Four years later, Hardberger retired from office, and Castro captured City Hall in the first round of balloting.
Harrison, however, managed to stave off Blaine's challenge, as well as an unexpected groundswell of support for former Ohio representative William McKinley, in the first round of balloting.
On November 16 Romania experienced its highest voter turnout since 2000, and Iohannis vaulted to the presidency with a convincing victory in the second round of balloting.
Instead, the panel said Michel Martelly, a popular singer, had won second place and qualified to face Ms. Manigat in the second round of balloting.
She won reelection in 2006 when she narrowly defeated Sauli Niinistö of the National Coalition Party in the second round of balloting.
But it was unclear whether Mr. Weah would be able to ultimately capture 50percentt plus one vote, the threshold to avoid a second round of balloting.
Aghast at the sight of Mr. Le Pen taking center stage, French voters are likely to hand Mr. Chirac an easy victory in the second round of balloting.
Mr. N'Dour, a giant in the genre known as "world music" who won a Grammy in 2005, is joining a crowded field, and at a late date, just eight weeks before the first round of balloting.
Late this morning, black smoke was seen billowing from the chimney of the Chapel, indicating that Cardinals had not elected a new Pope in their second or third round of balloting.
Egypt's main opposition bloc on Sunday alleged widespread fraud and called for mass protests after preliminary results showed supporters of a controversial draft constitution winning a solid majority in the first round of balloting.
Johnson was unable to obtain the necessary 50-plus50-pluspercentnvention delegates on the first round of balloting.
