Sentence examples for first round of polling from inspiring English sources
Pollsters suggest he may get only 7% of the vote in the first round of polling for the presidency, on April 21st, and Bruno Mégret, a former colleague, now rival, on the far right may get 1%.
However, the vote that was supposed to restore Nasheed to the presidency is currently suspended following a complaint from the candidate who came third in the first round of polling.
At least 90 people have been killed since the first round of polling on 29 March and just this Monday residents were attacked and abducted from an IDP camp east of Harare.
Two weeks ago, after Grillo's candidates took 200,000 votes in the first round of polling, the comic claimed Italians were "voting for themselves".
Defeated in the first round of polling, however, he eventually backed Vieira, who won a second round of elections held in July.
The first round of polling is scheduled for September 8th.The favourite to win is Alexander Uss, a jurist who is the speaker of the regional assembly, having been one of Lebed's sharpest critics.
Sarkozy, 59, had been tipped to win the leadership vote and indeed gained a clear majority, which avoided the humiliation of a second round of polling.
Although Karzai initially resisted the call for a runoff, on October 20 he conceded to a second round of polling between himself and Abdullah, which was scheduled for November 7. Shortly thereafter, however, Abdullah withdrew from the race, a decision he cited as being in the country's best interest.
