Sentence examples for second ballot of from inspiring English sources
It has been 60 years since one even went to a second ballot of delegates to pick a presidential nominee.
At Egypt's instigation, both men withdrew in the second ballot of a civilian election, and the milder-mannered Abdul-Rahman Aref was returned unopposed.
The dispute is not fully over as there will be a second ballot of the members and the agreement then needs to be signed off by culture minister Ed Vaizey.
He was voted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1964 on a second ballot of the voting members of the Baseball Writers Association of America after no candidate was chosen on the first ballot.
The votes cast in the first ballot of MPs were: David Davis 62 David Cameron 56 Liam Fox 42 Kenneth Clarke 38 The remaining three contenders are due now to go into a second ballot of MPs - to be held on Thursday - to decide which two will go forward to the final ballot of the entire party membership.
Margaret Thatcher, F.R.S., has informed the Queen that she does not intend to contest the second ballot of the election for leadership of the Conservative Party and intends to resign as Prime Minister as soon as a new leader of the Conservative Party has been elected," it said.
Cardinal Montini, the most often mentioned of the "Papabili," was elected on the fifth ballot of the two-day conclave.
The Roman Catholic cardinals' first ballot of the conclave came up with no new pope, signaled by the black smoke from a Sistine Chapel chimney.
That's the number of delegates definitely pledged to Romney on the first ballot of the convention, together with automatic delegates who have endorsed Romney's candidacy.
George Brown, James Callaghan and Harold Wilson went into the first ballot of MPs which eliminated Callaghan, who polled 41 to Wilson's 115 and Brown's 88.
The South Korean city won overwhelmingly on the first ballot of a secret vote of delegates of the International Olympic Committee, receiving 63 votes, compared with 25 for Munich and 7 for Annecy, France.
