Only about a third of union members even took part in the ballot.

The trade union must allow all its members to vote in the ballot.

There was a clear majority in the earlier ballot for me.

Although the vote was close, 127 to 95 in the third ballot, the argument worked.

The rest will have to take part in a second ballot at a date yet to be announced.

The choice was made in a lengthy ballot among some 250,000 party members across the country.

We have, therefore, voted against the report in the final ballot.

Members of the student council were elected in a secret ballot.

The remaining three candidates would face each other in a second ballot, five days later.

Johnson was elected easily in a single ballot by 33 to 16.