Though the turnout, at 70%, was lower than last time, in 2004, when a record 85% voted, this was probably thanks to a rigorous clean-up of the electoral register.

虽然选民投票率只有70%，比2004年85%的记录低很多，不过这个可能要归功于选务人员在此次选民注册登记的严格删选工作。

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The Labour Prime Minister, Harold Wilson, called Brighton Kemptown his 'prestige' seat when Dennis Hobden won it in 1964 after no fewer than seven recounts, an electoral record.

BBC: Battering continues for Tories in South

R. defeated the Republican, Alf Landon, yet again breaking a record in the electoral college: 523 to 8.

NEWYORKER: Benched

Peter Lilley, who heads the Tory policy review, has been studying the record of other parties after major electoral defeats.

ECONOMIST: The Tories