In the initial election, only two candidates won a majority, so a second election was held for the remaining three seats.

Opposition groups never recognized his initial election, saying that only about five percent of voters actually cast ballots.

He won the initial election in November 2005, but not by the required majority.

For the House of Representatives alone this encompasses 31,302 initial elections.

The country adopted a new constitution during the postwar Allied occupation, with initial elections in 1946.

He was 69 years old at the time of his initial election.

He served eight terms in the office and was not seriously challenged after his initial election.

When a school budget is not adopted by voters at the initial election, the measure can be presented a second time.

After his initial election to the legislature, Laborde rarely faced serious opposition.

Faculty undertake a similar process, and later the administration interviews the individual candidates as determined by the initial elections.