In 18 elections between 1824 and 2000, presidents were elected without popular majorities including Abraham Lincoln, who won election in 1860 with under 40 percent of the national vote.
Moni, who was re-elected without contest, said that postponing the election was not an option.
The election was not only one-sided; with a majority of seats elected without any contest whatsoever, more than half the country's electorate was directly denied their right to franchise (Dhaka Courier, 20 February 2014, Dhaka).
Some accused it of being predictable and even boring - a presidential election in which the incumbent was all but guaranteed of being re-elected without, perhaps, even the need for a second round of voting.
Mr Bercow was re-elected without a vote on Monday, as was the case after the 2010 election.
At the election on 3 October 1998, Hill received 295,903 first preference votes and was accordingly elected without the need to consider the distribution of preferences.
Judges are elected without party designation.
Nobody ought to expect to get elected without a contest.
He may even be elected without a serious opponent.
Less necessary, in welfare's case, because Labour was elected without having had to propose change.
