Sentence examples for of first preference from inspiring English sources

David Miliband secured 37.78% of first preference votes, compared to 34.33% for his brother.

Once upon a time, in 2002, Labor won Brunswick with 52% of first preference votes.

The polling, commissioned by the Australia Institute, found McGowan had 37.3% of first preference votes to Mirabella's 26.9%.

Rigoni stood as the PUP candidate in Victoria's Northern Metropolitan Region and won 1.18%% of first preference votes.

The party who surfed into a six-year federal parliamentary term on the back of just 0.51% of first preference votes.

The UUP's two candidates, the sitting assembly member Leslie Cree and former police officer Colin Breen, gained only 10% of first preference votes.

Gillard's honeymoon added four percentage points to Labor's share of first-preference voting intentions.

If any candidate gets more than 50% of first-preference votes, they are declared the winner.

But AV can result in large hauls of first-preference votes for minor parties.

If any single candidate receives a majority of first-preference votes, that candidate is deemed elected.

Even where plumping is not allowed, candidates who start with the largest haul of first-preference votes usually win.