She pulled ahead of the rightist candidate, Paulo Maluf, in the closing days of the campaign.

He beat Zilliacus into third place and emerged 1,719 votes ahead of the Conservative candidate.

In 1983, Carlisle was the most marginal Labour seat in the country - with Lewis finishing just 71 votes ahead of the Conservative candidate.

Although the 16th District was competitive in presidential elections, Regula consistently ran 15% to 20% ahead of the Republican candidate for President.

He was more than 16,000 votes ahead of the candidate in second place.

The highest was in the riding of Cumberland where the Green candidate placed ahead of the Liberal candidate.

The early returns put Mr. Mendoza in second place, with 25 percent, just ahead of the candidate for the leftist Democratic Revolutionary Party.

In the 2008 election, Taptuna received 264 votes, or 59.7%, ahead of the only other candidate, Donald Havioyak, who received 178 votes (40.3%).

Ellis did very well in the Albany mayoral election, 2009, coming in second ahead of the Republican candidate.

On the third count, he picked up enough Green preferences to put him in second place, ahead of the Liberal candidate.