But respecting the election result, no matter what it is, remains the biggest challenge of all.
Disability Cornwall chairman Steve Paget said he was "staggered" and "appalled" at the election result.
Stuart Rothenberg, editor of The Rothenberg Report, said the election result exposed clear vulnerabilities for Republicans.
New competition among the states, born of the election result, should actually enhance the economic draw.
There is a dangerous, unpredictable mood in Italy and the election result remains uncertain.
Still more worrying, the election result was evidence of enduring racial polarisation in South Africa.
Yet few of those investors had the foresight to reinvest on the election result.
An alarmingly high proportion of Union business was hanging fire on a German election result.
If he does nothing much wrong and the election result satisfies UMNO, he may even survive.
He has until 6 May to lodge his request with the Supreme Court contesting the election result.
The poll was triggered by a court ruling annulling May's election result - which Labour won narrowly.
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According to the official election result, Mr Yanukovych won with 49.46% of the vote against Mr Yushchenko's 46.61%.
Italian President Giorgio Napolitano is consulting political leaders on forming a government after last month's inconclusive election result.
Not only did he hastily bless the election result, pre-empting its validation by the Guardian Council as the rules require.
The Lib Dems came third with 4, 803, narrowly ahead of UKIP on 4, 068, who enjoyed their best ever by-election result.
This election result also illustrates that the longer the hardship lasts, the more voters may be drawn to populist policies.
Mr Borisov said he would try to form a minority government if his appeal to have the election result cancelled failed.
This election result marks an increasing divide between, loosely, northern European countries and the rest on the subject of copyright reform.
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But the big economic conclusion that investors have already drawn from the election result is about US monetary policy, not fiscal.
Assume, for the moment, that this does not happen and, after some initial venting of resentment, the election result is accepted.
On radio, BBC Radio Wales's election result programme will start at midnight.
After a disappointing election result, which forced her to form a coalition with the Social Democrats, Ms Merkel's hand was admittedly weak.
However, Ms Bensouda stressed that her decision had no bearing on Mr Kenyatta - and nor was it affected by the election result.
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In 2008 the National Front coalition suffered its worst election result in decades, losing its two-thirds parliamentary majority and control of five state assemblies.
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"What is happening in Zimbabwe -- failing to announce an election result, trying to rig an election result -- is completely unacceptable, " Brown said.
The election result, in which a majority of eligible editorial employees voted for union representation, was certified by the NLRB on October 22, 2010.
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But any gains by the party are unlikely to alter the election result, with opinion polls pointing to a crushing victory by the conservative opposition.
He has given conflicting signals about whether he will recognise the election result if Georgian Dream loses but international observers judge them free and fair.
Whatever the election result, he says, he will not give up his job as premier of the deep-south state of Carinthia for one in Vienna.
His swearing-in as prime minister was delayed by more than a week because of the threat of legal challenges to the election result from the opposition.
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