Landslide victory

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A landslide victory is an election result in which the victorious candidate or party wins by an overwhelming margin.^[1] The term became popular in the 1800s to describe a victory in which the opposition is "buried",^[1] similar to the way in which a geological landslide buries whatever is in its path. A landslide victory is the opposite of an electoral wipeout; a party which wins in a landslide typically inflicts a wipeout on its opposition.

What constitutes a landslide varies by the type of electoral system. Even within an electoral system, there is no consensus on what sized margin makes for a landslide.^[1]