Shortly afterwards, Labor MP Harry Jenkins was re-elected unopposed as speaker of the 150-seat lower house.
After Los Angeles had been elected unopposed as the host city for the 1984 Olympics everything changed.
Boston's mayor is the latest in a long line of white Democrats who have been re-elected unopposed.
The candidates on St Agnes, Tresco and Bryher have all been elected unopposed.
On 18 March this year, as Pasok's support collapsed in opinion polls, he was elected unopposed as party leader.
Just a fortnight ago, the president seemed almost impregnable, with a chance that he might be re-elected unopposed in May.
Brian Cowen was, as expected, elected unopposed as Fianna Fail's new leader.
Candidates for three of the top four jobs were elected unopposed: Mr Mbeki as president, Jacob Zuma as his deputy, and Kgalema Motlanthe as secretary-general.
The affair also led to the resignation of FIFA vice-president Jack Warner and left Sepp Blatter to be elected unopposed for a fourth term as FIFA president.
Those candidates who did not pull out were elected unopposed.
Ms Gordillo, who has led the SNTE for the past 23 years, and who was elected unopposed to another six-year term in October, was not present at Monday's signing ceremony.
Meanwhile, Rogge has been re-elected unopposed as president.
Similarly, a third of all the female candidates, mostly retainers of powerful feudal families or party-political activists, were elected unopposed and a third of the seats remained uncontested, highlighting the continued dominant influence of tribal and semi-feudal conservative traditions.
In his interview with CNN, Blatter, who was re-elected unopposed as the head of world football despite allegations of corruption surrounding the voting process for the right to host the 2018 and 2022 World Cups, championed his organization's commitment to tackling racism.
CNN: FIFA chief Blatter: There is no on-field racism in football
It's worth noting that the chairman of the '22, Graham Brady, who seldom gives interviews or appears on TV, was re-elected unopposed - I suspect precisely because he concentrates on his role of speaking truth to power, and telling the prime minister rather than the media, what his parliamentary troops are thinking.
Conservative Garry Suttle was elected, unopposed, as leader, while Barry Quinn has become deputy.
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