaying [[Australian Labor Party (Western Australian Branch)|Labor]]'s landslide victory at the [[2021 Western Australian state election]]. Seats won by Labor are in red, seats won by the [[Liberal Party of Australia (Western Australian Division)|Liberals]] are in blue and seats won by the [[National Party of Australia (WA)|Nationals]] are in green.

File:Brasil_1998_Primeiro_Turno.png|Map by municipalities of FHC's landslide victory in 1998.

File:Canada 1940 Federal Election.svg|A map of the vote by province in 1940 shows the scale of the Liberals' landslide victory.

File:Canada 1958 Federal Election.svg|A map of the vote by province in 1958 shows the scale of the Progressive Conservatives' landslide victory.

File:Canada 1984 Federal Election.svg|A map of the vote by province in 1984 shows the scale of the Progressive Conservatives' landslide victory.

File:Canada 1984 Federal Election.svg|A map of the vote by province in 1984 shows the scale of the Progressive Conservatives' landslide victory.

File:1953 Philippine presidential election results per province.png|Ramon Magsaysay (light green)'s 1953 landslide victory.

File:1953 Philippine presidential election results per province.png|Ramon Magsaysay (light green)'s 1953 landslide victory.

File:2016 Samoan general election (results by constituency).svg|Results of the [[2016 Samoan general election]] by constituency.

File:1991 Portuguese legislative election - Results.svg|District map that shows the scale of the 1991 Social Democrats' landslide victory.

 

File:2012 Slovak legislative election - Vote Strength.svg|The [[Direction – Social Democracy]] landslide victory [[2012 Slovak parliamentary election|in 2012]].

 

File:2020ROCPresident.svg|In the 2020 election, the Taiwan President [[Tsai Ing-wen]] won 8.17 million votes, 57.1% of the votes cast, a historic landslide victory.

File:UK General Election, 1983.svg|This map shows the [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative Party]] landslide victory [[1983 United Kingdom general election|in 1983]].

File:2022 Portuguese legislative election - Vote Strength.svg|District map that shows the scale of the 2022 Socialists' landslide victory.

File:UK General Election, 1997.svg|This map shows the [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour Party]] landslide victory [[1997 United Kingdom general election|in 1997]].

File:2006 Samoan general election (results by constituency).svg|Results of the [[2006 Samoan general election]] by constituency.

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