Example sentences of "on [art] first ballot " in BNC.
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| 1 | For Mr Poher this long-drawn out struggle was something new — on the seven previous occasions he had been elected on the first ballot . |
| 2 | Of the twenty original members it is likely that only two ( Sir Keith Joseph and Airey Neave ) voted for her on the first ballot for the leadershiP election in 1975 . |
| 3 | The announcement was a further boost to Governor Bill Clinton of Arkansas , who already has 60 per cent of the delegates needed to win the Democrats ' nomination on the first ballot at the party 's convention in July . |
| 4 | Although they continued throughout to support Mrs Thatcher , a number were known privately to have expressed the belief that a failure to secure outright victory on the first ballot might irretrievably damage her authority and force her to stand down . |
| 5 | The view is gaining ground that , if Ms Campbell does not win more than 40% of the delegates ' votes on the first ballot , Mr Charest will take the crown with the help of Mr Edwards 's backers . |
| 6 | Consequently , Reagan , in looking for support from conservative Republicans , ran up against the reality that many of those same people felt bound by obligations to Nixon , who duly won the nomination on the first ballot at the Convention . |
| 7 | His position was strengthened still further by the decision , in March 1991 , to institute a fully presidential system in Russia itself ; when elections to the position were held , in June 1991 , Yel'tsin was elected by a convincing majority on the first ballot with over 45 million votes , 57.3 per cent of the total . |
| 8 | Voters went to the polls on Jan. 20 for run-off elections for those National Assembly seats where no candidate had won an overall majority on the first ballot ( held in conjunction with the presidential elections on Dec. 16 ) . |
| 9 | Boris Yeltsin was elected President of Russia ( RFSFR ) on June 12 , defeating five other candidates , including the former Soviet Prime Minister Nikolai Ryzhkov , to win a comfortable victory on the first ballot . |
| 10 | On the one hand opinion polls showed Chirac to be the right-winger most likely to be ahead on the first ballot of a presidential election , making the RPR anxious to win agreement on primaries . |
| 11 | There would be 100 single-member constituencies of approximately equal population , with candidates requiring an absolute majority on the first ballot or a simple majority on the second . |
| 12 | Apparently Lothar received a majority on the first ballot , but not the two-thirds majority made necessary by the constitution " Licet de vitanda " of the Third Lateran Council of 1179 . |
| 13 | The votes apportioned as provided in paragraph ( b ) above shall be totalled and the candidate receiving more than half of the votes shall be declared elected and if no candidate reaches this total on the first ballot further ballots should be held on an elimination basis . |