He held the district by a mere 39 votes.

The difference between the two was a mere 1300 votes.

The division took place in a very thin House and the government survived by a mere 16 votes.

This was a very narrow margin - a mere 890 votes.

The next time around, in 1970, his margin over a conservative Republican was a mere 6,400 votes.

He won the election by a mere three votes.

In 2006, the party failed by a mere 137 votes to gain representation.

The campaign had meager results, though, receiving a mere 87 votes.

The measure passed by a mere 700,000 votes out of more than 13 million cast.

"I lost the presidency by a mere 44 million votes."