In some years, candidates secured nearly 20,000 votes on the Conservative line.
He was also a candidate in the 1955 presidential election, securing 8.28% of the votes.
Other candidates secured a combined 1 percent of the ballots.
The maximum number of marks that a candidate can secure is 100.
The candidate securing a simple majority of votes wins the seat.
If no candidate had secured 50% of the votes, a run-off election would have been held.
A runoff election is held if no candidate secures a majority in the first round.
At the primaries that year, he was the candidate with most votes, securing his spot for the general elections.
If no candidate secures the necessary majority, a second round of voting is held between the two top candidates.
Therefore no candidate secured the final win in the first round, and a presidential run-off will be needed.