It is calculated by dividing the number of votes a candidate received in his electoral district by the district winner's votes.
After the auditions, the candidates having received two or three positive votes from the judges are qualified for the semi-finals.
(In 1872, Horace Greeley, opposing Ulysses S. Grant, got zero electoral votes to Grant's 286, but five other candidates received from one to 42 votes each).
This was more than double the number of candidates and votes received in the 2007 general election.
He is the youngest candidate ever received at this stage of the competition.
In 1952, he won 20,000 more votes than any other candidate ever received in his district and won 10,000 more votes than Dwight D. Eisenhower's majority.
Presidential candidates were to be awarded a share of each state's delegates in proportion to the number of votes the candidate received in that state's primary or state convention.
Admission is taken on the basis of list of candidates received from Deptt.
In that round, Giorgos Lillikas won 24% of the vote and eight minor candidates received under 1% each.
In the Presidential campaign, as much money was raised in private contributions as the candidates received in public money.