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*'''Weak oppose''' per NCELECT and uniformity with other elections, but I personally agree that in a small-r republican system they are technically 60 different elections, not a single one. '''[[User:Nevermore27|<span style="color: #660198">Nevermore27</span>]]''' ([[User talk:Nevermore27|talk]]) 15:57, 18 June 2024 (UTC)
*'''Oppose''' per [[WP:NCELECT|NCELECT]] and Number 57 (plurals only used for elections to multiple bodies). Under this technical interpretation of the plural for elections, I think no election article would use singular except those electing one single seat, which means introducing an interpretation that would effectively supersede NCELECT (without actually attempting to modify the naming convention) as well as many realiable sources. [[User:Impru20|'''<span style="color:#E65B00;">Impru</span><span style="color:#0018A8;">20</span>''']]<sup>[[User talk:Impru20|talk]]</sup> 09:26, 19 June 2024 (UTC)
*:We have several patterns in naming. This is how [[WP:RS]] I've ran into.
*:For election names using "general", "presidential", "legislative", "federal", etc. are generally singular. Exceptions are local elections, which are always plural.
*:For election names using the name of the body, [[WP:NCELECT]] does recommend singular, but we have examples that use plural: [[2022 United States House of Representatives elections]] and [[2022 Philippine House of Representatives elections]]. However, apparently even the US articles follow [[WP:NCELECT]], but now this RM asks that we don't follow NCELECT. Now, NCELECT has been there for a long time, and has not really been tested in RMs until recently, because the default reasoning is "this is policy and we abide with it". I doubt if this specific provision has been created via an [[WP:RFC]], or even agreed upon in an argument aside from "this is policy, we should abide by it." As given in an example above, NCELECT was amended with an RM went against it.
*:Normally, I'd argue for "Fooian <name of assembly> election/s", if it is a nationwide at-large election, it is singular, like [[2022 Philippine Senate election]], as the entire electorate elects the candidates as one at large "district". I believe the Dutch do this as well, but they use the "year Dutch general election" nomenclature. If the election is within multiple districts, I'd argue for plural "elections": the [[2022 United States Senate elections]] is at-large per state, but there were 33 separate at-large elections. The same thing for assemblies elected by districts, such as this one. [[User:Howard the Duck|Howard the Duck]] ([[User talk:Howard the Duck|talk]]) 12:18, 19 June 2024 (UTC)
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