They must pass a test so difficult that most candidates fail every year.

The candidates won a total of 14,877 votes, but again failed to win a seat.

Two other prominent candidates also ran, but failed to win much support.

In 1977 and 1985, black mayoral candidates failed to win more than 15 percent of the vote.

If the candidate fails to win a majority, there must be a second vote.

Free election was a fiction and the king's candidate very rarely failed to win.

Since 1980 no Republican presidential candidate has failed to carry the county with less than 59 percent of the vote.

In moving toward the center, the candidates have failed to distinguish themselves from each other on a number of major issues.

As a result, each candidate failed to secure a majority.

However, almost half the candidates failed to get more than 10% of the vote.