The total share of the vote for left-wing candidates was 28%, in the first round, plus 4% for the Modem candidate.

Officials said a further source of worry in Jordan was a strong showing by left-wing candidates, who took six seats.

Jerzy Szmajdziński, the left-wing candidate in the upcoming presidential election.

Some reports show that the left-wing candidate would win by a landslide if the election were held today.

The voting system exists to stop left-wing candidates from winning.

Mr Livingstone's vote was down 30 per cent compared with last year; but all other left-wing candidates lost votes, too.

As can be seen above, more than 37% of voters supported left-wing candidates.

From the left, endorsement has come from the chief economic advisers of the two major left-wing candidates in last year's presidential race.

The choice isn't between Obama or a more left-wing candidate!

He ran again in 1986, describing himself as the only genuinely left-wing candidate in the race.