This was enough to see him emerge the strongest candidate in the first round of voting.
The first round of voting occurred about a week ago in more liberal provinces such as Cairo.
He claimed victory in the first round of voting in August, but an investigation revealed widespread fraud.
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But in the first round of voting that year, he captured only 20 percent in a field of seven.
The first round of voting took place in Egypt's most liberal, cosmopolitan cities.
Deputy President William Ruto noted that he and Kenyatta won in the first round of voting despite the U.S. warning.
Not only did Obama fail to deliver, he failed to even get Chicago past the first round of voting.
Just 13 votes had separated Mr Hurley and Mrs Iles in the first round of voting, based on electors' first-preference votes.
The opposition again showed remarkable unity following the first round of voting in February, which put Mr Wade ahead, with 35%.
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Former Coronation Street actress Zaraah Abrahams was knocked out of the competition earlier in the evening after the first round of voting.
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Sarkozy, who leads the center-right UMP party, received 27.2% of the vote in the first round of voting, just behind Hollande's 28.6%.
In the first round of voting last month, Wade was booed by much of one crowd at a polling place in Dakar.
Before the first round of voting on 15 December, the opposition considered boycotting the referendum before deciding to back a No vote.
The first round of voting in Cairo and four other provinces will be held on 22 April, rather than the projected 27 April.
Besides results being contested in court, nine lawmakers from Mr Tsvangirai's camp have been arrested or abducted since the first round of voting.
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Before the first round of voting, former President Jacques Chirac added his support to Hollande, though Chirac was a center-right president, like Sarkozy.
On the other hand, despite these advantages, government cronies did not sweep the board in the first round of voting on August 27th.
The first round of voting in a presidential election was held March in Guinea-Bissau, and campaigning for the second round was about to begin.
The first round of voting on the constitution happened last weekend.
With almost all the votes counted in the first round of voting, Mr Zeman has emerged as the front runner, with Mr Schwarzenberg in second place.
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But in the first round of voting last Friday, secular opposition lawmakers boycotted the vote, depriving parliament of the necessary quorum to choose a president in the first round.
Having launched his swing to populism as soon as it became clear he had lost the first round of voting, on April 7th, he has kept the momentum going.
Representatives of the five presidential candidates defeated in the first round of voting were at the meeting although they had not been invited, Portuguese TV channel RTP Africa reports.
After the first round of voting the country with the fewest votes will drop out and their votes will then be given to the bid ranked second by that voter.
Hundreds of thousands of fraudulent ballots were tossed after the first round of voting in August, which left Karzai with less than the 50 percent plus one votes needed for victory.
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In Sunday's cantonal elections, the National Front won at least two cantons, though the party's share of the vote decreased from 15% in the first round of voting the previous weekend.
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Meanwhile, the provincial totals showed "big shifts" toward Ahmadinejad compared with 2005, when he came in second in the first round of voting and won office in a runoff, Silver said.
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