The man with the most to make from Major's election defeat.

Quite an achievement so soon after a bad election defeat following 13 years in office.

That was an important element in his election defeat two years later.

After her November 2002 election defeat, she retired from political life.

After last year's election defeat, when Clinton rushed to call for a tax cut, everybody knew his heart wasn't in it.

The Labour party showed little sign of recovering from its election defeat in 1979.

Out of office for the first time since 1951, the Conservatives threw themselves into policy making after the 1964 election defeat.

Don't try to win the nomination in a way that would ensure your election defeat.

He ran despite the elements within the party that blamed him for the election defeat.

Haughey was seen as the main reason for the election defeat.

However, by the time of his election defeat barely a year later, inflation had soared to 27%.

Young returned to his career as a police officer after his election defeat.

He continued to represent Southwark until his election defeat in 1780.

The head of Unite says backing the coalition policy will lead to "certain election defeat".

Even after election defeat, they could have had seats in an emergency budgeting committee.

Plus, don't forget the politician's favorite line after an election defeat: "I look forward to spending more time with my family."

In any case, what do we expect, six months after a crushing election defeat and three months under a new leader?

Yet Labour, still in recovery from a traumatic election defeat, does not look like a government in waiting.

A1 A power struggle has broken out within Mexico's governing party following its election defeat.

- He accepted "full responsibility" for the election defeat.

The election defeat was followed by legislation for abolition of the zemindari system in 1954.

"It's what a lot of us feared, that Savimbi would never accept an election defeat.

The Democrats' hard line results, in part, from the bitter memory of their devastating election defeat in 1994.

The impression that the party was ready to do a deal with the Liberal Democrats contributed to the election defeat, he said.

- Gordon Brown has said he takes full responsibility for Labour's election defeat.