Sixty-two per cent of the 218 candidates fielded in the 1985 local government elections were Free Presbyterians.

But in 1985 he permitted parliamentary elections under a set of tight restrictions, such as a prohibition on candidates fielded by organized political parties.

Wilson was able to win re-election, but Tyabji was not, going down to defeat with all of the other candidates fielded by the new party.

In 1855 he won in a four-way race against a Whig and two candidates fielded by a fractured Democratic Party.

A total of 667 candidates fielded by 17 political parties contested the 225 directly elected seats in the 325-member Assembly.

This was more than double the number of candidates fielded in 2006; they scored on average 13% of the votes in the wards which they contested.

A candidate fielded by the faction - known for its members' "iron solidarity" - has never before lost a party presidential race.

A third candidate fielded by a coalition of leftist parties, Oswin Abeygoonasekera, won 4.6 percent.

He was the youngest candidate ever fielded in a General Election in Republic of Singapore history at the age of 23 years old.

The was one candidate fielded in a constituency which was Chris Simpson who stood in Ceredigion.