But the main party blocs voted for the new team.
But they can also be used to frustrate minorities by fostering bloc voting along racial lines.
Last year, veteran BBC presenter Terry Wogan ended his 38-year-involvement with the contest, arguing that he was exasperated with the bloc voting.
To prevent the presidents of two or three locals from serving as kingmakers, the council is considering proposals to end such bloc voting.
I wish the competition was fair for every country with no bloc voting.
Whereas other "bloc" voting groups like construction workers and agricultural cooperatives have declined, "Sōka Gakkai represents by far the largest and most reliable organized bloc of voters in Japan today" (p. 45).
And she and members of the US committee didn't seem to understand the role of bloc voting.
It was in our interest to bloc-vote.
While Labour suffered defections of its own, its parliamentary bloc voted overwhelmingly for the measure.
Employees, the biggest single bloc, voted overwhelmingly against the Banque Nationale takeover.
