Sentences with phrase «cent of the votes while»

The Managing Editor of the Daily Dispatch had predicted after his pre-election survey that the governing NDC's presidential candidate would garner 52.4 per cent of the votes while his main rival, Mr Akufo - Addo, would get 45.9 per cent.

Prescott (who also stood for deputy leader) came second with 24 per cent of votes while Beckett took 19 per cent.

Not exact matches

In 2005, 35 per cent of the vote got Labour 55 per cent of the seats, while only three per cent less in the vote for the Tories got them just 30 per cent.

The National Democratic Congress» Samuel Bofa Donkor polled 13,439 votes, representing 25.42 per cent, Justice E. Ofori of the NDP had 2,342, representing 4.43 per cent, while Richard Acquah of the PPP polled 306, representing 0.58 per cent.

Recent surveys from November 2017 show that the Democratic Party who dominate the current Parliament, would only receive 8 percent in the next elections, while the current extra-parliamentary, pro-European party «Action and Solidarity» led by Maia Sandu would win 21 per cent of the vote.

That suggests that 1,350,000 first time voters will turn out, while around two million sit it out, leaving first time voters under - represented in the electorate: 60 per cent of all voters say that they will definitely vote, including 75 per cent of the over-65s.

While 54 per cent of young people want politicians to have higher moral standards, this increases to a whopping 80 per cent in people aged 65 and over — who are, after all, the age group most likely to vote.

The Progressive Party lost 12.9 per cent of its votes between 2013 and 2016, while the Independence Part gained 2.3 and Viðreisn 10.5 per cent.

Onyekpere also expressed concern that the capital allocation to 10 key ministries as a percentage of debt service was 72.99 per cent while debt service was 84.49 per cent of the overall capital vote.

In areas where grammar schools were the norm, the 1998 regulations made under the Act provided for ballots to be triggered by 20 per cent of parents at all schools signing a petition, while in areas where grammar schools were less common, only parents of children at «feeder schools» would be allowed to vote.

Although it is not regarded as truly proportional by campaigners for electoral reform, AV is favoured by some because it maintains the constituency link, ensures elected MPs have the support of at least 50 per cent of voters and allows supporters of minority parties to express opinion through their first vote while giving their second preference to a mainstream party.

It revealed 34 per cent of people would vote for a Cameron - led Tory party, while 40 per cent would vote for Ed Miliband's Labour.

Nana Akufo - Addo garnered 5,716,026 of total votes cast representing 53.85 per cent while John Dramani Mahama polled 4,731,277 votes representing 44.40 per cent.

The populist - and popular - pledge to soak the richest five per cent of earners while protecting everyone else has allowed them to pledge vote - winning funding for cash - starved schools and hospitals and the party's headline vow to axe tuition fees.

Twenty per cent of Scots say they plan to vote for Ruth Davidson's Tories while just 19 per cent are ready to back Kezia Dugdale's Labour.

The final tallies indicate that Mr. Weah of CDC polled a total of 722,185 votes representing 61.5 per cent, while Vice President Joseph Boakai of the Unity Party (UP) finished with 457,579 or 28.5 per cent.

While 81 per cent of the people who voted for Corbyn say they are «very» or «fairly» left - wing, a mere 15 per cent of potential Labour voters, and just 25 per cent of «weak» Labour supporters do so.

While 97 per cent of those who voted Remain said they would still do so again, only 86 per cent of those who voted Leave said they would again, suggesting some may be suffering «Bregret».

«Surveying over 10,000 people, the poll gives an insight into voting intentions for the next Scottish elections, opinions of party leaders and achievements of the Scottish Parliament, while putting support for independence at 26 per cent, the no vote at 65 per cent and just 10 per cent undecided.»

The Ferrari F355 was the runner - up with 20 per cent, while the most recent of the models listed, the Ferrari 488 GTB rounded off the top three with 9 per cent of the vote.

The model predicted O'Connor's vote correctly 70 per cent of the time while the experts» success rate was only 61 per cent.

While the LSA made voting easy this year, only 3,632 lawyers (39 per cent) of the 9,291 eligible members took the time to cast a ballot.

While 74 per cent of B.C. lawyers who participated in the October 2014 referendum voted against accreditation, Trinity Western argues it wasn't in line with s. 13 of the act that deals with implementing resolutions of special meetings.

A notice distributed by CREA says the Montreal membership voted 50.9 per cent to 49.1 per cent in favour of leaving, while the Quebec City vote was 57.5 per cent to 42.5 per cent in favour of leaving.