Three of his electoral rivals, two of whom were regarded as policy heavyweights during the campaign, signed on as unpaid advisers.

Correa's closest electoral rival, Guillermo Lasso, conceded the election shortly after it concluded.

The higher turnout helped mainly Labour against their electoral rivals, who managed to return the council to no overall control with three gains.

At a news conference here, he said his electoral rivals were "no longer adversaries" and talked of a Social Democratic administration to take power on Jan. 1.

Auerbach and others who sought to organize the Vegetarian Party in 2004 had not intended it to act as an electoral rival of the U.S. Green Party.

Correa's closest electoral rival, Guillermo Lasso (with 11 of the 137 seats in the new National Assembly), conceded shortly after the election concluded.

In 1932, he even became the NSDAP's electoral rival, along with his "Dinterbund".

By comparison, Romney expressed a measure of admiration for his one-time electoral rival, saying "Senator Kennedy is a workhorse."

A cynic might say that, electorally, it suits the AKP party rather well to have the DTP closed, as they are electoral rivals in the south-east.