Another mark of his Soviet mindset is that only an overwhelming victory will do.

ECONOMIST: Belarus

In 1995, Mr Fujimori stood for re-election and won an overwhelming victory.

BBC: Alberto Fujimori in file photo from 1999

In 1992, voters in the Seychelles gave Socialist President Albert Rene an overwhelming victory in the island's first multi-party poll in 16 years.

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Suu Kyi's National League for Democracy party won an overwhelming victory in 1990 in the first free elections in the country in nearly 30 years.

CNN: Obama urges Myanmar to release Aung Sang Suu Kyi

So unless Nationwide scores an overwhelming victory against its rebels, it is likely that the remaining building societies will be picked off, one by one.

ECONOMIST: Building societies

But Rafsanjani -- a key politician in the Islamic republic -- has become increasingly vocal about the elections results that gave hardline incumbent President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad an overwhelming victory.

CNN: Rafsanjani doubts Iranians 'satisfied' with election aftermath

But Williamson (1-2) later found himself among the New Zealand wicket-takers as the Black Caps polished off an overwhelming victory which included six slip catches, Taylor pouching four of them.

BBC: New Zealand thrash India in one-day international

Following the swearing-in, he used his first address to defend the official results of the election - which gave him an overwhelming victory - and criticised Western powers' response to the disputed poll.

BBC: Defiant Iran president takes oath

This violence-wracked nation has just delivered an overwhelming electoral victory to presidential candidate Alvaro Uribe Velez, who has vowed to wage an aggressive war against Colombia's powerful guerrilla armies.

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But Lee Briers' clever kicking was the key to Wolves' victory, the veteran half-back proving an overwhelming winner of the Lance Todd Trophy.

BBC: Leeds 6-30 Warrington