He ran for Nottingham East in the 1923 general election, and was elected with a majority of 1,436 votes, a feat that was described as an "overwhelming victory" since the Conservative Party had held the seat since 1910 and had a majority of 4,000 at the previous election.
Mr Farage's remarks, in which he also claimed that Labour were "happy to pander" to Scotland, come as Rochester by-election results showed his party had achieved its second MP after Conservative-defector Mark Reckless was elected with a majority of nearly 3,000 votes.
Benn was elected with a larger majority.
Rouhani was elected with a popular mandate to pursue centrist policies and ease the nuclear standoff.
He was elected with a margin of less than 1 percent at the end of 2008.
Fidesz was elected with a crushing two-thirds majority and a mandate for radical change.
In 2006 Mr Strickland was elected with a 24-point margin.
This Government was elected with a mandate to reform and modernise the UK human rights framework".
Papandreou, for better or for worse, was elected with a strong mandate seven months ago.
Not unlike Barack Obama, he was elected with a mandate for change, promising a "new day and a new way".
The new Mayor of Barcelona, Ada Colau, was elected with a mandate to clip the mighty tourist industry's wings.
