Faroole becomes the first African leader to leave office after 1 vote loss

[Mooge]

closest election are all Europe and North America.

 

Saint-Jean; Quebec general election, 1994 0% 0 38,894 Incumbent Liberal Michel Charbonneau tied with Parti Québécois candidate Roger Paquin. Consequently, a new vote was held 42 days later, which Paquin won by 532 votes.[1]

Champlain; Quebec general election, 2003 0% 0 33,919 PQ candidate Noëlla Champagne tied with Liberal Pierre Brouillette. Consequently, a new vote was held 36 days later, which Champagne won by 642 votes.[2]

Pontiac—Témiscamingue; Canadian federal election, 1963 0% 0 16,587 Progressive Conservative incumbent Paul Martineau defeated Liberal Paul-Oliva Goulet. A deciding vote was cast by the returning officer after the two candidates tied.[3]

San Teodoro, Oriental Mindoro; Oriental Mindoro local elections 0% 0 6,472+ The vote was tied, so a coin toss was the agreed upon way to determine the winner. A second round was held after both candidates were still tied in the first round.[4]

Ashton-under-Lyne; UK general election, 1886 0% 0 6,099 The vote was tied, so under the law of the day, the returning officer was given a casting vote.[5]

Shelburne; Nova Scotia general election, 1999 0% 0 3,206 Progressive Conservative Cecil O'Donnell defeated Liberal Clifford Huskilson. The deciding vote was cast by the returning officer after the two candidates tied.

Joliette; Canadian federal election, 1887 0% 0 3,065 Conservative Édouard Guilbault defeated Liberal F. Neveu. The deciding vote was cast by the returning officer after the two candidates tied.[6]

Assiniboia West; Canadian federal election, 1896 0% 0 3,005 Conservative Nicholas Flood Davin defeated independent John K. McInnes. The deciding vote was cast by the returning officer after the two candidates tied.[7]

Alaska House of Representatives District 7, 2008 0.00997% (preliminary) 1 (preliminary) 10,035 (preliminary) Incumbent Republican Mike Kelly defeated Democratic challenger Karl Kassel by one vote following a recount.[15]

Exeter, UK general election, December 1910 0.01047% 1 9,553 Henry Duke (Conservative), the incumbent at the time of the general election, re-gained the seat from Harold St Maur (Liberal) on an election petition in 1911. The court changed the original result (under which the Liberal had won by 4 votes). The revised result was the smallest numerical majority in a UK Parliamentary election, in the twentieth century.[17]

Yamaska; Canadian federal election, 1930 0.01427% 1 7,009 Liberal incumbent Aimé Boucher defeated Conservative Paul-François Comtois.[23] The riding result was later declared void, and Boucher won the by-election in 1933 by 84 votes (0.1%).

Ontario North; Canadian federal election, 1896 0.02148% 1 4,655 Liberal-Conservative John Alexander McGillivray defeated Patrons of Industry Duncan Graham.[7]

Selkirk; Canadian federal election, 1900 0.02303% 1 4,343 Liberal William Forsythe McCreary defeated Conservative John Herber Haslam.[34] This was the second time in a row that a Liberal candidate defeated his Conservative rival in this riding by a single vote.

Bruce North; Canadian federal election, 1900 0.02422% 1 4,129 Liberal-Conservative incumbent Alexander McNeill defeated Liberal J. E. Campbell.[34]

Wentworth South; Canadian federal election, 1891 0.02821% 1 3,545 Conservative Franklin Carpenter defeated Liberal James T. Russell.[40]

Haldimand; Canadian federal election, 1887 0.02865% 1 3,491 Conservative Walter Humphries Montague defeated Liberal incumbent Charles Wesley Colter.[6]

Selkirk; Canadian federal election, 1896 0.02920% 1 3,425 Liberal John Alexander MacDonell defeated Conservative Hugh Armstrong.[7]

Kitchener City Council election, 2010 0.02961% 1 3,377 Frank Etherington defeated Debbie Chapman.[44]

Nicolet; Canadian federal election, 1891 0.03016% 1 3,316 Liberal Joseph Hector Leduc defeated Conservative E. C. Prince.[40]

York East; Canadian federal election, 1896 0.03841% 1 3,425 Independent Conservative incumbent William F. McLean defeated Liberal Henry R. Frankland.[7]

Montmorency; Canadian federal election, 1887 0.05328% 1 1,877 Liberal Charles Langelier defeated Conservative P. V. Valin.[6]

[gooni]

Dr faroole hogaamiye afrikaan ma'ahayn adeer hadaadan kaftamayn

Madaxweyne qoys buu ahaa ina adeerkiisaana badelay waana loo hanweyn yahay dr cabdi weli ilaa bari galbeed iyo hiiraan inuu noqdo hgaamiye afrikaan

[Khayr]

Losing by one vote doesn't make sense. There has to be a margin of error when calculating votes.

[Tillamook]

Those elections have served Puntland well only because a majority of the people wanted change,however I agree, a margin of 1 vote is ridiculous to loose an election. Imagine if the shoe was on the other foot and Faroole won by 1 vote? Imagine the outcry and brouhaha of how unfair it all is.

 

In any case, let bygones be bygones and all Puntlanders must work in ensuring the next election is a one man one vote election.