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Sir John Johns
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« on: January 10, 2017, 07:25:33 PM »
One of the worst examples ever is the Nigerian general election of 1959 when the party with the most seats actually finished third in the popular vote:

National Council of Nigeria and the Cameroons: 81 seats, 34.0%
Action Group: 73 seats, 26.1%
Northern People's Congress: 134 seats, 25.2%
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