On the first ballot, no one got two-thirds of the vote.

VOA: special.2009.04.16

Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki called the passage of the vote a historic victory of the will of the people."

VOA: standard.2009.11.09

To win the election on Sunday, one of the candidates must secure at least 50 percent of the vote.

VOA: standard.2010.06.17

There will be a run-off election in the presidential contest if no candidate captures more than 50 percent of the vote.

VOA: standard.2009.08.24

Even a small percent of the vote could be enough to earn a candidate a ministerial post in the next government.

VOA: standard.2009.08.30

Mikheil Saakashvili was re-elected the President of Georgia in January of last year, receiving 53 percent of the vote.

VOA: standard.2009.09.01

He says he has received no information that would lead him to question the outcome of the vote.

VOA: standard.2009.07.19

With nearly 92 percent of the results from polling sites, President Karzai has 54 percent of the vote.

VOA: standard.2009.09.09

The opposition Democratic Alliance won 67 parliamentary seats, polling 16 percent of the vote or four points more than in the last elections.

VOA: standard.2009.04.25

He was officially credited with 64 percent of the vote, amid charges of widespread vote-rigging.

VOA: standard.2009.07.30

The Special Rapporteur for Burma urged that next year's elections be fair and transparent, and that all political prisoners be released ahead of the vote.

VOA: standard.2009.10.22

I thank you," The Commission said the African National Congress had won nearly 66 percent of the vote giving it 264 of parliament's 400 seats.

VOA: standard.2009.04.25

The businessman and former Economics Minister finished third with 13 percent of the vote.

VOA: standard.2010.02.01

Interior Minister Jean Francois Ndoungou told the court about the conduct of the vote.

VOA: standard.2009.10.04